Week 4 - FIT2001

Alright, the fourth week. In this week's tutorial, we had to simulate a mock interview based on the assignment. We were told to develop a system for a company called CybeRoo. The point of the interview is to further clarify and expand upon the system requirements that were outlined by the memo that was received previously.

As for the interview, our group did pretty okay except for a few notable questions that we had forgotten to ask. I did the interview with 3 other group mates and we took turns to ask questions relevant to the CybeRoo memo. We asked about how CybeRoo wanted us to integrate the company's database for easier retrieval of staff information, we asked about how the company wants to track their employee's performance to gauge effectiveness of training methods. We also suggested that the company to have separate links to handle rich content of audio,video and pictures to reduce loading times.

Personally, I think the mock interview was an excellent way to learn how to gather requirements effectively. I'm guessing more and more of such interviews are required if we actually do actually become a system analyst or IT consultant in the near future.

As for the lecture, we learned about using various types of models to represent complex systems as a means of easing communication between the stakeholders and the development team. The lecture also mentioned several reasons for modeling; for documenting purposes and to represent system requirements. The lecture also taught us to draw event tables as a means of tracking the entire project's life cycle.