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Fall 2007 > J12 11-16-07 > View Response #7

J12 11-16-07: View Response #7

Name	Matt Freeburg
Milestone Status: Gains made (If possible, include hyperlinks to what you mention here.)	Milestone report is here. Additional duties included communicating with the customer, running meetings, and maintaining the features list.
Milestone Status: Obstacles Encountered	75% of the class (that I know of - could be more) had major issues with other classes this week. I know mine in particular did not go well. Midterm/project weeks do seem to all occur at the same time.
Milestone Status: Proposed Solutions	There is some degree of advanced planning we can do, although on the other hand there isn't a lot that can be helped when the majority of the class is swamped with other work. Although, as we've mentioned in other journals, you can pitch for smaller milestones that will be completed rather than larger milestones that will be left largely uncompleted, thus disappointing the customer... Maybe someone else has a good idea of a solution for this - I don't at this point (though part of it is just being very tired).
Development Process: What seems to be working and why?	Groups are still working well, and it seems like everyone is accepting of making some changes to accommodate the increasing amount of UI work. I'm glad the team is pulling together on this issue.
Development Process: What does not seem to be working and why?	One thing I've noticed is that we seem to have perhaps too many forms of communication now. Between Trac and sharepoint and email and voice, I think there is some splintering of coordination going on. I don't think it has really become a big issue yet though.
Development Process: Proposals for change--issues addressed and why the change will help.	I am thinking to use Trac for assigning features tasks - I feel that the functionality is more friendly than sharepoint. I have asked for Derek's help in adding tasks to Trac and catching up with people on their progress, and I think he will be good in this job. I am mostly concerned about splintering where it will cause some tasks to be misplaced, and I think this solution will directly address that issue. There are a number of things we need to make work before the end of the semester and I don't want us to miss any of them. I agree that this is a problem, and I'm glad you've said something here. I cannot stress enough that you must clear this kind of decision with Dr. Wong and the staff. Most aspects of 410 are left to the class's discretion, but some are not (journals, for example). Moving tasks to another forum may not be an option, so ask Dr. Wong first. --Chelsea
Peer review: Positive or negative feedback for other class members	Derek has been very helpful in dealing with the security testing, and in general taking to all new tasks that are thrown his way with enthusiasm and without complaint. Bravo. Aaron has also taken on a lot of tasks this week (Page views, profile editing problem) which really helped me out.
Additional Comments	I have serious issues with the major topic of today's class. I don't think I can stress that enough. I need to take some time to compose my thoughts here.