Mike's Log Book

Date (MM/DD/YY)
Task(s) Accomplish
Time Spent (hrs)
9/14/2004 Meeting with client @3:20. Project name brainstorming 1
9/16/2004 Team name decided, work started on project logo 3
9/17/2004 Work continued on project logo 2
9/19/2004 2 possible logos completed, third started 4
9/20/2004 Project logo completed and added to website 1
9/21/2004 Team meeting in class, discussed project contract 0.5
9/23/2004 Team meeting in class, discussed lifecycle model as well as project timeline 0.5
9/25/2004 Begin work on backend user interaction requirements 0.75
9/27/2004 Continued work on backend user requirements 0.5
9/28/2004 Reviewed backend requirements 0.5
9/29/2004 Team name brainstorming continue review of backend requirements 0.5
10/1/2004 Begin work on Project Definition presentation 1
10/3/2004 Continue work on Project Definition Presentation 1
10/5/2004 More work on Project Definition Presentation, meeting to discuss presentation 1.5
10/6/2004 Generated initial prototype for backend user interface 1
10/7/2004 Begin revisions of user interface prototype 0.25
10/10/2004 Continuation of revisions to user interface 1
10/13/2004 Begin research on System Design Document .5
10/16/2004 Begin System Design Document .25
10/18/2004 Review tutorials on PHP .5
10/22/2004 Continue PHP tutorials .25
10/24/2004 Continue work on System Design Document .5
10/26/2004 Meeting with Financial Aid department 1
10/29/2004 Continue work on System Design Document 1
11/2/2004 Meeting with group to work on ERD and to discuss Project Plan Presentation 1.5
11/5/2004 Work on System Design Document .5
11/7/2004 Complete initial copy of System Design Document 1
11/8/2004 Put together initial slides for Project Plan Presentation .5
11/10/2004 Meeting to discuss Project Plan Presentation 4
11/11/2004 Project Design Presentation 1
11/13/2004 Read up on some PHP tutorials .5
11/16/2004 Group meeting after class to discuss issues .25
11/18/2004 Group meeting to discuss documentation and Project Plan Presentation 2
11/20/2004 Begin work on Test Plan Document .5
11/23/2004 More work on System Design Document .5
11/27/2004 Finish Test Plan Document 1
11/29/2004 Group meeting to work on Project Plan Document 2.5
11/30/2004 Project Plan Presentation .5
12/3/2004 Work on System Design Document .5
12/4/2004 Complete Revisions to Software Project Outline and System Design Document

1

12/5/2004 PHP Tutorials 1
12/8/2004 Group meeting for Final Presentation and interface updates 4
12/9/2004 Upper Management meeting to discuss final presentation 1.5
12/10/2004 Work on User-Interface Design Document 1
12/12/2004 Update documents as recommended by Upper Management

1.5

1/6/2005 Begin work on SQL to generate InterFAQs database

1

1/8/2005 Continue work on database setup

1.5

1/9/2005 Finish database SQL and setup of test database

1.5

1/11/2005 PHP tutorial with Group Leader

.5

1/13/2005 Start and Finish e-mail answer section of web interface

1

1/16/2005 Begin work on search function for web interface

1.5

1/18/2005 Continue search function, decided on Full-Text Search after discussion 1.5

1/20/2005

More work on search function 1
1/22/2005 Yet more work on our search function .5
1/23/2005 Begin work on paging search results 1
1/25/2005 First status report .5
1/26/2005 Insert questions into database for testing purposes .75
1/27/2005 Continue work on paging feature for search .5
1/28/2005 Finish work on search paging feature .25
1/29/2005 Code Review session, complete work on related questions and tweak paging feature 2
2/1/2005 Tweak paging feature more and do more testing on search feature 1.5
2/3/2005 Begin working on admin add question feature 1.5
2/6/2005 Begin fixing bug that appeared in search function 1
2/8/2005 Fixed search function continued work on admin add question feature 2
2/10/2005 Added related questions feature on web client, finished work on admin add question 1.5
2/12/2005 Begin work on admin browse active questions, add related search on Ask A Question pages 1.5
2/13/2005 Continue work on admin browse active questions 1
2/14/2005 More work on admin browse active questions. Modified to include browse inactive questions 1
2/17/2005 Status report .5
2/19/2005 Work on active/inactive browse questions in admin module 1.5
2/20/2005 More work on active/inactive browse questions .5
2/22/2005 Yet more work on active/inactive questions 1.5
2/23/2005 Go back and tweak search functions .5
2/24/2005 Work on active/inactive questions and add question functionality 1.5
2/26/2005 More tweaking of search functions to try and get more accurate results 1.5
2/28/2005 Work on active/inactive select/deselect all functionality 1
3/1/2005 Work on select/deselect all functionality and add separate search function for related question functionality 2
3/3/2005 Begin work on Update question and reset Rating and Views in admin module 3
3/9/2005 Restore functionality to www.interfaqs.com after mysterious overwrite of .php files on 3/3

1

3/14/2005 Begin looking at activate/deactivate question functionality .5
3/15/2005 Work on Delete question and add finishing touches to Update question 1.5
3/17/2005 Finish delete, update, begin work on Answer Pending question and Delete Pending question 1.5
3/18/2005 Continue work on Update and Delete Pending question 1
3/19/2005 More work on Update and Delete Pending question .5
3/23/2005 Work on cleaning up and condensing code for browse active/inactive questions 1
3/24/2005 Tweaking search function .5
3/25/2005 Tweaking search function more .5
3/26/2005 Work on bulk activate/deactivate for active/inactive questions 1
3/27/2005 More work on bulk activate/deactivate 1
3/28/2005 Finish work on bulk activate/deactivate 1
3/29/2005 Discuss browse module with group members, begin work on browse module. Completed for active/inactive questions 2.5
3/30/2005 Work on browse module 1
3/31/2005 More work on browse module. Completed for active/inactive orphaned most of browse 2.5
4/1/2005 Work on browse module for browse all questions and search. Completed 2.5
4/3/2005 Work on tweaking search 1
4/4/2005 More search tweaks for passing search string to consecutive pages 1.5
4/6/2005 Commenting code 2.5
4/8/2005 More commenting of code. 1
4/11/2005 Testing web client 1
4/12/2005 Status report, and testing. 1
4/14/2005 More testing 1
4/15/2005 More testing .5
4/19/2005 Even more testing! 1.5
4/20/2005 Fixing bugs in search results for web client 1
4/21/2005 More testing, discuss client meeting and installation dates/times 1.5
4/24/2005 Work on retrospective document, research installation procedures 1.5
4/26/2005 Research on e-mail problem 1.5
4/28/2005 Installation of InterFAQs on FinAid server 3.75