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2011
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ASSIGNMENT PART A
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Introduction
Personal Essay:
My name is Abdullah Alsaggaf, I was born on the 24th of April 1988 in Jeddah city the western port of Saud Arabia. My family contains eight members including me and my parents. My father is a physician and an orthopedic consultant. I consider myself as an ambitious person, because Im aiming to continue further studies such as master degree on my course. I always look on top to be able to achieve my goals in the best way. I always believe that life needs struggle to be able to reach what I am looking for, so I have to
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skills.
Week2:
Monday, 4 April 2011 The lecturer continued the time management topic and gave us a tutorial questions about time management then asked us to submit the answers at the end of the session. Those tutorial questions helped us to find some of our time management problems. Many students in the class found out that they problems with time management and dont manage their time in the right way as they need to do in order for them to do their assignments and prepare for exams on time. I learned some tips to manage my time like determining the most difficult tasks early in the morning, using to do lists, diaries, giving priority to matters which are urgent rather than those which are important, prepare to face any problem and solve it quickly, prioritizing tasks one at a time and working in a place where I will not be disturbed.
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Wednesday, 6 April
The lecturer talked about a new topic which is Negotiation. She explained the meaning of negotiation and how when 2 or more parties exchange goods or services and attempt to agree upon an exchange rate, sometimes known as bargaining. In addition, negotiation is an interaction of influences. Such interactions, for example, include the process of resolving disputes, agreeing upon courses of action, bargaining for individual or collective advantage. There are two types of negotiators: tough Negotiators and soft negotiators. It involves three basic elements: process, behavior and substance. The B.A.T.N.A. (best alternative to negotiated agreement) was discussed during the lecture and the lecturer explained how its used to protect the consumers or the other party against any agreement that they should reject. At the end of the session the lecturer gave us some tips of negotiation, strategies on how to persuade and Guidelines to improving our persuasive skills. The lecturer gave us an example of a house owner who renovated his house and wanted to sell it while the buyer negotiating to reduce the selling price with the owner. Each party is trying to push the other party to their target point by arguing that their position is right and the opponent's is wrong. Also, she explained how an employee can negotiate to the manager about his career or salary.
After attending this weeks sessions, Im able to describe time management as set of skills and how using time management skills make you use your working time more effectively. I have also learned how to decide which of the things i do are more important and has more priority, and which can be dropped, and how to control the distractions that waste my time and break your flow which will increase the time I can work and reduce stress.
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We have done an exercise in the art of negotiation in groups of two students. Each group chose the subject of how to apply the right to negotiate. As a result of different groups were in the way of negotiating and persuading the other party.
week3:
During the third week we had exercises which help us to practice the realty interview for our future time. I learned its very important for the interview to prepare well for it.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011 We started an new chapter about Career planning & CV the lecturer taught us how to plan well for a career and told us about her own experience since she has worked in different companies and positions. The lecture showed us some samples about how to how to write the basics of a CV. Therefore, The lecture mentioned to us some tips to make an excellent CV. For example, my CV should include the necessary information and exclude the unnecessary information Moreover, we should write brief and interesting CV via highlighting our previous experiences and jobs that we have worked before with the references. Also, we should avoid some common mistakes in our CV like spelling and grammar mistakes. Finally, we should include our contact details like phone no, address and email. Personal reflection for the Third week: I understand that I must be aware of Skills Framework for the Information Age and also be able to write a successful CV. Then, I realized that most job adverts are looking for a person with specific
qualities and skills so I should make sure to target my CV in order to show my specific qualities and skills. However, I learned about how to write a CV. I should consider making my CV appropriate for me and for the job applied for. Also, my CV shouldnt make claims that I cant justify at interview.
week4:
Monday, 18 April 2011 We learned that the CV we are going to write must be appropriate for the job we are applying for. We should be clear about what we want to put across, what experience, skills and qualities do we have which we feel are required for the job applied for. Then we need to create the CV
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011 no class Thursday21 april 2011 personal cv (continue) In this class, the lecture showed us some samples of personal CV to discuss about it and asked the lecture if we were confused about writing a CV or no.
Personal reflection for the This week: on this session is very good because I learnt to assessment myself, I was able to discover the areas that suitable for me and interest me, I learnt to analyze myself and my classmate skills and interests and this support me to improve my analytical and communication skills. Furthermore i learnt it is very important to take advice from someone who has more experience on life than me such as our parents, relatives or friends, but the last decision will depends on me. Moreover at the end I was able to prepare and write my own professional CV.
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 This session was about assignment discussion. Students were asked to choose their assignment topics, at the end of the class each student has chosen a topic and discussed it with the lecturer while the lecturer approve the topic or reject.
