How delightful to see an entry again!
I've had a weekend off from study to put on my painter/decorator hat - helping Greg re-do his room. I never imagined I would get excited by curtain rails?!
Ilia you missed an extremely tedious Systems Management lecture on Thursday. Seriously, you would have been tearing your hair out.
Happy essay writing. Are you jetting off soon? Safe trip for when you leave - I've already embraced the season of over indulgence - will be rolling back to school like a barrel.
xxx
Monday 17 December 2007
Monday 10 December 2007
No more blog
Don't know if either of you will check this again . . .
I've really enjoyed keeping the blog. I have to admit I wasn't entirely sure what the point in them was until we started using one for our project.
Anyway, I may try to keep it going . . . even if it's just a means of distracting me when I'm supposed to be doing proper work.
xxx
I've really enjoyed keeping the blog. I have to admit I wasn't entirely sure what the point in them was until we started using one for our project.
Anyway, I may try to keep it going . . . even if it's just a means of distracting me when I'm supposed to be doing proper work.
xxx
Friday 7 December 2007
Domain Name
Carly,
I've had a look on the internet and apparently we could get www.graduart.net for £8.99/year. Unfortunately, www.graduart.co.uk has been taken :o(
x
I've had a look on the internet and apparently we could get www.graduart.net for £8.99/year. Unfortunately, www.graduart.co.uk has been taken :o(
x
Clean up
Hey,
Ok so the report is essentially done and dusted I think. There are, however, a few grammatical bits and pieces that need cleaning up before the hand-in on Wednesday, which I will do today and email the changes to you both. Ilia I know you are doing some formatting stuff to it and I don't want to mess that up so I'll make the changes - there are just a few and shouldn't affect the presentation - in a different colour so they are easy for you to see.
Also, in the expenses bit should we include domain name registration?
And Ilia, where is the dividing line of our respective sections for the presentation?
x
Ok so the report is essentially done and dusted I think. There are, however, a few grammatical bits and pieces that need cleaning up before the hand-in on Wednesday, which I will do today and email the changes to you both. Ilia I know you are doing some formatting stuff to it and I don't want to mess that up so I'll make the changes - there are just a few and shouldn't affect the presentation - in a different colour so they are easy for you to see.
Also, in the expenses bit should we include domain name registration?
And Ilia, where is the dividing line of our respective sections for the presentation?
x
Wednesday 5 December 2007
Some good news!
Just had a response from Claire Warwick and she says the layout description can be included as an appendix outwith the work limit. So, I think we're about done if you are both happy with my edit. The contents page will need to be sorted and the appendices added. I think the latter should be a seperate document entirely just to make absolutely clear that it's not part of the report.
In the Customers section perhaps we need to make more of the buyers, not just users?
x
In the Customers section perhaps we need to make more of the buyers, not just users?
x
Tuesday 4 December 2007
Markup is not vital. You may have been talking to some of the publishers, whom I've told they don't need to worry about markup, as they don't study HTML. Obviously ECP students do, but the assessment of this project is mainly based on the report, and the sample is just that- a way to demonstrate the kind of thing you would be working with. So don't make it a priority.
Yes you absolutely must stick to the word limit. I know it's hard to cut, but this is a really important skill to have. If somebody like a senior editor in a publishing firm asks you for a report of a certain length they expect you to stick to it, as they are generally busy, and don't want to read any more content than they asked for. Thus I take the same view. Sorry!
Claire
I emailed Claire about markup/word count. This is the response so - better get editing!
Yes you absolutely must stick to the word limit. I know it's hard to cut, but this is a really important skill to have. If somebody like a senior editor in a publishing firm asks you for a report of a certain length they expect you to stick to it, as they are generally busy, and don't want to read any more content than they asked for. Thus I take the same view. Sorry!
Claire
I emailed Claire about markup/word count. This is the response so - better get editing!
Edit
Hi Girls,
I've had a go at editing the report and I think it's ok. It's much easier to edit other peoples work than your own so please feel free to hack some more off my sections!
I will email it to you both now.
Just a wee bit over 3500!
x
I've had a go at editing the report and I think it's ok. It's much easier to edit other peoples work than your own so please feel free to hack some more off my sections!
