Designer Role
Our group consists of a
combination of five cultures - Malaysian, Hong Kong, Indonesian and Japanese/
Australian, so we tended to have different views and ideas but were always able
to work together in a cooperative manner and agree on what was the best
solution. The success of the community was based on the full contribution of all
members of the group. The group’s leader Gusriyanto, took initiative to
coordinate the team, which lead to the team's success.
The following
shows the observation of activities and events happening within the group. It
gives a clear description of the members of the group and their
responsibility(ies), and also the timeline of our progress in developing a
community for the client group.
|
Team Member |
Task Delegation
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Gusriyanto |
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Set up URL
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Designed Client Community
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Technical support – ensured the
workability of the community
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Interacted with client and designer
groups
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Provided Information for client
community section “FAQs”
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Provided Information for client
community section “Photo Gallery”
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Created group website
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Provided information for client
community section “Buy/Sell”
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Provided information for client
community section “News”
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Created research report for group
website
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Andree Harpito |
|
Nga Kin Tong |
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Yukie Kukino |
|
Choong Yee Chee |
A meeting was held by
the group once the client’s proposal was received and discussion was made to
start implementation of client's Virtual Community. Each member of the group was
delegated a task and given a short time to complete it. Members then sent their
part to Gusriyanto to upload to the client’s website. After uploading the
content to the website, all members had to test out the website and give
comments for any areas of improvement. Communication among group members was
done by phone, email, online chat and face-to-face meetings. All communication
with client’s members were done through virtual communication i.e. email, sms,
phone and online chat.
The following is a
timeline which indicates the deadlines so that the project could be completed on
time:
|
Deadline |
Activities |
|
5 Oct 2004 |
Select a project proposal among the group
members |
|
6 Oct 2004 |
Submit selected project proposal to tutor |
|
20 Oct 2004 |
Contacted client by sending the proposal
via email and also ask for the leader contact details. |
|
21 Oct 2004 |
Received the email from the client
advising us that they will give feedback to us as soon as possible |
|
24 Oct 2004 |
Received feedback from client advising
that they agree on our proposal |
|
26 Oct 2004 |
Sent an email asking for the community
name |
|
26 Oct 2004 |
Received email advising us of community
name |
|
28 Oct 2004 |
Sent URL of the website community to
client |
|
31 Oct 2004 |
Received email from client to say that
they are happy with the website |
Client role
On 6th October 2004,
our group submitted the selected proposal to our tutor Eduardo Chavez.
On 21st October 2004,
we received the draft version of the project report and URL of our
Virtual Community from the designer group.
On 25th October 2004,
our group discussed the draft version received by the designer group and
highlighted the issues, areas of improvement and feedback.
On 28th October 2004, we received an email about
urgent requirement for the functionality of the website and we rejected their
requirement.
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