Project Meeting 3 - Thursday 5th January 2012

Issues identified in previous meeting (including personal development goals)

Based on the issues that I identified at the end of the last meeting between myself and Vicky Rushin-Chape, I received the following pieces of feedback:

• The amount of research that should be included in the report
• The importance of research, and how it contributes towards the final grade of the project
• The methodology stated in the project specification can be modified, as long as reasonable justification is stated in the project report
• The amount of time that should be left to proof-read, review and check the project report
• The date for when the next meeting between myself and the supervisor will be held

Feedback received in previous meeting

One of the most important pieces of feedback that I received during this meeting was that my project methodology can be altered. Vicky Rushin-Chape informed me that as long as reasonable justification is stated in the project report, the methodology can be altered. This piece of feedback has given me much more confidence regarding the progress of my project – I now feel as though I can complete my project to a higher standard.

Vicky Rushin-Chape also discussed the importance of research within this meeting. She stated that the bulk of the report should be focused on research, and that research should be specifically relate to the project subject area.

This meeting was another relatively short gathering, however Vicky Rushin-Chape informed us that during our next client meeting she wants to see all of our content regarding the progress of our project.

Based on past experiences that Vicky has dealt with, she recommended that we should have our project report entirely finished at least 3 weeks before the project deadline. This is so that we can proof read our reports, and also run our report through the plagiarism checker. Vicky informed us that Turn It In (the application used for checking plagiarism) can take up to 48 hours to check a piece of work, therefore plenty of time should be left so that the report can be reviewed.

Vicky also informed us that our project diary sheets should be up to date by now, and that I should have 3 entries into the diary thus far.

Action taken on feedback

Based on the feedback I received, I will implement the following actions prior to my next meeting with the supervisor on Thursday 12^th January:

• Complete my introduction section in the project report
• Write a thorough analysis of existing project methodologies, and specifically state why I have chosen to alter my methodology
• Conduct more project research so that I have a reasonable amount of content to present to Vicky in the next meeting
• Produce questionnaires for members of Thornaby Indoor Bowls Club, so I can identify some of the requirements of the bowling members
• Complete my third Project Diary entry sheet, and e-mail the document to my supervisor.
• Continue researching PHP, by reading Paul Hudson’s “Practical PHP” e-book.

Matters to discuss

In the next meeting between myself and Vicky Rushin-Chape, I intend to discuss the following matters:

• Whether or not the contents of my project report are sufficient thus far
• The date for when the research section should ideally be completed by
• How much of the overall project solution should be completed (e.g. does the project need to meet a certain number of the functional objectives stated in the project specification).
• Ask Vicky to explain the differences between a set of References and the Bibliography
• When the next meeting between myself and the supervisor will be held

References Consulted

No references were consulted throughout this meeting.