Individual Project - Critical Evaluation

In this post I'm going to evaluate how I think the project went to plan and the positives and negatives of going through with the project I chose.

For this project I sat down and did a lot more planning that I would usually have done as there were many elements to take into consideration in order for the website to function correctly. I mostly wrote lists rather than storyboarding how I was going to set everything up, which I do realise for an outside party can be a little confusing and messy however I have fund that this is the best way for me to plan and organise my projects, I find writing down what I plan to do helps me get in tune with my work.

As this was an individual project I found that the schedule I kept to was a lot more relaxed that if I was part of a team, as I like to work at home and usually late at night. Although this was a good thing as it allowed me to work whenever I felt necessary I felt that working alone gave me no structure and also allowed me to procrastinate at times when I could have been working on my project. Given the pressure from team mates I think that I would have worked consistently rather that in spats of very hard work.However I did manage to complete almost all of the elements that I had planned to include in my project.

There were parts of the project which I would like to improve such as the amount of content on the social media platforms and to include more social networking sites in order to give the user a more rounded experience rather than just the basics.I would also have liked to use a web design package such as Dreamweaver, however due to the fact that I wanted to work mainly from home and I do not own such an expensive programme I had to make do with an online web creator which was inferior, yet still usable and able to make great content, to Dreamweaver.

As I had already covered QR codes and Hobo signs in lectures multiple times before I felt that I had built up a good amount of knowledge on the subjects, but I did feel as though I needed to round out my knowledge as there were things I was ignorant about, which I used the internet to try to fill in the gaps. However I tried to do only the research I really needed as the project production time was only a short two weeks. If I was creating my project again I would research into what the user wants such as a way to allow email notifications when a QR code is placed in their area.

Although my presentation was basic I'm happy with how it represented my work and allowed me to show my thought process throughout the project, I felt confident during the presentation that I was giving the information needed to help any viewers to understand the reasoning behind my decisions.

Phoebe