I will email it to you both now.
Just a wee bit over 3500!
x
Panic?
Hey,
Just re-read through coursework guidelines and it says the LIMIT is 3500 words, not circa 3500!
Also, when asked to provide a sample of our product, this should 'ideally' be in markup - although not essential for publishing students; ie it probably IS essential for us ECP students.
I have been looking at the combined business plan and I think we could cut the word count by putting your layout diagram Ilia in the Products and Services section and using the home page/portfolio page etc description as an appendix. I've also seen a few other bits and pieces that can be cut but don't think it's going to amount to anything major. I'll get cracking on it now and email you both.
I also think it would be a good idea if all 3 of us met up before Monday - definitely before Wednesday.
How are you feeling Claire?
xxx
Just re-read through coursework guidelines and it says the LIMIT is 3500 words, not circa 3500!
Also, when asked to provide a sample of our product, this should 'ideally' be in markup - although not essential for publishing students; ie it probably IS essential for us ECP students.
I have been looking at the combined business plan and I think we could cut the word count by putting your layout diagram Ilia in the Products and Services section and using the home page/portfolio page etc description as an appendix. I've also seen a few other bits and pieces that can be cut but don't think it's going to amount to anything major. I'll get cracking on it now and email you both.
I also think it would be a good idea if all 3 of us met up before Monday - definitely before Wednesday.
How are you feeling Claire?
xxx
Saturday 1 December 2007
Second draft . . . more words!
Hi Girls,
Hope you're both having pleasant weekends and aren't too stressed by impending deadlines.
I've been doing some work on my section of the report this afternoon. Ilia I've incorporated your description as part of the Products and Services section and taken some of my original stuff out. My word count is now huge but as you said Ilia, mine probably should be quite substantial. I'll have another look through it now and see what I can edit.
How are you both getting on?
Claire I took out reference to the survey from my section.
I've been reading through all the past EP lecture notes and it might be worthwhile incorporating some of the things mentioned by some of the speakers - maybe even citing them explicitly. For instance Stephen Brooks, the product manager st Pro Quest, said some interesting things about product concept, market research, business models and requirements; Chris Turner discussed issues of project management, emphasising the importance of visualising different users and inventing possible scenarios to establish the various ways the product will be used. He also had a lot to say about quality requirements eg usability (which I've mentioned), reliability, efficiency, supportability, expandability and serviceability. And also the risk assessment aspect that's involved in planning; manging/monitoring. Jon Rimmer was talking specifically about usability but, as I said, I have brushed over this. He did emphasise the need for repeated testing. The 4 main stages are analysis, iterative design, build+test and deployment.
Anyway, we can talk about it on Monday.
I saw a very good but depressing film last night (and got drenched in the process), 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'. People can be so awful to one another!
xxx
Hope you're both having pleasant weekends and aren't too stressed by impending deadlines.
I've been doing some work on my section of the report this afternoon. Ilia I've incorporated your description as part of the Products and Services section and taken some of my original stuff out. My word count is now huge but as you said Ilia, mine probably should be quite substantial. I'll have another look through it now and see what I can edit.
How are you both getting on?
Claire I took out reference to the survey from my section.
I've been reading through all the past EP lecture notes and it might be worthwhile incorporating some of the things mentioned by some of the speakers - maybe even citing them explicitly. For instance Stephen Brooks, the product manager st Pro Quest, said some interesting things about product concept, market research, business models and requirements; Chris Turner discussed issues of project management, emphasising the importance of visualising different users and inventing possible scenarios to establish the various ways the product will be used. He also had a lot to say about quality requirements eg usability (which I've mentioned), reliability, efficiency, supportability, expandability and serviceability. And also the risk assessment aspect that's involved in planning; manging/monitoring. Jon Rimmer was talking specifically about usability but, as I said, I have brushed over this. He did emphasise the need for repeated testing. The 4 main stages are analysis, iterative design, build+test and deployment.
Anyway, we can talk about it on Monday.
I saw a very good but depressing film last night (and got drenched in the process), 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'. People can be so awful to one another!
xxx
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