planning/monitoring

intro & ordered task list | project plan/schedule | weekly progress reports | plan worked-out

intro...

Before working on any project, a period of planning is vital to ensure overall success. At the beginning of this period it is necessary to identify all the main tasks and subtasks that need to be completed. Each of these tasks must also be assigned with a realistic amount of time so they can be achieved and must be put into a sensible order to be effective. To ensure that the project is finished on time it is essential that some allowance for contingencies is built directly into the plan/schedule. This will enable me to run 'overtime' on particular tasks if required.

Given that I only have just over four weeks to complete this project, I have decided to generate progress reports on a weekly basis. This will enable me to monitor my progress and assess my own performance throughout the whole duration of the web site's development. I will then finally show how the plan actually worked-out in practice.

ordered task list

Below I have identified all of the main tasks and subtasks and placed them into a sensible order that I believe will make efficient use of my time when it is allocated on the subsequent page.

Investigation:

  1. Interview PSD partners
    • Analysis of interview
  2. Brief evaluation of a similar web site
  3. End-user survey
    • Analysis of results
  4. Overall requirements
    • Clear list of agreed goals

Design:

  1. Web site branding
  2. Content explanation (Semantic XHTML)
  3. Site structure and navigation
    • Navigational route (Flow chart)
  4. Accessibility and style explanation (Cascade Style Sheets)
  5. Initial design with annotation
  6. Story boards

Implementation:

  1. Brief explanation of development process
  2. Construction of 1st prototype
  3. Questions for PSD partners regarding 1st prototype
  4. Analysis of feedback from PSD partners
  5. Development of 2nd prototype (Adjustments applied)
  6. Questionnaire for End-users concerning 2nd prototype
  7. Analysis of feedback from End-users
  8. Complete web site (Final refinements implemented)

Testing:

  1. Test plan
  2. Test log
  3. Documentation of any modifications made
  4. Final end-user questionnaire

Evaluation:

  1. Were the goals listed in the ‘Overall requirements’ met?
  2. Assessment of end-user questionnaire
  3. A discussion on one possible improvement

Proposal:

  1. Report on:
    • How could the site's functionality be enhanced?
    • Accommodating e-commerce

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