I created the first draft of my project specification last night. I had hoped to get it done earlier but there seems to be so much this year that I’m having trouble getting into the swing of things. I reckon I’m getting the hang of it now though, my placement helped a lot in terms of organising tasks.
There are only a few changes proposed by Ray for the first draft. First of all, it seems that my suggested title may have been a little too long. No problem though because I can still get across what I want to say in the elaboration and definition of the project deliverable. Apparently referring to my application as ‘CHUI’ is perfectly OK, as long as I explain the acronym of course. It has also been suggested that I introduce the emphasis on accessibility of the application - and what I actually mean by ‘application’ in the first place. The only couple of suggestions left include deciding upon milestone dates and mentioning the personalisation capabilities of CHUI.
I will hopefully be sending my second draft of the project specification to Ray this evening, in order to get it properly done by the deadline this Friday. So far so good then.
Next step: Project Specification (Final Draft).
I received the following feedback for my specification, thanks goes out to my supervisor for helping me along the way:
1. Does the project have an investigation / information review component?
YES
2. Does the project have a significant design / strategy component?
YES
3. Does the project have an analysis / evaluation component?
YES
4. Is the deliverable clearly identified and stated?
YES.
5. Is a critical reflection of the project identified?
YES.
6. Is the project of a suitable degree of difficulty?
YES. There is scope for any degree of difficulty, depending on the features which are included in the proposed system, and the rigour with which it is evaluated (by users other than the author!).
7. Does the specification show the appropriate level of communication?
YES.
8. Only a week is allocated to “Produce report on completion of project� in the task plan. This is unrealistic; I assume that parts will be written up as soon as the relevant work has been done.