I found Simulated Business Week 2 being very hard indeed especially with communicating with 60 other of my fellow course students to bring together and present a final system to the general public.
But, in the end we did and very successfully as I thought the final presentation went extremely well and everyone involved with the project incredibly proud of it and something that everyone should be extremely proud of! A+++
Tuesday 3 April 2007
Week Three - Implementation / Marketing
In the final week of Simulated Business Week 2, I would be implementing my feature alongside Rory Marsh. Our feature was designed to show the financial breakdown of all events in terms of how much money was made and how much money was spent.
We were also both in the marketing group and therefore had to stay up to date with the tasks of the marketing department also.
The week started with the feature being changed, by using database queries to query the current database being built by the database department. These queries consisted of showing how much money was made by the various event types and by various members of staff.
The feature was eventually built and then integrated into the main system and in the ‘Review Event’ section of the system, the documentation was also done and uploaded to the discussion forum.
Marketing tasks also had to be done, especially on the last Thursday and Friday, with the food being prepared and placed onto plates and then taken down to the Marconi LT, drinks being prepared and taken down to the Marconi LT, we also had to get big canisters of hot water which would be used to allow people to have tea and coffee.
The boards in the Marconi LT would also have to be covered and slides showing our system being stuck onto them.
We were also both in the marketing group and therefore had to stay up to date with the tasks of the marketing department also.
The week started with the feature being changed, by using database queries to query the current database being built by the database department. These queries consisted of showing how much money was made by the various event types and by various members of staff.
The feature was eventually built and then integrated into the main system and in the ‘Review Event’ section of the system, the documentation was also done and uploaded to the discussion forum.
Marketing tasks also had to be done, especially on the last Thursday and Friday, with the food being prepared and placed onto plates and then taken down to the Marconi LT, drinks being prepared and taken down to the Marconi LT, we also had to get big canisters of hot water which would be used to allow people to have tea and coffee.
The boards in the Marconi LT would also have to be covered and slides showing our system being stuck onto them.
Week Two - Marketing
Week Two carried on from where week one had finished really, our marketing group continued to meet everyday at 10am to discuss any new tasks that had to be completed or what tasks had already been completed.
It was hard to balance out all the tasks that had to complete as many people would be implementing their features in the first two weeks. But we still managed well.
In the second week we advertised our eevent exhibition on the university’s nerve radio station, and we also had printed out and distributed our banners all over the university to market our exhibition to other members of the university.
Week Two would mainly be used to plan what we would be doing in the final week as the final week was the time that many of our taks would come into affect.
It was hard to balance out all the tasks that had to complete as many people would be implementing their features in the first two weeks. But we still managed well.
In the second week we advertised our eevent exhibition on the university’s nerve radio station, and we also had printed out and distributed our banners all over the university to market our exhibition to other members of the university.
Week Two would mainly be used to plan what we would be doing in the final week as the final week was the time that many of our taks would come into affect.
Week One - Marketing
In the first week everyone in the marketing group would meet at 10am to discuss what our plan was over the coming weeks and discuss any new ideas anyone had. We would meet usually in the little meeting room next to Dr Andrew Main’s office and that would be our general meeting place over the next three weeks.
We initially discussed what the whole marketing groups objectives were for the coming weeks including banners, leaflets, radio, food, drink, presentation boards amongst other things. In the first week I was given the task of designing and creating the banner which would be used to advertise the exhibition.
The exhibition had finally been given a name which was called ‘eEvent’ and we therefore purchased a website known as ‘www.eevent.biz’. We also had a logo designed and created using fireworks which I would need when designing the banner for our exhibition.
I then designed the banner and showed it to everyone at our next marketing meeting. These meetings incidentally would be taking place everyday at 10am, but on Fridays we would meet with Ian Scott to discuss our other marketing strategies that he had ideas for.
We initially discussed what the whole marketing groups objectives were for the coming weeks including banners, leaflets, radio, food, drink, presentation boards amongst other things. In the first week I was given the task of designing and creating the banner which would be used to advertise the exhibition.
The exhibition had finally been given a name which was called ‘eEvent’ and we therefore purchased a website known as ‘www.eevent.biz’. We also had a logo designed and created using fireworks which I would need when designing the banner for our exhibition.
