Week 5: Reflections

Planning

Aerial Ropeway in a World Heritage Environment

McMahon, Bethany Louise
Park, Maria Eun Ji
Parto, Daisy Danica
Hoda, Iqra Faria
Nguyen, Yen Nhien
Portokalli, Matthew Louis


The Aerial Ropeway group had a well thought out presentation by assigning certain tasks to each one of the team members and having deadlines as part of their planning process, it seems like a good way to stay organised and on track. Although many of us may have an idea of what we believe planning is and how to do it, this group was able to give us a further insight into how to plan for your project, for example using a Gantt chart to get certain things done at specific times. To end their presentation they had a well edited and enjoyable video.

The Bus Stop of the Future.

Lo, Jason How Ying
Alagah, George
Gan, Ruo Qi
Naumovski, Michael
Tang, Kangyi


The bus stop of the future group I believed had a better understanding of planning than the first because they have to work off a budget and be very cautious with time, they have had to think about planning for their project very closely and it was seen very clearly in their presentation. I’ve realised this group is well organised and have a clear indication of where they are headed. Can’t wait to see the final product.

Understanding of planning in relation to my group

I believe planning is being able to set certain tasks and goals and being able to meet their deadlines.
The planning process is something that is continuous through the whole project. Using a Gantt chart is something that kept coming up in many of the group’s presentations which seem like a good planning tool to use. I believe this is something that our group needs to establish. Although it does not set an accurate time frame in regards to completing the tasks and goals as it does not take into account any problems that we may encounter, it gives us a rough indication and could help with being able to fix up any problems on time.
By planning weekly meetings and distributing the workload evenly we should be able to get the data base running and be able to go a little further and adding that little bit extra to the project.