WAR's (Weekly Activity Reports)

WAR for April 10th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
SRS Preparation All Completed 3-4 3 Come up with layout and plan during the Student Research Symposium on April 15th
User Manual Michael Fore In Progress 1-2   Work on the first few parts of the User Manual for Healing Touch
Website Maintenance Matthew Williams In Progress 2-3   Updating new documentation to the website, changing intro paragraphs to the index page of the website, updating WAR's for the last few weeks, etc.
SRS All In Progress 4   Student Research Symposium from Noon to 6 PM

WAR for April 3rd

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
NTASC Preparation (Part 1) Jeff Regan, Michael Fore, Sean Owen Completed 2-3 2 Put together initial powerpoint for the North Texas Conference and did some dry-runs of the 15-minute presentation (General overview, Healing Vision app, etc.)
NTASC Preparation (Part 2) Matthew Williams, Anh Pham, Alex Welsh Completed 2-3 2 Put together initial powerpoint for the North Texas Conference and did some dry-runs of the 15-minute presentation (General overview, Hardware, Games, etc..)
SRS Poster All Completed 5-10 6-7 Worked on coming up with content for the TCU Student Research Symposium poster (screenshots, overview, etc.)

WAR for March 27th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
"Touchdown" Development Jeffrey Newton In Progress 4-8   Code complete, cleaning up
"Healing Touch" Devvelopment Jeff Regan In Progress 20   Query page (dynamically fill up with page options), clean up GUI, and add functionality to 'edit' queries
"Surface Hockey" Development Alex Welsh In Progress 3-5    
Testing Michael Fore In Progress 5-7   Testing other games on the iPad (Meteor Defense, Surface Hockey) and Surface (Meteor Defense, Surface Hockey)
"Meteor Defense" iPad Development Anh Pham In Progress 3-5   Updating graphics on the iPad version and cleaning up bugs from testing
SRS Poster Matt Williams In Progress 2-3   Coming up with sections for the SRS poster and planning out talking points
User Manual/Developer Guide Sean Owen, Matt Williams In Progress 2-3   Developing out later sections for User Manual and Developer Guide
Server Migration Sean Owen In Progress 2   Moving mySQL database over to the brazos server
"Meteor Defense" Surface Development Alex Welsh In Progress 1-2   Initial coding on Meteor Defense for Surface

WAR for March 20th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
iPad User Manual Anh Pham In Progress 2-3 2  
iPad Development Anh Pham Completed 3-5 3 Loading up new graphics for "Touchdown!" and "Froggie Says", Testing out graphics for "Meteor Defense"
"Touchdown" Development Jeffrey Newton Completed 5-7 7 Cleaning up version of game
"Surface Hockey" Development
Alex Welsh Completed 5-7 6 Code complete version of "Surface Hockey"
SRS Abstract Sean Owen Completed 1-2 1 Created an abstract for the TCU Student Research Symposium in April
Healing Vision Development Jeff Regan In Progress 5-7 6 Aiming to complete full functionality of the application
"Froggie Says" Game Testing Michael Fore Completed 3-5 3 Full testing on "Froggie Says", "Touchdown!" and initial testing to be done once "Surface Hockey" is code complete
Graphics Matthew Williams Completed 5-7 7 Completing graphics for all games including Meteor Defense, editing icons for game menus

WAR for March 6th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
iPad User Manual Anh Pham In Progress 3-4 3  
Graphics Matt Williams Completed 5-7 7 Revamping graphics for "Touchdown!", creating initial graphics for "Meteor Defesne", option graphics for framework
"Touchdown" Development Jeffrey Newton Completed 5-7 5 Working on physics and cleaning up first version of game
"Surface Hockey" Development
Alex Welsh Completed 5-7 7 Starting initial design and coding of game, will include graphics already created
NTASC Abstracts Sean Owen, Michael Fore Completed 1-2 2 Created two abstracts for North Texas Student Conference on April 9th
Healing Vision Development Jeff Regan In Progress 5-7 7  
"Froggie Says" Game Testing Michael Fore Completed 2-3 2  