I then designed the banner and showed it to everyone at our next marketing meeting. These meetings incidentally would be taking place everyday at 10am, but on Fridays we would meet with Ian Scott to discuss our other marketing strategies that he had ideas for.
Introduction to Last Three Weeks SB2
After the final design specifications had been finalised for all features concerning our event management system, it was time for everyone to start implementing their features. This implementation was done in one of the three weeks leading to the final presentation, with the other two weeks meant to be used to work within the designated groups doing the various tasks.
My group was the marketing group and I was therefore implementing my feature in week three as many features would needed to be built in the first two weeks before my feature would be used.
To summarise I would be with my marketing group in weeks one and two and then implementing my feature in the final week three, with the presentation being held on the final Friday 30th March 2007, in the Marconi Lecture Theatre.
My group was the marketing group and I was therefore implementing my feature in week three as many features would needed to be built in the first two weeks before my feature would be used.
To summarise I would be with my marketing group in weeks one and two and then implementing my feature in the final week three, with the presentation being held on the final Friday 30th March 2007, in the Marconi Lecture Theatre.
Tuesday 27 February 2007
Deliverable Week 5: Updated Money Made Feature
This post below was taken from the recently submitted updated specification of the Money Made Feature, which includes a new look to the spreadsheet at the bottom.
(*All the figures in the spreadsheet are made up, and therefore fictional*)
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Updated Specification
The button below is the ‘View Financial Summary’ button which would be made available to the user on the Home Page of the System along with the other features available to the user.
The button will look like this:
The button will look like this:
By looking at the spreadsheet it can be seen that there are various costs listed as well as a few sales that were made including Ticket Sales.
But I have decided to include within the spreadsheet to include a new update that will list the cost of each item as swell as the sales, which will then be calculated and then at the end the overall operating profit (Money Made) of the event can be calculated.
I have also maintained the colour scheme of Blue background with a white font:
But I have decided to include within the spreadsheet to include a new update that will list the cost of each item as swell as the sales, which will then be calculated and then at the end the overall operating profit (Money Made) of the event can be calculated.
I have also maintained the colour scheme of Blue background with a white font:
Monday 12 February 2007
Deliverable Week 3: Financial Breakdown Feature
This post below was taken from my report on the feature that I was responsible for, which was to display the Financial Breakdown of an example event which was the Bournemouth University SummerBall 2006.
(*All the figures in the spreadsheet are made up, and therefore fictional*)
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View Financial Breakdown Feature – Seyhan Ertugrul
The area of the event management system I will be implementing is the viewing the financial breakdown (‘Money Made’) of the event section on the record event part.
This section will have a:
- Front End – Rory Marsh (Inputting figures and sending it to the database)
- Back End – Seyhan Ertugrul (Taking the figures from the database and placing it into an excel spreadsheet)
Once the user has entered the figures of the event into the web based form, these figures would then be submitted and then placed into the database.
Then my section will then get these figures from the database and place them into an excel spreadsheet (view below) to view a financial breakdown of the event.
By looking at the screenshot below, we can see an example of how the spreadsheet would look like and then be turned into graphs or charts to show a financial analysis of the event.
This can simply be accessed by clicking on the ‘View Financial Breakdown’ button on the user web space.
(*All the figures in the spreadsheet are made up, and therefore fictional*)
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View Financial Breakdown Feature – Seyhan Ertugrul
The area of the event management system I will be implementing is the viewing the financial breakdown (‘Money Made’) of the event section on the record event part.
This section will have a:
- Front End – Rory Marsh (Inputting figures and sending it to the database)
- Back End – Seyhan Ertugrul (Taking the figures from the database and placing it into an excel spreadsheet)
Once the user has entered the figures of the event into the web based form, these figures would then be submitted and then placed into the database.
Then my section will then get these figures from the database and place them into an excel spreadsheet (view below) to view a financial breakdown of the event.
By looking at the screenshot below, we can see an example of how the spreadsheet would look like and then be turned into graphs or charts to show a financial analysis of the event.
This can simply be accessed by clicking on the ‘View Financial Breakdown’ button on the user web space.
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