Iteration 3 has come and gone. (First of all, I'm hella sick today, in the office but not 100% here if you get my drift, so if I seem distant that's why. )
How do I think things went? Well, I had to stop mid-iteration and replace some thigs because some pre-reqs weren't completed. That has
less to do with time management and more to do with me not being familiar with the process of sending things out to be done.
This iteration is a short one, my employer likes to give employees lots of random time off. He thinks this makes them happy and work harder.
I have to admit this to be true, however, I will be working next week even though I technically have off. This project really can't afford to
lose a week. I haven't factored that time into my iteration planning though because I want to see where I am at the end of this week then decide
what needs to be done.
I am still working on the controls as literals because I haven't gotten the comps back yet. This adds a little extra work. Today I am revisiting the session issue, I got some feedback from the guy doing the "Summer of NHibernate" series. I highly reccomend those videos if you're working with NHibernate. I appreciate his fresh approach, the videos are funny and interesting.... I have learned a lot. Anyway he said something about session-per-http-request so I'm going to look into that.
Right now I'm wrestling with where to get some of this extra stuff done that wont be feasible for just me in this time period. The questions are things like "Should I hire someone?" "Should I outsource?" "To whom?" "Should I start now or wait until it's a little closer to deadline so I know what needs to be done exactly?"
If there is anyone reading that has been in my shoes I'd appreciate any words of wisdom that you could pass my way. There is a lot of work on my plate and exactly 10 weeks left. I'm not afraid it wont get done, because it will and it will be a great product... I just want to limit my stress and not give myself extra work while watching budget.
Happy Coding!
If you're looking for a small task to outsource you can try out ODesk.com -- I've had pretty good success there. You can pay per hour or a fixed price for the entire task.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since I've used them, but I think it's free to post to see the responses -- ODesk just takes a cut from the worker and not from you.
Depending on how you feel about other people's privacy -- they also have an app that the worker you're hiring can install which takes screencaps of their desktops and notifies you when they're online so that you know they're working.
Good luck with project. I'm rooting for ya.
thanks, reno... checking it out!
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