WAR for February 27th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
"Touchdown!" Development Jeffrey Newton In Progress 5-7 5 First iteration of "Touchdown!" implemented (with new graphics and mininal physics functionality)
"Froggie Says" Development Alex Welsh Completed 3-5 4 Finishing up "Froggie Says" and implementing scroll bar to the grid/album layout of framework
Test Plan (V 1.0) Completion Michael Fore In Progress 2-3 3 Added test cases for iteration#3 games and tracibility matrix for requirements
"Healing Vision" Development Jeff Regan Completed 3-5 4 Getting printing options working for the ID's; get printable PDF
iPad Development Anh Pham Completed 3-5 5 Database connectivity for "Touchdown!", implement graphics for "Touchdown!"
Powerpoint/Abstract Construction Sean Owen Completed 1-2 2 Creating abstracts and powerpoints for iteration#3 and North Texas Student Conference
Graphics Matt Williams Completed 3-5 5 Create initial graphics for "Touchdown!" (both platforms) as well as "Surface Hockey" graphics (for Surface only)

WAR for February 20th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
"Touchdown!" Development Jeffrey Newton In Progress 5-10 5 Initial gameplay mechanics with database connectivity
Test Plan Michael Fore In Progress 4-5 4 Version 1.0 of test document (updated: tracability matrix, etc.)
iPad Development for "Froggie Says", "Touchdown!", and "Meteor Defense" Anh Pham In Progress 5-10 5 Uploading final graphics for "Froggie Says", defined plans for "Meteor Defense", and polishing up "Touchdown!"
Healing Vision Development Jeff Regan In Progress 5-10 7 Get PDF working for 'Add User', Get reports working, and Excel spreadsheet exporting
Healing Touch Development Sean Owen In Progress 4-5 5 Finishing Up Game Options for Healing Vision
"Froggie Says" Final Development/"Surface Hockey" Development Alex Welsh In Progress 5-10 10 Finishing Up Froggie Says Options screen and Begin Surface Hockey
Graphics Matt Williams In Progress 5-10 10 Finalize Froggie Says graphics (button presses, countdown timer, etc.) and start Surface Hockey/Touchdown! Graphics

WAR for February 13th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Healing Vision Development Jeff Regan, Sean Owen Completed 5-10 5 Completed GUI for Healing Vision; Data Grid compatibility problem solved
Test Plan/Document Revision Michael Fore In Progress 3-4 4  
Graphics Matthew Williams Completed 5-10 8 Completed all five options for "Froggie Says" game (Shapes, Numbers, Letters, Colors, and Grayscale) on both platforms; added countdown images
"Froggie Says" Surface Development Alex Welsh In Progress 5-10 5 Working on adding options to the "Froggie Says" game
"Froggie Says" iPad Development Anh Pham In Progress 5-10 5 Working on adding the different options to the "Froggie Says" game
Upcoming Game Discussion All Completed 2-3 2 Discussed about other games needing to be developed for iteration#3; For iPad - Bowman, For Surface - Meteor Defense/Surface Hockey

WAR for February 6th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
"Froggie Says" Surface Development Alex Welsh, Jeffrey Newton, Sean Owen Completed 5-10 10 Work on implementing sounds, button changes, and countdown of Froggie Says
"Froggie Says" iPad Development Anh Pham Completed 5-10 10 Work on implementing sounds, button changes, and countdown of Froggie Says
Graphics Matthew Williams Completed 5 5 Revise graphics for iteration#2 of Froggie Says
Documentation Revision Michael Fore, Sean Owen Completed 2-3 3 Update documentation to version 2.0
Healing Vision Development Jeff Regan In Progress 10 10 Work on compatibility between GUI elements and data by trying to use a Data Grid
Website Maintenance Matthew Williams Completed 2 2 Add updated documentation to 'Deliverables' section of site, add pictures to 'Media' section

