Week 8 in FIT2001

Well its finally done. Assignment one is complete. Finishing at 10,800 words and 33 pages, its a big one but hopefully all the content in there is quality and not just quantity. I present a high level system analysis and decided to give the stakeholder the option of which features they would like included in the system. The key is that each level has a different pricing, going from level 1 being the cheapest to the highest level 3, being the dearest. That way Mr Divot can choose which best suits his budget and I know as an analyst that i presented the high level system with everything included as a possible solution before implementation. I think this is a better way to do things. As discussed in the lectures about using methods to choose the best system to put into production, i think analysed a high level system, break it up into lower levels then present all levels with different project pricing (obviously reflecting hardware,development .. etc considerations) and therefore the end user has the decision to make and ultimately has the options to choose which best fits them.

In most cases I think they will choose the higher level but then thats not a bad thing if the income from it is good.

Going into design is the fun part for me. I am a visionary and like to picture interfaces and the actual system in real life. I have an amazing ability to put myself into the mind of the end user and work out how things should be and word such that its simple to use and looks good and appealing and it does what it needs to do well. At present I'm working on a few projects designing web-applications for a couple of companies i co founded and getting into the design part of this course is really beneficial for me.

Anyway as usual i end on a funny note.. check out an office clerk loosing the plot with a printer.. how many time have you felt like doing this..


Sorry, couldn't help myself, you have to see this, this one is a huge laugh..