Week 6 - Planning

Team Name: 3RDiConstruct

Team Members: Nikko Sudirman, Daniel Pantelas, Tim Lin, Matthew Whellan, Demetra Alexandrou and Salli Hanninen

Wiki Page: https://sites.google.com/site/3rdiconstruct/

Clarity of the oral presentation:

Each member presented their part clearly, concisely and in a professional manner. Unfortunately they were reading directly off their presentation which was distracting for the audience. Their presentation showed their understanding of extensive research which was further enhanced by using examples. The significance of planning in the industry and in their project was clearly conveyed during their presentation.

Clarity of the written presentation:

The prezi presentation was unfortunately overloaded with text on some slides and it was hard to decipher the key points. The use of images and charts were helpful in understanding the context. The topics which were covered were in a well organised sequential order that enhanced the audience’s understanding.

Distinctiveness and specificity of the examples:

Each member of their group had a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities in their project. For each topic they explained the reasoning behind why planning is so important in project management and how it can be implemented.

Referencing:

There was no referencing in the presentation; although they listed their references at the end of their Wiki page but did not state which reference was for which image.

The conceptual context:

They seemed to have done a lot of research into planning and linked examples of how they incorporated planning into their project structure. Even after all their research they found they were too far into their project to be able to implement most of their planning research and found that the planning structure they had from the beginning was working for them.

The still images:

There weren’t many images used and the images that were used weren’t referenced. The presentation done on prezi was enhanced with their images added to support their text. The use of ghantt charts and diagrams were useful in supporting the use of schedules in project management.

What information I learnt that will be beneficial to my project:

After listening to the presentation I have realised that with our project we don’t have a precise plan in motion. After doing some research into planning we have come to the decision that our project planning needs to be more clear and specific where our roles, responsibilities and requirements are well understood. 

Planning is the process of linking strategic goals and objectives to tactical goals and objectives. It describes milestones, conditions for success and explains how, or what portion of, a strategic plan will be put into operation during a given operational period, in the case of commercial application, a fiscal year or another given budgetary term.

Where are we now?

• Research
• Designing the mechanical system
• Code facial recognition
• Import code for kinect to arduino

Where do we want to be?

• Mechanical system made of the right materials (working prototype)
• Send data from the kinect to the arduino (working prototype)
• Kinect data to cryengine3
• Cryengine 3 animation
• Crysis environment

How do we get there?

• We will be using asana to delegate tasks
• We have a weekly schedule outlining who is doing which task and when it needs to be completed and how long the task will take

How do we measure our progress?

• We will be measuring the amount of work we accomplish by the end of each week then we will compare it to how much work we need to accomplish to stay on track.

Clear objectives

• Create a mechanical storage system for a bathroom using the output from the Kinect data. This system will be using materials that will withstand the varying temperatures of the bathroom.

Desired outcomes

• Working prototype
• Facial recognition for Kinect
• Kinect data to Cry Engine 3 to animate model
• Mechanical drawings of the storage system

Staffing and resource requirements

• Kinect
• Arduino kit
• Kinect to arduino code
• Budget for materials to build the prototype

A process for monitoring progress

• Asana
• Keeping with the schedule