week 10

further adjustments to the website colour scheme
worked with Dan to get some icons together for the program and some layouts setup.

week 8

Admin section has been put into the website allowing the user to edit code with the help of the team we produced a end result further developments to be added are so that the admin can add new menu name and tabs. at the moment user can make a live edit of the code.

Image rotation has been included

week 7

Preview websitew was compeleted for the group to review but it still requires content but the main core goals of design need to be completed as the website is just a feature development. The logos were also updated

- more summer colours for the summer logo.

Starting from scarcth

i went back tot he drawing board and this time i was determined to make a impact so i made lots of different looking logos in hope one of them would be good enough. We also had a change of name that were more related to G4u because the one we had choosen was also registered.

New Logo Ideas!

Started tweaking the logo before i moved on i was going to show john and sarah some examples

i tweaked the logo alittle keepign the house in it to try win them over but i failed. i took the visuals to the meeting with John hoping for a better response on the logos but yet again he said he didnt like them and the house idea thta is when i decided to scrap that idea and start some new ones. The rest of the meeting went on the database and application program related stuff.

logo tweak -

Questions we asked

‎1-Approximately how much time does each sales assistant spend filling purchase orders?

2- At what number of stock remaining is an employee usually recommended to create an a purchase order?

3-What specific tasks is each Sales assistant in charge of other than e.g. Raising stock orders?
...
4-Do you expect the new system to follow the same reporting chain of command as the previous system?
E.g. sales assistant -> senior salesperson -> Miss Greengold

5-What do you expect from the new system/program and what features would you want adding that could help you personally.

6-Would you prefer to update the site information yourself or prefer it being updated by us?

7-Colour schema?

8-Extra style sheets to change with seasons?

9-What sort of site would you want? Showcase? Able to purchase items?

after the Meeting with Sarah

The meeting went well although i was abit disapointed witht he feedback of the logos i had done but i guess it is to be expected anyway. I feel i could of sold the idea abit more but i wasnt able to bring it across like i had it in my head this is somthing that i need to work on, i took the feedback and feedback off my team members away with me and started tweaking them before the meeting with John thta week.

Notes from the meeting and stuff we needed to do -

Week 2 Agenda and Meeting

Agenda
... • Go through Logos
• Discuss questions for interview
• Discuss Roles
• Interview with Sarah Dunkley

Minutes
Interview with Sarah Dunkley

What is your confidence level with IT Equipment in the Garden Centre?
• Very Little Technology
• Varies from store to store
• Some are inherited
• Future Proofing

Do you expect the new system to follow the same reporting chain of command as the previous system? I.e. Sales assistant > Senior salesperson > Miss Greengold.
• Could be better ways to go around this
• Not all staff are equally in command, maybe a system can help this
• Checks will need to be put in
• Watered down version can be sent to each member of the hierarchy
• Trust staff’s responsibilities

What Specific tasks are each sales assistant in charge of? I.e Raising stock orders
• Need to be more flexible
• Productively use people
- Peak Times
- Short Staffed
• Allow crossing over at a certain level between departments in Garden Centre

CMS
• What are we suggesting it would benefit
• Would there need to be an administrating role, that they don’t already have
- Someone who could be trained
- Who will be doing this training?

Name and Logo
• Research into existing name to see if it can be used
• Make sure the name is accessible to everyone
- Orchid sounds a little upper class
- Orchard more approachable
• Further development to logos
- Change tree to point out the different seasons
- Winter = Evergreen tree
• Logo design
- Can it be used on Uniforms, Point of Sale, Price tags etc.

Before the meeting with Sarah

Before we had to go meet Sarah we had a few mins spare to make sure we had everything sorted and knew what we are doing and what we were going to ask her, we were using google docs to share our doc's and add ideas to them we had these printed off and we were ready roll.

Professoinal View

Before the meeting i wanted to make an effort and set a standard with our work so we then have to keep by it mybe allowing us to win who knows? i had all our stuff printed on expensive paper A3 and in color i went on to mounting the logo concepts on a board for a finishing touch at this point i was really confident that they were great.

Preparing for our first meeting

I started looking into garden logos where i gathered some ideas and started with the projects garden logo designing some neat stuff along with seasonal ideas after i had the basic design it was time to start thinking of soem names for the garden centre as thier previous name was taken and registered. We came up with various name and with a team vote we voted for Orchard View but at this point we still didnt do any research on this name none the less we still went ahead with it and i had doen the final draft of the garden logos with that name and various other ones incase they liked those i got help off my teammates for ideas on what to put in the logo and how to have it so it was a real group effort also while i was doing this they were preparing questions for that weeks meeting with Sarah.

Final Draft logos:

Starting The Team Logo

We had all agreed witht he name "DDKK" which was just our intials Dan, Dave, Kay and Kenny. Everyone wanted a shield concept to the logo at first i wasnt to keen but it has grown on me. Why i wasnt to keen was purely because a shield logo kinda reminds me of a schools crest, none the less i created a bunch of logos and process of alimination we came to a conculsion and had our final logo.

Logo style choosen, and the team voted for number 4.

Belbin test analysis.

Purpose Of the Belbin is to define what my roles might be while working with a group, once the test was completed we were to pick the two highest marks mine being 21 for team worker and 13 for resource investgator.


Role Discritions:

Team worker:

"Supporting members in their strengths; eg. Building on suggestions, underpinning members in their shortcomings, improving communications between members and fostering team spirit generally."

Resource Investigator:

I personal would agree of the results that the test provided as i feel that im not a leader yet and much prefer to be leaded by someone else that way i have less pressure on me and i am able to bring my ideas across better and get jobs done.