It was a different group of members i worked with for PBL 1 this time round as compared to the previous groupings for projects last semester. I can say it was indeed a great experience working with these 4 other people:)
When we first received the project requirements, each and every one of us were relatively worried about how we were going to handle this project. It took us sometime before we got onto ourselves onto the right track, but the process was really enjoyable. Sim Lim Square was the first place that came to our minds in terms of gathering resources and information. While the others did their research over the internet, i sought the help of my cousin in accompanying me to Sim Lim Square as he was more learned in the area of computers and hardwares. We checked out the different prices and varieties of hardwares and softwares, namely norton antivirus 2006 and accounting softwares.
With the information in hand, i gathered the group again to look through the bulk of the gathered information. We found some information very useful and of course, some completely irrelevant ones. Over that discussion, we also assigned our individual parts of research to each member and completed our PBL Discussion Notes.
The next meeting came a couple of days later when we were to start on our powerpoint presentation. The objective of that meeting was to do a brief outline of the scope that we would be covering in this problem. With that, we started on the powerpoint, where we covered: assumptions, contents, system requirements, common software and type of administrative PCs. We also commenced on the floorplan and network diagram as these were relatively of more importance as compared to the others.
At the next meeting, we continued with our powerpoint and briefly completed majority of the necessary work. We met a couple of problems though in the process of compiling all our information to be put into the powerpoint as the information was rather limited still. Thus, we researched intensively and found much more related information. By then, the network diagram and floorplan were almost completed.
At our second last meeting, we completed the powerpoint, inserted the network diagram and floorplan and edited the powerpoint again. The last meeting basically saw us assigning the individual parts of presentation and everyone was to be familiar with the contents of the presentation.
At the presentation itself, i felt that my group members did very well in terms of their readiness and confidence. Even though there was a fault in our presentation, i know everyone of us had tried our very best. While it was a tough and stressful process in coming up with a solution for this problem, i am glad to say it was truly a refreshing experience for me.
Next up would be the macromedia assignment, which i hope will be a job well done:)
The notes provided for both the lectures on Flash and Macromedia were very informative and will definitely be of great help to me both for the assignment and for future use.