WAR for January 30th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
"Froggie Says" Surface Development Alex Welsh, Jeffrey Newton, Sean Owen In Progress 15-20 20 Game board implemented with 'colors' mode of graphics, Free Play/Login versions of game playable, countdown timer with delays, buttons light up when pressed
"Froggie Says" iPad Development Anh Pham In Progress 15-20 20 Game board implemented with 'colors' mode of graphics, same properties as the Microsoft Surface
Graphics Matthew Williams In Progress 10-15 15 Created graphics for iPad and Surface versions of "Froggie Says". Graphics include: (Button states, both up and down, of 3 different versions of the game (grayscale, letters, and colors), and the Froggie Says board background). Rough versions of the final game
Documentation Revision Michael Fore, Sean Owen In Progress 5-7 7 Revised all documentation created thus far up to version 2.0. This is to make in consistent with our iteration milestones.
Healing Vision Development Jeff Regan In Progress 15-20 20 Create data grid to work with GUI elements, database backups, Ability to add and edit patients, created script to help aid creation of tables

WAR for January 23rd

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
"Froggie Says" Surface Development Alex Welsh, Jeffrey Newton, Sean Owen In Progress 10-15 15 Developing iteration#2 on the MS Surface platform (Froggie Says - basic functionality with options)
"Froggie Says" iPad Development Anh Pham In Progress 10-15 15 Developing iteration#2 on the MS Surface platform (Froggie Says - basic functionality with options)
Graphics Matt Williams In Progress 5-10 10 Developing icons and graphics for Froggie Says game
Database/Healing Vision Application Jeff Regan, Michael Fore, Sean Owen In Progress 10-15 15 Discussing ways to optimize database tables, adding dynamic patient page and grid gui elements
Test Plan (V 1.0) Matt Williams, Michael Fore In Progress 1-2 1  

WAR for January 16th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Surface Development Alex Welsh In Progress 10-15 10 Developing iteration#1 of the MS Surface platform (graphics, layout, login, etc.)
iPad Development Anh Pham In Progress 10-15 10 Initial application of iPad (layout, graphics, login, etc.)
Graphics Matt Williams In Progress 5-10 7 Developing icons and graphics for grid/album layout of iteration#1
Database/Healing Vision Application Jeff Regan, Michael Fore In Progress 10-15 10 Building Healing Vision application and initial database setup for iteration#1 (Patient table)

WAR for December 12th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Semester Presentation All Completed 3-4 3 Assigned speaking roles and powerpoint sections to team members, prepared material and give progress report to client about the project

WAR for December 5th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
iPad Demo Application Anh Pham In Progress 3-4   Creating a simple demo application on the iPad that will demonstrate basic database connectivity
Database Connectivity Setup Jeff Regan In Progress 3-4   Setting up database that communicates with iPad and Surface demo applications
Surface Demo Application Alex Welsh In Progress 3-4   Creating a simple demo application on the Surface that will demonstrate basic database connectivity
Requirements Document Revisions Matt Williams In Progress 2-3   Revising version 1.0 of the Requirements Document (Use-Cases, Scope/Objectives, etc.)
Design Document (V 1.0) All Completed 2-3   Initial draft of Design Document complete - revision sign offs in progress
Project Support Environment#2 Preparation All In Progress 2-3    
Project Support Environment Powerpoint Template Jeffrey Newton In Progress 1-2   Initial skeleton of powerpoint for presentation on 12.14 to THR and faculty members

WAR for November 28th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Design Document (V 1.0) All In Progress 5-10 10  
Dummy Applications (iPad) Anh Pham In Progress 5 2 Working on getting a simple application on the iPad to connect with the SQL database
Design Meetings Jeff Regan, Anh Pham, Sean Owen, Alex Welsh Completed 3-4 3 Brainstorming/developing class diagrams and packages for the framework
Database Connectivity Setup Jeff Regan In Progress 3-4 1  
Wireless Network Setup Michal Fore, Sean Owen, Matt Williams Completed 3 3 Setup wireless network for database and project platforms

