Web site for the Tarleton Library Rare Dictionaries Group's Workflow
Process and Progress
September 14-21:
-Amy and Kristin meet with Widener initially
-We find out there has been no tracking of Web site usage
-Amy and Kristin each write a report chronicling the meeting
-Greg and Irma create project proposal and customer analysis document; decide a business analysis document can be bypassed since most of that info is found in customer analysis document
-Suss out main roles for project
-We schedule Sundays as a time for the whole group to meet and make decisions on all roles
September 22-28:
-Chien-Cheng creates a JavaScript tree menu and pitches it to the group
-Chien-Cheng creates the beginning stages of the mid-fi prototype/wireframes (the shell of the Web site’s navigation including the Tarleton header and navigation on top)
-Greg and Irma finish customer analysis document and decide on further reports to create, including one to inventory and organize all content
- At Sunday meeting we decide on naming conventions for our categories, since there a only a few things to consistently label
-Debate how to break down content (from one long page to a separate page for each book)
September 29-Oct 4:
-Amy presented Javascript menu to Widener – he vetoes it because his Webmaster outlaws all Javascript
-Amy and Widener come to conclusions about break down of content, deciding that there should be an introductory page, an image per entry, and that a separate entry for each Web page isn’t the way to go
-Amy writes report of meeting with Widener
-Greg creates the Group Workflow Web site and posts material created thus far
-Irma creates initial site map and content inventory
-Greg creates crude storyboards
October 5-12-Everybody's working on their Design Critique papers so it is a slow week
-Chien-Cheng creates mid-fi prototype of new navigation system discussed at Sunday meeting-it looks great
-Chien-Cheng expresses concern about maintenance of new entries, headers and footers and proposes a simple content management system
-Amy and Irma go to Tarleton on Saturday and scan images of about half the dictionaries
-Responding to feedback from Turnbull regarding the initial Project Proposal, Greg updates the workflow Web site with dates, changes and a section to report on the process
-Kristin creates initial spreadsheet with new entries
October 13-19
-Amy meets with Widener, takes more images, gets clarification on content description for Widener
-Kristin refines spreadsheet with new acquisitions
-Amy creates donor list and information spreadsheet
-Irma works on content inventory
October 20-26
Chien-Cheng, Amy, and Greg initiated work on individual web pages.
October 27- November 2
Kristen and Irma drafted the initial presentation.
Chien-cheng, Amy, and Greg worked on individual pages.
November 3-9
Kristed and Irma revised the presentation.
Chien-Cheng, Amy, and Greg worked on individual pages.
November 10-16
Kristin and Irma conducted testing on completed portions of website.
Kristen and Irma Updated the content inventory with comments and to-do list, to be discussed at next meeting.
Participants and their roles so far: