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LO4 – PROJECT REVIEW

My stakeholder, the Project Co-ordinator, from the EDEXCEL board, had asked me to create a project, of my own choice, that will get a point across to an audience that has very little knowledge on the subject of the project. It was also discussed that my teacher would keep track of my progress by attending to meetings with her as she was also my stakeholder for this project.

I had decided to do the project on a topic that could be argued to make it easier for me to get my point across. First I decided to do the project on the topic of “MARVEL VS CAPCOM VS DC UNIVERSE” but my teacher thought this to be too confusing for the audience to understand as there was too much write about, most of which I didn’t know about as I was new to the topic as well. As an alternative option, my teacher thought it would be best to do the project on a topic that I knew a lot about and something that would motivate me to learn more about. She also thought it should be in the form of a question to make it easier for both the audience and me to understand. My new title was “What are DIFFERENCES between Animé and Cartoons?”

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT

The main objective that I wanted to complete was which side was right; whether or not they are different. The main objective that the EDEXCEL board wanted was to change the view of people on a topic of someone else’s choice. In order to do this, I would have to create a Presentation for my project, type up all the research that I find about the topic and summarise it all for my Presentation.

Through the course of this project, the following will be achieved:

A Presentation that will explain the main aspects of the project
Everyone’s opinions being taken into account on the topic
An overall opinion on the topic

In order to achieve all these objectives, I will have to be efficient with my limited timescale and make sure my Presentation is ‘powerful’ enough to get the point of the Presentation to the audience and my opinion of it as well.

WERE THE OBJECTIVES MET TO A HIGH STANDARD?

In the end, I had created Presentation which was presented to a select audience that I believed would have an interest in the subject. After the Presentation was shown I had distributed a questionnaire to the audience to get their opinion on the topic; this’ll tell me if my project ...

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WERE THE OBJECTIVES MET TO A HIGH STANDARD?

After reviewing the questionnaires and tallying the ticked boxes, it showed me that majority of the audience had a better understanding of the topic. It also showed me the difference in opinions between people and how they were also similar at the same time which led me to believe that although people had understood the differences, they still had trouble locating them but some were able to do so with some effort while others, a lot of effort. The questionnaires met the objective of everyone’s opinion being taken into account.

I believe the Presentation suited an audience between the stages of maturity and child – like manner; preferably early to mid teens. This is because I thought the audience would benefit from this a lot more as people within these criteria usually watch shows like this or have an interest in the ways graphics works.

The Presentation consists of the history of both “Animé and Cartoons”, the way they have developed and the differences and similarities between them. The Presentation met the objective of explaining the main aspects of the two, which were the focal point of this project. At the end, there would be a summary of the information in the Presentation, with the overall opinion that I had arrived at which I got from people who have already debated about this topic and research that I had found. This met the objective of an overall opinion on the topic itself.

FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE OUTCOME

Although the project wasn’t completed on time, due to various problems, it was still completed to a good standard.

Realistic Objectives:

Firstly, I had to make sure the objectives set by both my stakeholders were realistic and the way I approached them was ideal. If I had not done so then I probably wouldn’t have finished this project.

Accurate Understanding of Requirements:

I had to make sure I knew what I was going to do for each objective as I had to meet them. I had given out questionnaires to get everyone’s opinion, gave an overall opinion and used the Presentation itself to explain the main aspects of the project.

Effective Planning:

Before starting the actual project, I had to plan my project as this would make me more time cautious and let me know if I’m ahead or behind schedule or what I had to do next. My plan had to be detailed. This meant I had to pick timescales that each task had to be done in order to complete my project by the due date. Several alterations were made to the plan during the course of the project as I had experienced various problems which put me behind a few days, making me finish after the due date.

Appropriate Resources:

In order to make my Presentation, I needed access to a wide range of software to not only test my Presentation but also add to it. I needed to know different code functions as my videos had to be implanted into the Presentation in the form of a code. I used basic software, such as Microsoft Office, to make my Presentation and other parts of it. I used an FLV to MP3 convertor to put sound into my project but this required my teacher’s help as my school account had restrictions from using such software but her account did not.

FEEDBACK:

TIME MANAGEMENT:

PROJECT FLAWS/PROBLEMS:

Although the project was a success, there were many issues that I had experienced along the way. My laptop had become faulty and my brother needing the PC to revise for his exams, I wasn’t able to do some of the research I needed to do for my project. At school, there was a lack of software and excess security which delayed the continued preparation for the Presentation.

Later on, during the middle of making my Presentation, my videos that I had put into the Presentation had become corrupted and had prevented me from using my Presentation as it couldn’t recover the contents forcing me to start again from scratch which made me fall behind 2 days.

One of my stakeholders had been late to a meeting which meant I had gone overtime. I was unable to call or email them at time as well due to new works being done on the building which meant most technical software and hardware were inactive at the time while others had been restricted to only allow Administrators to log in.

An issue arose when collecting the questionnaires, some of the audience weren’t supposed to be there and had written inappropriate comments on the questionnaires which cost me some time as I had to go ask other people who should have done the questionnaire and had asked them to fill them in and asked others to re – do the questionnaire so I could have a decent set of data.

When I wanted to take the work home, and issue arose. The school internet was down which meant I couldn’t upload some of my work to the school’s online storage system for students. So I had brought in a USB Flash Drive instead but due to restriction on the student’s accounts, I was unable to use it so I had to ask my teacher to log on as she was allowed to use a USB Flash Drive and transfer the documents onto the USB Flash Drive.

CONCLUSION

After finishing the project and handing the deliverables to my stakeholder, I can say I am quite pleased with the end result of my Presentation, given that I had many problems along the way and going over the deadline set. Although I knew a relatively good amount about my project, I learnt new things about it as I did my research. I also learnt how to plan accordingly and the steps that I need to take to ensure I don’t suffer the same problems again.

The things I would do differently relate back to the problems I had as I need to be more cautious about back – ups and other computer issues so I don’t lose my work again and if I did, then I would have another copy elsewhere that I can continue from.

If I were to do this project again, I would have made it look more professional by making look more consistent and interactive so the audience don’t lose interest quickly. I would also plan ahead for risks that may show up as I didn’t plan for them this time. I believe that I met my objectives and, although I went a little over the deadline, I believe I met my plan as well.

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