This past week we started working on project 4. I feel like one of the toughest parts of the project will be making sure that we're using our manpower effectively. With 6 people it is easy to not coordinate well and essentially cause a drop in productivity because of that. Thankfully we seem to have split the work up well since we've made good progress on the project and it looks like we should finish with a good buffer before the deadline.
One of the difficulties when it came to allocating the work between group members was just our reletive unfamiliarity with the various technologies involved with the assignment. None of us had really had any experience with XML schemas or the Google App Engine before, so trying to assign points to each "story" was a bit difficult to do. Thankfully with 6 group members we were able to assignment people research assignments so the entire group could get a better feel as to the scope of the project.
We have a test coming up on Friday, and personally I definitely feel more nervous than I did for the last one. Part of that is due to the reading we've doing, while it's certainly less than the XP book, I feel like it's been much more dense and that I'll have to review it thoroughly. Hopefully I do well.
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