One to one

Hi,

Ok, at the end of last week was my 121 with Bill. we discussed a number of things currently going on.

Upcoming

Upcoming projects will be focused on the Coldfusion migration project (ITS066), there are four applications in this batch to be converted. The will be upgraded from cf6 to cf9 and where suitable will be upgraded to the mach-ii framework to start bringing all our applications in line with each other and limit the amount of variation between development styles going into our projects.

We are looking at around three weeks quoted per project breaking down to 6.5 days of build time estimated. however at the recent meeting with the other developers it is becoming apparent this may take more that 6.5 days to transfer over to the new framework as this is really the first mach-ii build for two out of the three of us.

Feedback

Edge went well, despite the project being a little eccentric we have delivered the web application the client wanted, we are currently sitting waiting for completion of deployment. I still need to do some configuration on the live server and that subject to other departments doing their thing. the feedback has been positive from Bill (my manager) and from David (project manager), as I mentioned before David wasn't keen on a student doing the work but I think I managed to convince him otherwise and that's a great validator to my ability.

What have I learned

• What happens when the SDLC is allowed to deviate from its structure
• software development is a personal thing that can vary quite alot from developer to developer.
• the difference between the developer and the client, such as requests into the build and the effect that can be caused by off spec changes and delays in getting requirements.
• The importance of testing, testing, testing, testing, testing.....
• how attitudes and opinions change between factions of those involved in the dev process and the effects it has on the build. (some want responsibility, some don't that should be but each person should take responsibility for the effects of their involvement)

This is really all there for this meeting, the post will be regarding the migration project.