Thursday, 28 April 2011 For this day, we had an introduction about the final year project (FYP) and got to understand five main questions to consider in a final year project. List out possible topics for FYP? How do I know if I am doing a research or surfing? What is the best way to start your topic? How do I systematically record my research? How do I plan my research so that I do not go overboard?
week6:
Monday 2 may 2011 public holiday Wednesday 4 May 2011 The lecturer introduced a new topic about the final year project (FYP) and described the structure of the project. She taught us that a good final year project must be useful. Moreover, she explained about the steps of writing a proposal and that the accuracy, clarity of the goal,
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Thursday 5 may 2011 in this tutorial session the lecturer asked us to do two tasks. First, Draft our research proposal. Second, give a brief description on each of the chapters in the proposal we worked on. Also, on this lecture we studied the five types of research methods with its differences for conducting the research, the five methods are as showing below:1) Academic Research (known as scholarly source). 2) Primary Research. 3) Secondary Research (known as non-scholarly sources). 4) Technical Research. 5) Domain Research.
Reflection and learning for the Sixth week: For this week I learned a lot about FYP design and proposal. Moreover, I understood the structure of the FYP and the chapters included in it. Also, I got to know what makes my research proposal good or bad and how to make a good one. After this class I could do better work on my proposal and organize what I have already done in the right way as I learnt about the FYP chapters and their sequence. In addition, I understood more about the research methods we have to use in our proposal and that there are five types of research methods.
Week 7
Monday, 9 May 2011 we did a review on research proposal and the lecturer checked our research draft that we were asked to do in the previous week. She sat with each students discussed with him about his draft
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011 The lecturer asked us to answer some questions in the tutorial session, questions about life and jobs. The questions are: 123456What classes fascinate and absorb you? What if you had three lifetimes, what dream jobs attract you? What do you naturally do well? If you won the lottery, what might you do? What local, social, or world issues interest you? What is the most gratifying thing you ever did? What experiences turned out to be most dissatisfying to you? 7- If you knew you couldnt fail, what might you most like to do?
Thursday, 12 May 2011 : In that day the lecturer introduced a new chapter which Fact Finding. This chapter is very important for us as it discusses some steps and technique that we need to use in our research proposal as well as the final year project. In this lecture we learned how to apply appropriate fact-finding techniques during systems investigation and during the feasibility study of the Systems Development Lifecycle.
The lecturer explained that we use questionnaires when a limited amount of information is needed from many people. The questions must be designed to obtain exactly the information necessary for the study.
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fact finding is carried out during systems investigation and during the feasibility study of the Systems Development Lifecycle looks at inputs, outputs, processing methods, volumes of the current system, controls, staffing, costs, organisational structure, expected future growth
Week 8
Monday, 16 May 2011 In this class the lecture explained to us a new topic called Fact Finding. Fact finding is very important topic especially that we are required to use it in our research proposal and the final year project. Interview questions 1- Choose two facts finding methods for your current proposal. Prepare questions for each of the methods. Requirements: 1- Interview: 10 questions 2- Questionnaire: not less than 10 questions and mixture of both close-ended & open-ended questions. 3- Observation: objectives (what are you trying to achieve) expected outcome (conclusion)
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Reflection and Learning for eighth week: My reflection for this week was good as I learnt useful techniques for my proposal, where I need to use in my research proposal and FYP later in level 3. Without learning about the fact finding techniques I wouldnt be able to write a complete research proposal. In addition, I can define the types of questions in questionnaire and the differences between them. This was very helpful for me in doing my research proposal as it will help me later with FYP
Week 9
Monday, 30 May In this tutorial session, the lecturer divided the students into groups, each group was asked to discuss and justify the objectives and problem statement for their research proposal. Each member had defined some problems he or she faced during the progress of the proposal and discuss with the group members on how to solve those problems and exchanging ideas. In addition, the lecturer clarified some information about FYP proposal for example:
Wednesday, 1 June 2011 no class Thursday, 2 june2011 In this day, the lecture taught us a new chapter which is project management and development method. The lecturer explained what the difference between project management and
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Reflection for ninth week (9) After studying project management and development method, I know why much do I need to manage my project; also I will be able to plan and monitor my project. Therefore, I knew the differences between project management and development method and how I can use them to assist my project progress. This topic is very important for project research.
Week10
Monday, 6 June 2011
During this class, the lecturer explained to us about Gantt chart for preparing the final project
and we had a few questions. What will your title of final year project proposal be? Describe the type of system being developed? Based on these questions, we wrote about the idea of final year project and submitted it to the lecturer.
