Last push everyone, lets keep at it!

Bob
This week has been eventful to say the least. The meeting with Bob went fantastic. He provided us with plenty of great feedback about the design ideas that we presented to him & we even got a design signed off by Bob [progress]. Bob, though different to anyone that I have met before, has been helpful, considerate of our time scales & accommodating.

Regrettably, the CMS integration is proving to be little more difficult than Sue's research first indicated it would be; this coincided with a limited amount of time remaining is concerning me.

Chris
This concern has only been worsened by the non-reactive responses from Chris. I feel both disappointment & frustration towards Chris currently; though of course I would never let that affect how I deal with him.

When I arranged the meeting with him for Friday gone [5th December] I informed him that was leaving things a little late & that things had to progress before then. to aid this, I created an account with Getsignoff.com, emailed him the details & followed it up with a phone call to ensure that he understood the instructions & process involved; which has so far been three phone calls chasing him.

The great thing about getsignoff is that you can monitor client activity within the site. Unfortunately, this has only shown me that Chris hasn't even logged in yet! Needless to say this isn't great news.

When Friday came around, I was up early [as always] & called Chris to confirm the meeting. We agreed to put the meeting back 1hr to accommodate his travel; not a problem. Then less than an hour to the meeting (Viki & I had met & fanalising our approach for almost two hours at this point) my phone rang... it was Chris cancelling for 'personal reasons' & though a promise to get in touch with me over the weekend so far I have heard nothing.

I will follow it up with Chris tomorrow first thing with both an email & phone call; if need be I will go where ever he is to get sign off.

I am unwilling to let his lack of commitment to the project affect the teams performance. As mentioned earlier, Sue has her hands full with ensuring that Bob's project is ready for the usability testing on Thursday morning; which realistically means that it has to be finished for Wednesday to ensure that things run smoothly.

Usability Testing
The usability testing preparation is almost complete. Viki has prepared the qualitative, quantitative & demographic questionnaires alongside the consent form & tasks for the test subjects to complete at different stages of the test.

Whilst we are currently undergoing major stages of the project, it is vital that the lesser famed tasks do not fall by the wayside.

I have asked Gary to create the hand-over manual for Chris; this will form the starting point for the CMS orientated manual for Bob.

Whilst I appreciate that Christmas is just around the corner, we don't have long left & it has never been more important to retain focus, drive & motivation for the task(s) at hand. Lets keep up the hard work & we can do our selves proud!

Shaun Bellis - Project Manager