Comments on: Technical Deliverable http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: MI http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-132 MI Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:25:39 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-132 Oge, I certainly didn't mean to say that your question was in some way not "smart". Since this is a Project Management class, it's important to focus on ideas that would make the project successful. As we know, a successful project is one that is delivered <strong>on time</strong> and comes in <strong>under budget</strong>. So being resourceful and finding ways to accomplish this goal is the main job of a PM. Now, if this was a web development class, the "smart" question to ask would be "how can we be more creative with our website to impress the end users?". The thing is, these two goals are usually at odds because adding "cool" things to the site would add to the scope of the project and wouldn't make the PM too happy. Oge, I certainly didn’t mean to say that your question was in some way not “smart”. Since this is a Project Management class, it’s important to focus on ideas that would make the project successful. As we know, a successful project is one that is delivered on time and comes in under budget. So being resourceful and finding ways to accomplish this goal is the main job of a PM. Now, if this was a web development class, the “smart” question to ask would be “how can we be more creative with our website to impress the end users?”. The thing is, these two goals are usually at odds because adding “cool” things to the site would add to the scope of the project and wouldn’t make the PM too happy.

]]> By: oge http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-131 oge Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:44:24 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-131 GREAT JOB, GUYS! I SEEM TO BE SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT IT IS TRUE. IF WE MUST SAY SO OURSELVES. I still need comments on the Final Report, except you guys are you trust me? GREAT JOB, GUYS! I SEEM TO BE SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT IT IS TRUE. IF WE MUST SAY SO OURSELVES.

I still need comments on the Final Report, except you guys are you trust me?

]]> By: oge http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-130 oge Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-130 Thank you, thank you, thank you! Gene and MI ;-)LOL Thanks Mohammed for making my "question smarter" "the smart question to ask is" “How can we leverage reusable components from the existing environment to shorten the amount of work that needs to be done?” Oge Thank you, thank you, thank you! Gene and MI

;-)LOL Thanks Mohammed for making my “question smarter”
“the smart question to ask is” “How can we leverage reusable components from the existing environment to shorten the amount of work that needs to be done?”

Oge

]]> By: MI http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-129 MI Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:21:42 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-129 Hey Oge, Thanks for all the questions! And thanks to Gene for answering most of them. I wanted to touch upon one point: "Is it not possible to be <strong>more</strong> creative and do it our style?" If you have read my post about 4GT, then you will notice that it takes 313.72 person-hours just to put together the <strong>non-creative</strong> functional site. That means it would take 3 full-time developers 2.5 weeks to complete the functional pages. Furthermore, I just did a code analysis, and it turns out that our functional site now has about <strong>10,000 lines of code</strong> so far. Given these circumstances, you would most certainly need to be "creative" just to get the product out the door. How we showed our creativity is through the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concept of "reusability". Since our job is to create some pages that fit into an existing environment, the smart question to ask is <strong>"How can we leverage reusable components from the existing environment to shorten the amount of work that needs to be done?"</strong> So to answer your question, yes, finding ways to leverage existing resources instead of reinventing the wheel requires creativity. And I am certain that the professor will recognize this. Hey Oge,

Thanks for all the questions! And thanks to Gene for answering most of them. I wanted to touch upon one point:

“Is it not possible to be more creative and do it our style?”
If you have read my post about 4GT, then you will notice that it takes 313.72 person-hours just to put together the non-creative functional site. That means it would take 3 full-time developers 2.5 weeks to complete the functional pages. Furthermore, I just did a code analysis, and it turns out that our functional site now has about 10,000 lines of code so far. Given these circumstances, you would most certainly need to be “creative” just to get the product out the door. How we showed our creativity is through the Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concept of “reusability”. Since our job is to create some pages that fit into an existing environment, the smart question to ask is “How can we leverage reusable components from the existing environment to shorten the amount of work that needs to be done?”

So to answer your question, yes, finding ways to leverage existing resources instead of reinventing the wheel requires creativity. And I am certain that the professor will recognize this.

]]> By: admin http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-128 admin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:01:02 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-128 Technical Deliverable: dynamic database linked to the current site that will receive the following information from current and former students • Name, Current or Former student, former BU Email id or student number (for proof), email address, interested_in_contributing_how The key goal of the database is to collect email addresses and send out 8 news letters each year. Also the database should collect information from students optionally if they want to contribute in any way. interested_in_contributing_how is a COMMENT box. Creative part: Other proposed ideas could stem from Google apps wrapper for the website so that things like calendar, email etc can be integrated. Also Google apps has chat and google talk. The sponsors are interested in providing this wrapper now or in a future implementation. The project team can be creative to make it a valuable social net for PM graduates or current students. Technical Deliverable:
dynamic database linked to the current site that will receive the following information from current and former students
• Name, Current or Former student, former BU Email id or student number (for proof), email address, interested_in_contributing_how
The key goal of the database is to collect email addresses and send out 8 news letters each year.
Also the database should collect information from students optionally if they want to contribute in any way. interested_in_contributing_how is a COMMENT box.
Creative part:
Other proposed ideas could stem from Google apps wrapper for the website so that things like calendar, email etc can be integrated. Also Google apps has chat and google talk. The sponsors are interested in providing this wrapper now or in a future implementation.
The project team can be creative to make it a valuable social net for PM graduates or current students.

]]> By: admin http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-127 admin Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:50:21 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-127 “I will keep all of Ed’s static content, but style it using BU’s template to get us closer to Gene’s Web 2.0 vision.” What style are you referring to, second one? yes BU’s template, is that the development template? • They are both development templates, one is done by Ed to create a mock up user interface, the second one is the actual deliverable form and database that matter for the project. Is it not possible to be more creative and do it our style? • Style is not part of the graded deliverable so while it’s nice, we could put it into the suggestions for the new site. I thought the project was all about creativity, if not I really don’t see why there shouldn’t be innovation or are we just reinventing the wheel? • The project is more about the project management process then the look and feel of the site. If Ed Leong, and MI had create a white html only form and connected it to a 5 table database that worked we would have fulfilled the deliverable. “Another very obvious measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions and responses to onsite surveys from students.” I see part a: “……measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions…” How do we accomplish the second part: “…responses to onsite surveys from students” from one of the links? This is an excellent point. MI, can you send a mailing list out of the admin section? I don’t have the admin passwords so I couldn’t check. Please comment on this clarification. “I will keep all of Ed’s static content, but style it using BU’s template to get us closer to Gene’s Web 2.0 vision.”
What style are you referring to, second one? yes
BU’s template, is that the development template?
• They are both development templates, one is done by Ed to create a mock up user interface, the second one is the actual deliverable form and database that matter for the project.

Is it not possible to be more creative and do it our style?
• Style is not part of the graded deliverable so while it’s nice, we could put it into the suggestions for the new site.

I thought the project was all about creativity, if not I really don’t see why there shouldn’t be innovation or are we just reinventing the wheel?
• The project is more about the project management process then the look and feel of the site. If Ed Leong, and MI had create a white html only form and connected it to a 5 table database that worked we would have fulfilled the deliverable.

“Another very obvious measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions and responses to onsite surveys from students.”
I see part a: “……measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions…”
How do we accomplish the second part: “…responses to onsite surveys from students” from one of the links?
This is an excellent point. MI, can you send a mailing list out of the admin section? I don’t have the admin passwords so I couldn’t check.
Please comment on this clarification.

]]> By: oge http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-126 oge Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:42:35 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-126 Hi! The "Former BU Email ID" is it for the benefit of "alumni?" Past students? What if the student does not remember that? Because it takes me some seconds to remember mine sometimes, because what I did from the onset was to forward my BU mail to my personal mail! If that happens, is there another way a student can login without having the BU Email ID? I know that might be one of the authentication process, but could there be anyother way? Like SS# and DOB? Gracias! Oge. P.S If I get really annoying with all these posts and questions, kindly let me know. I wouldn't mind if you complained, I rarely do mind. I have 3 little rug rats, I have immunity! So feel free to scream: Oge, stop already! Hi!

The “Former BU Email ID” is it for the benefit of “alumni?” Past students?

What if the student does not remember that? Because it takes me some seconds to remember mine sometimes, because what I did from the onset was to forward my BU mail to my personal mail!

If that happens, is there another way a student can login without having the BU Email ID?
I know that might be one of the authentication process, but could there be anyother way? Like SS# and DOB?

Gracias!

Oge.

P.S
If I get really annoying with all these posts and questions, kindly let me know. I wouldn’t mind if you complained, I rarely do mind. I have 3 little rug rats, I have immunity! So feel free to scream: Oge, stop already!

]]> By: oge http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-125 oge Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:34:41 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-125 "Another very obvious measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions and responses to onsite surveys from students." I see part a: "......measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions..." How do we accomplish the second part: "...responses to onsite surveys from students" from one of the links? Thank you, didn't mean to bug all of a sudden! Oge “Another very obvious measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions and responses to onsite surveys from students.”

I see part a: “……measurement will be the mailing list subscriptions…”

How do we accomplish the second part: “…responses to onsite surveys from students” from one of the links?

Thank you, didn’t mean to bug all of a sudden!

Oge

]]> By: oge http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-124 oge Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:27:36 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-124 Me again! "I will keep all of Ed’s static content, but style it using BU’s template to get us closer to Gene’s Web 2.0 vision." What style are you referring to, second one? BU's template, is that the development template? Is it not possible to be more creative and do it our style? I thought the project was all about creativity, if not I really don't see why there shouldn't be innovation or are we just reinventing the wheel? Then again I might be wrong in my thinking! Thank you Oge Me again!
“I will keep all of Ed’s static content, but style it using BU’s template to get us closer to Gene’s Web 2.0 vision.”

What style are you referring to, second one?
BU’s template, is that the development template?
Is it not possible to be more creative and do it our style? I thought the project was all about creativity, if not I really don’t see why there shouldn’t be innovation or are we just reinventing the wheel?

Then again I might be wrong in my thinking!

Thank you
Oge

]]> By: oge http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-122 oge Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:40:31 +0000 http://www.boston-recruiting.com/archives/88#comment-122 I take it that the look/feel would be the second one? Hmmm, so much for democracy! I would like to see the demo, let me know when you would do that. I take it that the look/feel would be the second one? Hmmm, so much for democracy!

I would like to see the demo, let me know when you would do that.

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