What a busy week…as Phase 1 comes to an end

Last week, the representative from the Anderson Sunshine House finally came to talk with our class. It was perfect timing as far as where we currently are in the project. I think it was a very informative and helpful meeting/discussion. She was able to answer questions and give us feedback on our ideas. Another group also gave an informal presentation about PayPal, and the client seemed very excited about it.

After the client spoke to the class on Wednesday, our group had a meeting later that day to talk about the proposal that’s due this upcoming week. For the meeting, I had prepared a very rough layout of the website for the group to review. I think it was helpful to finally see our ideas coming together, but it’s nowhere near being done. We still need to decide where everything will go and what exactly to include.

In addition to the website, the main focus of our group meeting was the proposal that is due Wednesday, March 14. Since we only had a very long sample to look at, we were confused to what exactly we were supposed to be putting in our proposal. We were hoping that after class on Friday we would be able to divide up some of the work. Right now, our current plan is to write most of the proposal in class on Monday. What we don’t get finished then, we will finish Monday evening. The website layout/rough draft is going to be done this weekend by Jocelyn and me on Sunday. If all goes as planned, this proposal will be done by Monday night. (yikes!!!) Due to time constraints, the proposal is definitely not going to be what it could be. With more time, I feel like we could put the time and effort into this that it deserves. I guess we will just have to see how it all goes!

Reflecting on the whole project so far, I think the most important thing has been planning ahead. Agendas definitely help the group meetings be more productive. They not only remind you of what you need to get done, but they make getting that done a faster process. Our group as a whole works really well together, so it has been easier to get the group work done.