Well, things are flowing a bit more smoothly with having time to really research the subject matter from the readings. Learned a lot about areas that I thought I know (development methodology). Guess being "brain-washed" with only one method, biases me against the others. (Oh well).
Also interesting is the fact that my previous company is using a hybrid of one of the planning techniques discussed in one of the chapters... wow??
Project is not going as smoothly as I planned due to varying schedules and minimal participation from some of the team members. Hopefully we'll get through this week and the project will look professional (Charlie's magic...).
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Reflection - week 7
Another frustrating week.
(Gosh darn - scheduling time for studies and having a personal life is causing some kinda conflict).
Anyway, submitted my contribution to the team project even though I think it was shoddy work (again). Next couple weeks should be interesting to see how the team reacts to my "not so great" research.
Got offered to take a class out of my field of specialization, but if it counts for something (towards my MSIT), I may just take it (as it sounds really interesting).
It's fun learning this "stuff"...
(Gosh darn - scheduling time for studies and having a personal life is causing some kinda conflict).
Anyway, submitted my contribution to the team project even though I think it was shoddy work (again). Next couple weeks should be interesting to see how the team reacts to my "not so great" research.
Got offered to take a class out of my field of specialization, but if it counts for something (towards my MSIT), I may just take it (as it sounds really interesting).
It's fun learning this "stuff"...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Reflection - week 6
Whew.... well the mid-term was a bit scary but purty awesome.
The questions were based on current or real-life scenarios and there were a couple times where I had to reach real far. Did better than expected (personal circumstances - like moving to a new abode, didn't provide a whole lot of time).
Started a "reading" schedule of 1 to 3 hours a day (including researching/deep diving into some concepts) and a lot more time during the weekends. Now a lot of "terms" are making sense.
So far, my "enthusiasm" is still gosh darn high; in the back of my mind, there was an ugly thought that the material (or Dr Pang) would be a bit dry, but it (he) ain't. :-)
I hope the next "perfesser" is equally as interesting.
The questions were based on current or real-life scenarios and there were a couple times where I had to reach real far. Did better than expected (personal circumstances - like moving to a new abode, didn't provide a whole lot of time).
Started a "reading" schedule of 1 to 3 hours a day (including researching/deep diving into some concepts) and a lot more time during the weekends. Now a lot of "terms" are making sense.
So far, my "enthusiasm" is still gosh darn high; in the back of my mind, there was an ugly thought that the material (or Dr Pang) would be a bit dry, but it (he) ain't. :-)
I hope the next "perfesser" is equally as interesting.
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