Week 4

Meeting: 22nd January 2009, Thursday, 9am-10am

A meeting was held before the holiday to discuss about the task distribution of the project that we going to develop which is the courseware of learning alphabets and numbers. Each member of our team was assigned with a module or function that they going to work on, such as alphabet learning module. Through the discussion, we had decided to use Macromedia Flash in the development process of the courseware. All the members were required to search for information that are useful in designing the courseware during the holiday.

Week 3

Meeting : Wednesday, 14th January 2009, 9.15 - 10.15 pm

Meeting was held to discuss again what requirements or functions that we request from Lunar4Studios Corporation. From the discussion we agreed to add new requirements or functions to this software. The updated requirements or functions for the software are as following:-

Functions:-

User

• register
• login
• select layout template
• view or download template
• review application
• view status of application
• print status of application (optional)

Admin

• login
• approve application
• update layout template
• add new layout template
• delete layout template
• edit layout template

Meeting : Friday, 16th January 2009, 9.15 - 10.30 pm

We had a meeting with Lunar4Studios Corporation to discuss about their requirements of the software that we have to develop for them. The courseware that we have to develop is Learning Alphabet and Number. Group members of Lunar4Studios Corporation told us what requirements or functions that they want to have in the courseware. Below are the requirements or functions that they request:-

Menu

• Learning Alphabet - uppercase and lowercase
• Learning Numbering - 1-10
• Exercises/games

Others

• This courseware should come with sound.
• Have pictures or graphics
• Not using striking colors
• Background colors must less than three colors.
• Use more icons

During this meeting we also exchange our requirements with Lunar4Studios Corporation.

Week 2

Meeting : Sunday, 11st January 2009, 9.15 - 10.30 pm

Discussion has been made recently to select the best proposal that were submitted to our company. The proposals are from Lunar4Studios Corporation, Creative 7 Corporation and 6Centueries. We evaluate the proposals based on certain criteria.

First criteria are the presentation of the proposal. In this criterion, we consider the company profile, how the overview of the system is presented and the appendix they enclosed. Lunar4Studios showed how good their company was by stating the award that they have won in the past and their main field of expertise. The overview is stated briefly with a very good suggestion plus a good appendix of Gantt chart presentation. Creative 7 Studios have no distinguished status and have not stated their main field of expertise. Their overview is good in the objectives and scopes of the system. They have an appendix of a Gantt chart but it is not properly presented. 6Centueries also stated its status and its field of expertise but they are more too network-based solution. They presented the overview plus a problem statement well, objectives and scopes and no appendix attached. Somehow, their requirements are not what we want.

Second criteria are the methodology. We are flexible in this criterion because any method that they proposed was acceptable. All three companies stated their methodology briefly in a good way. Lunar4Studios and 6Centueries proposed to use the scrum methodology while Creative 7 Studios proposed to use the Martin’s Four Phase RAD.

Third criteria are the budgets. We prefer budgets that are low. Lunar4Studios and 6Centueries proposed the lowest budgets than Creative 7 Studios. However, 6Centueries presented more detailed from Lunar4Studios.

Fourth criteria are the timeframe. We prefer the date is stated and the development time is not too long. Only Lunar4Studios stated the exact date and the Gantt chart also based on the date that they have stated. However, 6Centueries and Creative 7 Studios only stated the date in the Gantt chart. The development time proposed by 6Centueries and Creative 7 Studios are shorter than the time proposed by Lunar4Studios.

In conclusion, we decided to take Lunar4Studios to do our project with the following justifications:

1- Very good company status and suitable field of expertise

2- Distinguished overview of system which make the system better

3- Low budgets

SOFTWARE APPLICATION

PURPOSE

To help user in choosing the layout design of event venue that is suitable with the activity/event that they want to organize.

SCOPE -

vThis software is developed for anyone who wants to organize event inside UMP.

vThe user: - students

- lecturers

- staffs

- external users

—Data :- gather from Jabatan Pembangunan & Pengurusan Harta (JPPH), UMP.

REQUIREMENTS -

—Language – PHP

—Database – mySQL

—Functions :-

üUser

- register

- login

- select layout template

- review application

- view status of application

üAdmin

- login

- approve application

- update layout template

- add new layout template

- delete layout template

Project Overview

Ten10 Corporation designs software solutions to manage large, medium, and little sized enterprises. It offers its solutions for various markets, such as human resources management systems, accounting systems, shareholders systems, and security systems. We had many meetings to form ideas and solutions for the development of this kind of software. The group, even before its consolidation, planned the methodology of work and development based on the simplification of tasks. The company was established in January 2009 and is located in Kuantan, Pahang. Ten10 Corporation's software products are noted for their high quality, efficiency and ease-of-use. They are sold worldwide through a network of more than 500 dealers. Our motto, “Thinking about Something”, reflects the soul of growing new and good ideas, based on pro-active work and the desire to develop the better solutions.