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Fall 2007 > J12 11-16-07 > View Response #8

J12 11-16-07: View Response #8

Name	Rae Alty
Milestone Status: Gains made (If possible, include hyperlinks to what you mention here.)	-I have re-put the necessary programs back onto my tablet since last weeks crash, including VS and Office. -I have read through/begun work on the notification system, but very little concrete implementation yet.
Milestone Status: Obstacles Encountered	-My tablet crashed last week, and I've spent a heck of a time trying to get it back up and running. It's still crashing/freezing abnormally often, so I'm still trying to work out bugs. The time spend on fixing my computer, along with the lack of beta (see below) has slowed work this week tremendously. -Most of my original milestones, as I said in my milestone report, required the beta...therefore could not be done. It seems like something of a blessing that you got a respite this week when you had no computer. However, if your machine keeps freezing, remember that the machines in Symmonds have VS on them. If you're being hindered in future harder weeks, you should definitely put off the ramp-up time and use the lab. Sometimes it's a necessary evil. --Chelsea
Milestone Status: Proposed Solutions	-Tablet is mostly back up, but I'm still getting updates and such. -Luke promised the beta for Monday, which would mean I could get what I had intended for this week done some. In the meantime, I have the notifications system to work on and keep me busy. Given the lack of follow through on this front from last week, do you have a contingency plan? It's probably not a good thing for you to be blocked for two weeks when there is work elsewhere.
Development Process: What seems to be working and why?	-We seem to be getting the core of the background stuff done, which means we can put more people on UI, testing and flushing the program out. This changeover has already begun, and it seems to be a good sign.
Development Process: What does not seem to be working and why?	-This week very little got done. Between legal issues (ugg!), which included but were not limited to the lack of beta, work for other classes (mostly Malloc for 320 students), and the like, its been a hard week for us all. It's really frustrating to be held back by/our focus moved to the legal issues, as that isn't supposed to be a focus of 410, from what I gather from Dr. Wong talking. Very true; this is a difficult setback for both the staff and the class. However, as Chelsea mentioned above, it's good to have a contingency plan and talk to other people to find out where help is most needed when your milestones simply can't be done.
Development Process: Proposals for change--issues addressed and why the change will help.	-The legal issue, though not liked, are a necessary part of the project and dealing with a real customer in general. As much of a pain as it is, I don't think we have a choice in the matter. I think Dr. Wong is being put back into the loop more, and we are re-focusing on Luke rather than Bethany, as Dr. Wong instructed us to, and I feel this is a positive thing that will allow for a smoother road.
Peer review: Positive or negative feedback for other class members	-Brad has done a good job of looking into the server issues and the like and doing what, to me, is the ugly work. :) -Derek's done a great job of finding bugs, and its truely an asset to have someone focusing on trying to find the problems in our site, as he is doing.
Additional Comments	Bleh week.