Online Website for simplified expense sharing amongst friends:
Key Features required:
- Login feature using email & mobile number and password to create and link individual user’s profile.
- Database consisting of all the friends linked by their email & mobile number.
- Feature to add and delete friends.
- Feature to add expenses (reflecting categories including and not limited to groceries, utilities bills, dining out, clothes, music/entertainment, mortgage, rent, maintenance, taxes, fuel, parking, cabs, cleaning, general, movies, water, electricity, internet and so on)
- Calendar option to add date relating to certain expenses.
- Option to form group/s of certain friend/s reflecting separate expense categories.
- Option to add photo of bills relating to each expense.
- Option to add a note to reflect each expense.
- Notification to be sent to each member once any expense is added relating to them or any expense is modified that impacts them.
- MAJOR FEATURE OF THIS IS SIMPLIFIED CALCULATION OF EXPENSE AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP REFLECTING EASY UNDERSTANDING OF DEBTS TO BE SETTLED.
- For e.g. person A, B, C and D are in a group and went out for drinks and dinner. Person A paid $150 and person B contributed $50 towards the total bill of $200. Here Each member is entitled to pay $50 each, hence, C & D are gets notified that they owe A an amount of $50 each and person B is settled with his contribution of $50. A on his web interface can see that B and C each are in debt of $50 to him.
- In next instance A, B and D are flatmates and D pays the electricity bill for their flat, a bill of total $300. Since in the last transaction D Owed A $50, after adding this transaction the total expense sharing is updated as A owes D $50 and B owes D $100.
Assessment Task 1: Weekly reflective E-journal log
| Goal: To write a journal entry at the completion of each week’s project work. The entry should demonstrate that you are reflecting on your project, comparing theory to practice and measuring your own progress towards listed objectives. | |
| Product: Wee | kly reflective E-journal log |
| Format: This is an individual assessment.
Each weekly reflective E-log journal entry should be 100 to 150 words (max). Each entry should indicate the major task/s on which you have worked during the current week and contain comments on your view of your progress towards your objectives at the current time. If you are facing a particular challenge or problem it would be pertinent to make that the focus of your journal entry. |
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| Criteria Reflective writing relevant to the scope and tasks of the project evidencing an ability to:
• reflect on and learn from professional experience • assume personal and professional responsibility for own learning and work outcomes • critically and systematically evaluate contemporary ICT issues relevant to an organisation and its work • successfully apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations |
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| Generic skill asse | ssed Skill assessment level |
| Communication | Specialised |
| Organisation | Specialised |
Assessment Task 2: Project proposal
| Goal: | Develop a proposal for your project that is structured to allow for the successful achievement of both your goals and those of the industry organisation within the available hours of the project. In this assessment task you are given the opportunity to receive formative feedback on your project proposal. |
| Product: | Project proposal |
| Format: | This is a 750 to 1000 word group assessment. You will be assigned to the same group throughout the semester, working together to complete the project that is described in this project proposal.
In consultation with your supervisors, you must develop and submit a written proposal in report format outlining the responsibilities, expectations and evaluation mechanisms associated with your project. |
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This project proposal must contain: • a description of the artefact to be developed • rationale for the project; description of organisational context and organisational need • short review of academic literature relevant to the project if appropriate • the names and contact details of all the group members
Objectives: • Objectives of (a) project activities and (b) your own personal and professional goals (written in SMART format – specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound; they should also be constructed with reference to the learning outcomes of the course specified in section 3 of the Course Outline) • Methods of achieving the SMART objectives listed above (see point 1) • Methods for evaluating the achievement of each of the project activity objectives • Any anticipated human, technical, transport, research/recording and financial resources required • A clear timeline for the activities/duties to be undertaken in the project • Expected outcomes of the project/activity – that is, the finished products, tangibles and/or deliverables • Your written project proposal must be discussed, negotiated and refined between you, and your supervisors |
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Overview/description and rationale of planned project activities – clearly outlined and demonstrating an ability to successfully apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations.
Demonstrate an ability to design, coordinate and implement a project Anticipated resources required demonstrating an ability to successfully apply theoretical knowledge to practical situations Definition of expected outcomes (i.e. the finished product and/or deliverables) – clear and achievable and measured against a realistic time-line for completion and demonstrating an ability to work proactively to design, coordinate and implement a project. Evaluation strategies (evaluation by self, supervisor, other?) – rigorous, and including an appropriate feedback /evaluation sheet, demonstrating ability to assume personal and professional responsibility for work outcomes and self evaluation of performance and to reflect on and learn from professional experience. |
| Generic skill assess | ed Skill assessment level |
| Problem solving | Specialised |
| Collaboration | Specialised |
Assessment Task 3: Project report
| Goal: In this task you will complete a report of professional standard on the actual project experience with discussion of outcomes and differences between theory and practice. You should evaluate the outcomes achieved against those planned at the outset of the project and reflect on lessons learnt. You will also submit all the source code and other project deliverables. | |
| Product: Project Report | |
| Format: This is a 2000 to 2500 word group report.
The project report should use the final version of your proposal as a reference point for reflection and comment on the project experience as a whole – comparing what was planned at the outset to what was achieved by the conclusion of the project. The report should clearly describe what was achieved.
You should also comment on the learning you achieved in the project and also, if relevant, any further learning that you need to undertake to build on your project experience and in preparation for employment in industry. Where relevant you should include references to academic literature to support your Project Reflective Report.
Your report should also include a summary of personal factors and factors internal and/or external to the industry that helped or hindered the achievement of the defined objectives and expected outcomes, or led to changes in any aspect of the original plan for your project and activities ie: objectives, tasks, methods, unplanned outcomes. The source code and other project deliverables for your project should be submitted via an online repository such as GitHub or BitBucket, and the details of how to access this repository must be included in your report
This reflective nature of this report should be derived from a weekly journal kept by each of you during the project. It is expected that the Weekly E- journal entry (Assessment Item 1) is a summary of the most pertinent information from each week’s journal entries. The full journal should be made available to the Academic Supervisor or Course Coordinator upon request during the project and will need to be included as an appendix to this final report. |
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| Criteria · Application of theoretical knowledge to the project
· Self-evaluation of your project performance and the development of any proposed improvement strategies demonstrating personal and professional responsibility for own learning and work outcomes. · Critical evaluation of ICT professional issues. · Professional conduct in the analysis and design of a project · Communication of findings using professional level skills in project management, problem solving, and presentation. |
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| Generic skill asse | ssed Skill assessment level |
| Communication | Specialised |
| Problem solving | Specialised |
