THE GUIDE FOR TEAM OPERATIONS
The team project is an important part of this course not only because
everyone gets to participate in a realistic Web Design and Programming project
but also because you will learn how to work within a team and get
things done. This experience will be valuable in a commercial
company setting.
A team consists of 3-5 members: a team leader, a designer, and
other team members. In this class, each VCD major will participate
in the design of all the team projects, not just one. Each
member of a team will have clearly stated duties and responsibilities
within the definition of the team project.
Dealing with problems, frustrations as well as planning for successes
are a normal part of working in a team setting. You are expected to make
every attempt to govern your team's progress throughout the semester,
however, if you need assistance in resolving problems, please let TAs
and instructors know as soon as possible.
Here are some points to guide you so your team will work smoothly.
- The team should meet early and first decide how/when the team will
meet and conduct business. It is suggested that the team meet
at least once a week.
- It is important for the team to divide up the duties clearly
and set realistic deadlines for subtasks. Everyone must pull
his/her own weight. The team should decide early on how
to deal with team members who are lagging behind.
One system is for the team to keep a running log of events
and hand the log in as part of the team report.
This log may also include successess and failures of the project as well
as team dynamics. It is required that you retain this development
information as a part of your final project report which will be
submitted at the end of the semester.
- It is important for the team to observe the milestones of
the project (please see syllabus for dates and times) and to
seek help early. Get the TA to help, ask the instructor questions ...
- At the end, a team project report, an individual report will have to
be submitted. Each team will have a 20-min live presentation of the
Web Site created also.
- At the end of the class, the following items are due (uploaded to the
team WebDAV repository):
- team and individual reports (hardcopy or pdf)
- URL of your site indicated at the beginning of your team report and
also email to TA
(1) the source codes of your project, all your codes, HTML, CGI, .gif, ...,and original photoshop files
(2) the server you used, its configuration, PHP, CGI, multimedia files
(3) the team report