WAR for November 21st

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Test Plan Document (V 1.0) Michael Fore, Matt Williams In Progress 2-3 2 Working on initial skeleton of template and filling in sections
Sequence Diagrams Anh Pham Completed 4-5 3 Sequence diagrams created for each use-case scenario
Project Support Environment (Ongoing) Sean Owen In Progress 2-3 3 Pending; contingent upon Microsoft approval of certain software
Standalone Application Documentation Jeff Regan In Progress 3-4 3 Use-case diagrams and paper prototypes for standalone application

 

WAR for November 14th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Design Document Template Jeffrey Newton Completed 3 3 Divvying design sections for other team members to work on
Requirements Document Revisions Alex Welsh In Progress 2-3 2 Revising certain sections
Project Plan Revisions (V 1.1) Jeffrey Newton In Progress 2-3 1 Editing version 1.0 to update iteration to 1.1; adding content into the first document revision
Website Maintenance Matt Williams In Progress 2-3 3 Rewriting meeting minutes in separate document, adding new GANTT chart to website, Use-Case subfolder, add links to the 'media' section
Database Exploration Jeff Regan In Progress 2-3 2 Exploration/research of sample database that can be queried and edited using SQL Server 2008
UML Exploration Matt Williams, Michael Fore In Progress 2-3 1 Installing MagicDraw UML Software and exploring potential of the modeling software to implement in the Design Document
Database Research Anh Pham In Progress 2-3 1 Database connectivity among the iPad platform
iPad Research Anh Pham, Jeff Regan, Jeffrey Newton In Progress 2-3 2  
System Architecture/Modeling Sean Owen In Progress 2 1  
System Environment Maintenance Sean Owen In Progress 2 1 Installing new software on machines such as: MagicDraw
GANTT Chart Sean Owen Completed 1 1 Edited chart - complete with updated deadlines and milestones/deliverables
Use-Case Requirements All In Progress 1 1 Coming up with functional/non-functional requirements for each particular use-case

WAR for November 6th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Activities Chart Sean Owen In Progress 5-10 4  
GANTT Chart Sean Owen In Progress 4-5 3 Updating GANTT chart from PSE to deadlines in Project Plan (V 1.1)
Final Website Development Matt Williams Completed 4-5 4 Editing WAR's, adding deliverables (project plan), updating logo, adding SDK resources, background and objectives to home page
Use Case Diagrams All Completed 2-3 2 Each completed 1-2 use case diagrams for framework, etc.
Design Document Planning Jeffrey Newton In Progress 2-3 2 Initial skeleton of Design Document template complete

WAR for October 31st

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Requirements Document Planning Michael Fore Completed 5 5 Developed basic document and layout for Requirements section of project
Project Plan Revisions All Completed 2-3 2 Proofread entire document for grammatical errors and
Website Development Alex Welsh In Progress 2 2 Continue to work on skeleton of the website
Website Development Matt Williams In Progress 2 2 Uploaded written WAR's and updated classmate bio's to the web pages
iPad Research Jeff Regan In Progress 2 2 Graphics
iPad Research Jeffrey Newton In Progress 2 2 Graphics
iPad Research Anh Pham In Progress 2 2 Graphics
Surface Research Sean Owen In Progress 2 2  

WAR for October 24th

Task: Primary Lead: Status: Estimated Time: Actual Time: Comments:
Project Plan Jeffrey Newton In Progress 5-10 6 Drew up a basic template for the plan of the "Healing Touch" project
Website Development Alex Welsh In Progress 5-10 3 Developing the website using .css files and overall template
Website Design Matt Williams Completed 3 2 Designing the skeleton of what the website will entail
Project Branding/Logo Matt Williams In Progress 2 2 Logo, team name, and project name
Paper Prototyping (Games) Michael Fore Completed 2 2 Drew up design for: home/login/game select screen, and five games that are planning to be implemented into the framework: Archery, Froggie Says, Maze, Meteor Defense, and Surface Hockey
Paper Prototyping (Games) Sean Owen Completed 2 2
Paper Prototyping (Games) Jeff Regan Completed 2 2
iPad Research Anh Pham In Progress 2 2 Built a demo/test version of the sliding scroll feature for the iPad interface