Flash.express Your Ticket to Success

1
Flash.express Your Ticket to Success

• Introduction
• Team Members
• Mehnaz Alam - alam.abanti_at_gmail.com
• Ethan Green - ethangreen_at_gmail.com
• Peter Heroux heroux_at_gmail.com
• Jeffrey Musick - jpm9900_at_gmail.com
• Brett Rosso - bgrosso88_at_gmail.com

2
Q Why is this project important? A Student
retention/persistence is a top priority for Kent
State University.
Gary Padak Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Dona Bowman Client
3
Why did we build this website?

• We built this website because we wanted to make
  something that was
• Easily accessible
• Has social networking capabilities
• Use existing web resources and integrate them in
  one place

4
Why did we build this website?

• Integrate all the different resources available
  on campus for the students of College of
  Business.
• Some of the resources that we integrated are
• Courses
• Job search
• Finances
• Message boards
• Information about the different College of
  Business majors

5
How We Did It

• First day vagueness and confusion
• Research Interviews
• Lots of ideas were thrown around
• No set plan was made
• Tried to get organized by making a site map

6
How We Did It cont.

• Finally cracked down
• Made a more detailed site map
• Assigned sections of the site to different people
• Everyone did their parts and got the project done

7
Dealing with Issues

• Dropping team member
• Backup Plan
• Results
• Lessons learned

8
What did I take away from this experience? Pete

• Confidence! Long absence from school and web
  design.
• Polishing old skills and developing new skills
  Programming php, mysql, front end design -
  css, xhtml.
• Experience with team dynamics working with
  peoples strengths and weaknesses.
• A Diploma!!

9
What did I take away from this experience? Brett

• Experience working on a big group project
• Project management skills
• Familiarity with common business project
  documents
• New technical skills PHP, MySQL

10
What did I take away from this experience?
Mehnaz

• I learned how to work as a group- Teamwork
• How to delegate responsibilities
• Time management
• Different Technical skills MySQL

11
What did I take away from this experience? Jeff

• Greater ability to work in a group
• Strengthened written and verbal communication
  skills
• Better understanding of steps required to
  complete a project
• Developed time management and organizational
  skills

12
Did we meet our clients needs?

• Lets find out