Evaluation for spaghetti bridges


Last Wednesday our whole diploma group had to build a spaghetti bridge; with 24 pieces of spaghetti; 10 marshmallows; one paper clip; one envelope. We all had to have different jobs to do .I for example had to keep in track of the equipment we used; we had to have a certain amount of spaghetti and a certain amount of marshmallows as I said in the beginning .Others had roles like being leaders (lead the group), builders (build the bridge), researchers (find useful info on how to build the bridge), designers(design a template of the bridge on a specific software)


Marks out of ten for some of the team member’s roles:

Leader-Ben: I give him 9, because he did very well on leading the group telling them what to do and e.t.c., but he did go off task for a couple of times like ..(Playing games) In general I should say he did very well.


Equipment –me : I give myself 7 ,because I did my job handed out appropriate equipment ,but once or twice I didn’t keep in track with the equipment left un used and other members of the group sneaked into the cupboard and ate the spaghetti. But at the end I did well so I’m not quite sure, but I give myself 7.(I was a little bossy I should say ..is that a good thing ?)

Designer –William: I give him 9, because he put a lot of effort into our design he did very well .The thing is when we actually got to build the bridge it went good except some dimensions and parts went a little wrong and the bridge didn’t hold itself fully, so the solution was for the builders to come up with more ideas/additions to the bridge to make it stronger .That was the reason I gave him 9.

Researcher-Tom I give him 6-7, because his job was to research and find other examples on how other people build the bridges .His main target was to pass the information to the leader and share it with whole group, he didn’t .I did see him doing his research on intranet but I didn’t see hi printing it or sharing it with whole group. At the end his work wasn’t used and it ended as in we didn’t even need a researcher, because his research wasn’t used.

Scribe –Emily: I give her 9, because her job was to write on the board and concentrate on her job so she doesn’t make any mistakes; people’s jobs; what equipment to use; leader’s notes; builder’s notes e.t.c.
Back to my point I gave her 9 ,because she did her job but she wasn’t concentrating on her work for quite a while which meant she didn’t really did the job she was given …Altogether she did very well as I gave her 9.

Conclusion: everyone in the group did very well indeed no matter if they did a couple of mistakes. We all worked in together very well and that’s what the main target of our activity was.

I do have to apologise if I was little over the top on the grades I gave on my evaluation of different roles in the group, but in the end I was only being honest

Thank you for reading

Store Manager
Bytes Ltd.
23 High Street
Cottingham
Birmingham
B28 6YU

Bytes Ltd.October 21, 2009
20 Dawncraft Avenue
Kingsley
Birmingham
B32 5TR
OUR APOLOGIES

Dear Mrs Verity Cross,

We have received your letter complain about the laptop you purchased at our store last Friday .As I read the letter I understood that you were purchasing the laptop from a very helpful member of staff Alex, but unfortunately when you went home you have found that the laptop was not in the box and you are really upset by all of this.

Our company is really sorry for what happened last Friday and we would really want you to take our apologies .This problem have never accured in our store before, but we are happy to help you sort it out. We think you should still trust us and visit our store and if you would like to we can give a 20% discount card for our products.

We have had a meeting with our other members of staff and we have decided that you will receive your laptop and your discount card to your home address by 29 of October 2009.

We hope you are happy on what we did and that you will visit our store again .




Sincerely,
Loreta Motiejunaite
Manager of the store

Activity 3.5


Beat the credit crunch
(Insurance fifty plus)


Report: SEPEMBER 2009 EDITIION


I chose the insurance leaflet because it caught my eye. It is very colourful and graphical which attracts the audience (ME).this leaflet’s target audience is for adults because it’s about insurance but it still attracts youngsters by its colourful presentation. I get this leaflet every month for free so it’s worth it.
This leaflet is all about insurances like :AVIVA ,CHURCHIL ,DIRECT LINE ,SWINTON ,CASTLE COVER ,GREEN BEE,SAGA,LIVERPOOL VICTORIA ,RIAS,AGE CONCERN,MORE THAN.IT EACH PAGE HAS A DIFFERENT INSUARNCE COMPANY EXPLAINING WHATS ITS ABOUT IF THE AUDIENCE DON’T KNOW.BASICALLY ITS PURPOSE IS TO PERSUADE YOU TO CLAIM FOR THOSE INSURANCES.

Advert: would you like to save money on all your household bills? JOIN THE CLUB
I chose this advert because it was very eye catchy and interesting to read .it has a big bold colourful title to attract the audience /has a money bank( pig)to represent the savings /has a website for you to go on www.utilitypro.co.uk. I found it very easy to understand .its little message /comment is

S ingle bill for all your utilities
A ward –winning customer service
V alue that’s unbeatable
E asy to switch


And that is the website you go on if you follow the link .i think this company did their job well, because its very attractive and persuasive .

I DID HAVE A SCREEN SHOT BUT NIT DOESN’T LET ME PUT IT ONTO THE BLOGGER

1.
1.star network

2.ring network

3.bus network

memo

B.S laptops
Memo
To: MR Robert SMITH
From: LORETA MOTIEJUNAITE
CC:
Date: September 16, 2009
Re: TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
Dear Mr. Robert smith,
I’m writing to you today to help keep the technology systems performing reliably. Here are some things that need to be improved or done
1. THE FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEM IS NOT in place
2. the security around the building is not safe it needs a firewall system
3. we should have more deadlocks to keep systems safe
4. our back ups are not in place so we need them in place to protect data
5. the offices need proper swipe cards because some are now attacked by viruses

Hope you will take my suggestions into actions, because this is very important for our company other wise we will have more and more problems

5.9

Activity 5.9


1. list ways physical security can be implemented.

Locking the rooms with good quality locks

Raise it from the floor

2. How could the physical security identified in question 1 be breached?
It can only be breached if you brake the locks (well if its possible) brake down the room raised above the floor

3. Analyze how virus-checking software and firewall can work together to prevent virus infection.
They can both protects different things like virus checker can protect it form hackers and firewall can block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications.

5.8

Activity 5.8




What are the advantages and disadvantages of a swipe card, access code or key to secure a room?
The advantage of a swipe card is: that it protects everything from hackers hacking in and other people wrecking your servers e.t.c

Disadvantage is that someone can steal it.

1. The advantages of access code: it protects your system from viruses and other people hacking in

Disadvantage of an access card is that it might have a virus and damage /delete your systems

2. An advantage of a key to secure a room is that it protects other people from coming in and wrecking your computer and your systems
The disadvantage is that someone can find the key and come in or a fire might occur and if you locked the room and forgot were the key is you cant get in or out the room which is a health and safety hazard






2 .WHICH SECURITY SYSTEMS THE MOST SECURE?
THE MOST SECURE IS DEADLOCKS /COMBINATION LOCKS


3. What is needed to keep a system available 24/7
Back up generators
Check system regulary