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Thursday, 9 June 2011 During this session, the lecturer introduced a new topic which is Developing Methodologies. She defined methodology as A method can be considered as a predefined and organized collection of
techniques and a set of rules which state by whom, in what order, and in what way the techniques are used to achieve or maintain some objectives . She also taught us that a a method includes models
lifecycles and appropriate techniques. After that she explained how important developing methodology is for the assignment. She told us about other models and lifecycles like spiral model , waterfall model and V lifecycle and justified in details about spiral model and waterfall and showed us the difference between each type. Also, she discussed with us about the possible problems that students could face with their methodology. Finally, we learned about the other methodologies like SSAD, DSDM and UML.
Reflection for tenth week: (10) After attending classes for this week, I got to know very important information about methodologies which I must use in my assignment. Now I can define whats a method, I can justify why do I need to use methodologies and Ill be able to differentiate between differences methodologies. Also, I can determine the problems I have with my methodologies and how to solve them. Methodologies can be applied in different ways and not only a single way. Now I can select a suitable development methodology for my research proposal and later my FYP.
Week 11
Monday, 13 June 2011 During this tutorial, we had a discussion on methodologies and how to apply them in our assignment. The lecturer asked the students to describe a process method for their research proposal, and discuss and the advantages and disadvantages. After determining the disadvantages and difficulties the lecturer helped and guided the students to solve and overcome the difficulties
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Wednesday, 15 June 2011 In this session, the lecturer gave us a new chapter about risk management. Its the last chapter in the module. She discussed with the students about risk management and why its important for organizations. She explained further about the risk ownership actions, risk plans and risk management process. Thursday, 16 June 2011 The lecturer continued the topic of risk management. She taught us about risk identification and How to identify and specify risk. Also, she explained in details about risk planning, risk analysis, risk response and risk action which are the process of risk management Reflection and personal learning for this week After this weeks sessions I can understand the important role of risk management in project management. Also, Im able to apply some risk management techniques to a project and integrate risk plan and project plan for a typical project. I can work within a basic risk management system.
Week 12
Monday, 20 June 2011 Discussion about the assignment Wednesday, 22 June 2011 Tutorial Personal essay The lecturer showed us an example of personal essay and asked students to write personal essay to practice for their assignment. Thursday, 23 June 2011 Tutorial This session was for CV and cover letter. The lecturer showed us an example of cover letter and explained it. She gave us an exercise and asked us to draft our own cover letter and CV.
Week 12
Monday, 27 June 2011 Tutorial Process Methods (group work) Wednesday, 29 June 2011 Lab5session Assignment Review
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Week 13
Monday, 4 July 2011 - Assignment Review Wednesday, 6 July 2011 Lab5 session Assignment Review Thursday, 7 July 2011 Lab3 session Assignment Review
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http://www.telephonyworld.com/jobfair/mediasoft.htm#C/C++%20Analyst/Programmer%20on %20Windows%20NT%20and/or%20Unix
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Dear Mr. Villeneuve, Mediasoft Telecom's focus on computer solutions and software development for small businesses nationwide is of particular interest to me as I am eager to experience the challenge of working on a variety of distinct projects.. Therefore, I am applying for the position of Analyst/Programmer at Mediasoft Telecom
My background in software development, coupled with my comprehensive language training and academic background would enable me to make a valuable contribution to this position in Mediasoft.
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Name: Abdullah Hussain Alsaggaf IC No.: 0313961 Gender: Male Phone No.: 0176672027 Date of Birth: 24/04/88 Nationality: Yemeni Email: abdullahssaggaf25@gmail.com Marital Status: Single
Educational Details: High School Certificate with a GPA: 91% Bachelor Degree in Computer Science with Honor, GPA: 3.5 Work Experience: Worked for IV Co-opreatoin. Position: Computer Maintenance. Duration: one year.
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Career Objectives: Become a director of software developing department within 3 years. Become a CEO Manager within 7 years.
Extra Activities: I enjoy playing chess with my friends during my free time I read books and magazines very often I go to the Gym 5 days in a week to keep fit.
Self-Description: I can speak 3 Languages: French, English, and Arabic. I have good computer skills which Ive gained from working and taking extra courses.
Personal Statement: Reference: I am a friendly and hardworking person with my colleagues and boss. I always prefer teamwork which seems more effective and motivating. I usually like the environment and place I am working in, as this make my duties easier and less stressful.
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Name: Dr. Adel Altamimi Position: director of IT department, IV Co-operation Address: Prince Ismail Street, Jeddah Email: dr_adel_57@yahoo.com Tel: 00966-5478380
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