week 8

this week has been a quiet week for me, i missed the monday client meeting because of doctors, but i catched up with dyee who told me the client meeting went really well, which was really satisfying to hear, most of the questions were answered by the client. the next team meeting which was on tuesday i attended, we started doing our functional spec, it was kind of a brain storming rather then actual work, we discussed all aspects of the document, from the introduction to the mod screen, there are a few areas that was discussed in details, because it was a bit confusing on which design should be used in which area and whether it will satisfy the clients need, but as the discussion continued a lot of good ideas has came through which i think we made a really good progress, there will be more discussion next week, but a good start is all we should aim for which that's what we've done.
The rest of the week was relaxing, there were no events on

Week 7

It has been an eventful week this week, first we attended the tour of Able Australia's office on monday, follow by the IE function on wednesday night, which we had a meaningful and relaxing time with the client.
Monday was the day i awaited for, the opportunity of visiting the on site of our client's office, our booking time was at four o'clock, but the whole team arrived 15mins prior dressed in suits and ties, all looking excited. We walked into the site early then they expected, the group before us has yet to finish with they tour, so waited a while outside in the back, during that time we through a few jokes around had a laugh to show our excitment, which was really fun. Finally the time has came at four, we were all introduced to David Ng, who got to know four of our members that he has never met, he made me felt very friendly with a welcome handshake. The tour started from the bottom level, as he introduced room by room, and how each room functions, and the expected renovation for the future of Able Australia, the most surprising thing that came out of the tour was the pool room, i've never seen such a wide pool in a house like room, and it was well fitted in, the standards and condition was extremely well kept, other rooms such as the therapy and art room which was still to be completed will sure look fantastic in the near future, able australia has got all the equipment that required for its client, it shows their professionalism towards its clients. After the tour it was time for meeting, the team leader brought some brief agendas, to cap off some questionable areas that needed to be clarify, our client has organised the meeting with a very well welcome, they have placed all sorts of treats on the table just for us, they also have made the environment very friendly, to tell the truth i would expect a very intense environment. The tour ended within a flash, it has been memoriable, it was my first time visiting a company that was organised by our clients, it has been a great experience.
Business as usual for the next day, we got started on our functional analysis, there wasn't much needed to mention, it was just a general brainstorming, i'm expecting alot of tense time to come.
Our time has come on wednesday, we were formally greeted our client as host, this time it was us having the opportunity to take care of our client at the function room of monash university, as usual we were all well organised, came in in our formal dress, surprisinly to see there was all sorts of food and drinks availiable, from wine to beer, i had a few cups of water, as i'm on a alcohol ban for the next few months, our clients arrived late, but it was understandable, they business has grown in a fast pace, which would keep them a bit longer in the office. But it was still nice to see them arriving, i was expected to have a relax time when we are facing the clients, which how this was ended, the team has a couple photo shots with the client, had a bit of laugh and talked bout things in general and most importantly we have further improved the knowledge of the client outside work. The outcome was pleasing. i hope Monash can continue these sorts of functions in the future, it really helps the students to improve on communication and understanding skills

week 6

Finally i got sometime to sit down and write my blog, this week has been a busy week for me, from university assignments to personal life. Last week i did a brief blog which i think was very poor effort by me, but i hope this won't happen again in the near future. This week the business case is due, our group worked hard during the team meetings to complete some group tasks, as a senior documentor i came in on time on tuesday to complete my bit, i gathered all the documents off claydi, started to put individual tasks into the final version, it wasn't a difficult task, but i took me a while to finish with the help from claydi. Along the time i was integrating all the documents, we were also checking for errors within the documents, there were a couple of areas that needed to be re-adjusted, each individual piece of work was checked over before being finalised. The document was then being put into standards where all the font and style was adjusted.
The group met with the client for the second time, i was unable to attend, but group leader ben and rowen made the meeting. After the meeting with the client, all of the meeting detail was posted to the facebook to allow other members know the exact things that happened, next monday we were invited by the client to pay a visit to their office, it is a very exciting news to hear, after all the work the group has done so far, we now finally has the chance of going behind the scene, it will be very interesting. But one other thing i had to point out, on tuesday i left the meeting during lunch time and had to attend my class at clayton, and left behind the unfinished work, which i really felt irresponsible, i apologise to the team, on tuesday i wasn't having one of those smooth days, but its the sort of responsibility that i didn't perform well.
But now i awaits the date of next monday, which i think will be alot of fun!!

week 5

uni started this week, it was business as usual for the IE group, we started the week with a team meeting on monday, it was short and brief, but all focus was on the business cards, the group were able to eliminate on the certain designs and chose the best out of the best, its aim is to give our clients the best image we could. continue on with our next task we started our business case and risk assessment, ben our team leader seperated the parts within the documents so each member has its own parts to complete. this is probably my first taste of creating a professional document, very excited and looking forward to doing well in my part

Week 4 non teaching week

This week has been a week off for all of us, but our group still manage to make it to the team meeting. Tuesday was usually our team meeting day, but this week due to the social club events we were forced to push it back to the events after the social club, which made an awakard situation for me, i had to attend an event else where, but i still manage to attend parts of the meeting. The day started as all of our team members attending the social club, our team meeting was scheduled after the social club ended, which to my surprise it did not end until 230 pm, but it was ok for me and most of our team members, as we had some fun moments during the social club. Our team gathered after 230pm, which we were able to discuss some points that needs to be dressed, before i left i was able to give some personal opinion on the business card design, cladi who was the designer did a good job, which gave us a variety of options to choose from, i was amazed at the amount of choice we had, all credit to cladi. It was a hard choice as all of the design was impressive, i didn't know where i should start from, but towards the end of my time at the meeting, i chose a design which i thought was suitable to the team, now im awaits the answer, but i'm sure any of the choice the team makes will be impressive.

Week 4

Finally this week we got to meet our client, it was very exciting moment to be waited for, it was my first experience of encounter a company. The day started with alot of hope and eagerness, our group had a lot of question marks over our head as to what should we expect and what kind of results we might get, but our team's preparation was exceptional with the likes of all team members preparing for the bit, and a special praise to ben (sorry ben last week i probably was unconsiouse when i did my blog) who is our team leader organised everything well. During the meeting session with our client we got alot of information back from them, the company representative described its functions and duties, needs and wants well, which gave us alot of inside information to their company, we also recieved some paper work which would relate to the tasks, i was surprised the client has actually prepared for us, he has done a bit of homework for the whole class which was pleasing. This week i wasn't able to attend the meeting on tuesday morning due to some personal reason. But on monday we were able to gather together and signed off some of the documents that required as a our team is working our way towards professionalism.

FIT3047 third week

In the previous week, our group has making a rapid progress to our IE assignment, we have been able to setup the facebook blog which allows all the members to communicate including me who wasn't too familiar with the website, now i have been updating the progress of the team daily. i was appointed as a senior documentor to the team, which was a previlage, this week we have been working on the standard and governance, the members of the team has been making comments and discussing issues regarding the document on facebook.
we had a few meetings each week, on the tuesday session our team was able to discuss the issues and needs to improvments needed to our documents, luke our team leader has discussed the new addons to our document which we are required to understand, and our team members were required to think of anychanges that should be made to the document. the standard and governance are scheduled to be due this friday, but i think our team is making a rapid progress in this particular document, i have put my bits in by making suggestions to what should be done and not, but my main role should be coming in later on.