Friday, April 4, 2008

Meeting/ Work schedule

Had a meeting yesterday with Lorcan, Steve, and Graeme to talk about the interim report and the project. We talked about how there will be four drafts for the final report. My first one will go to Lorcan, next two to Steve and Graeme and final draft to Lorcan. I've started working on my first draft and am hoping to have it ready by next Tuesday or Wednesday. We discussed the presentations briefly, which will be worked on in the final week after reports are handed in. I also got a spare wifistix and console-st from Lorcan. Unfortunately there was no spare Gumstix but this shouldn't be a problem. I'm currently working on installing the new file system on the Gumstix but it takes some time so I'll blog later on how it turns out. If this goes well im hoping to have the Bluetooth component finished also by next Tuesday or Wednesday. This will give me plenty of time to work with the LCD screen which im guessing will be the trickiest part overall. Heres my workplan:
  • 1st April - 9th April: Bluetooth component and first report draft. If Bluetooth component cant be completed by the 9th I will continue working on it until the 13th.
  • 10th April - 27th April: LCD component. If I need more time on this I can continue working up until the 4th of May.
  • 13th April - 17th April: Second report Draft
  • 20th April - 24th April: Third report draft
  • 28th April - 8th May: Work on final draft
  • 8th May - 15th: Presentation preparation
The time periods for completing report drafts are somewhat flexible. My aim is to do at least half an hour work on the report each working day.

3 comments:

Lorcan Coyle said...

Sounds good, one comment: I'd be quite uncomfortable with you doing implementation as late as the 4th May. You'd be leaving too much to chance in terms of synchronising final feedback into your report.
It would be great if you had a first draft as early as the 9th. What level will that draft be at (will it be nearly complete)? Your deadlines look fine, keep us up to date on your progression here on the blog.

Smith said...

I'd say my first draft will have all of chapter three, all about the implementation, and chapter two is fairly complete as it is. I'll include some chapter 4, which will be testing like i'll talk about the early prototype using just rfid. Conclusions probably wont have anything. Do you think i should have something for future work? Not necessarilly in this draft but in final one.

Lorcan Coyle said...

that sounds reasonable. i'd recommend putting in at least some bullets for future work, just to get us thinking about the issues. likewise, i'd like to see something in the conclusions. you've done enough work now to have some idea of what they will be. maybe a page's worth?