Rebecca's Weekly Progress Reports





Resume of Accomplishments





Group Meeting 1-18-96

    Team structure was decided on. Chris Jones, Team Manager; Brenda Smith and Rebecca Warren, rotating Webmasters. During the meeting, we discussed objectives, deliverables, and a brief overview of what we would like to accomplish on the Diabetes Web project this semester.




Progress Report #1 Week Ending 1/26/96

  1. This past week, Chris, Brenda and I met to discuss our objectives and set up a schedule for the project tasks. I gave a presentation stating the objectives we want to meet, and our tentative schedule of tasks. This presentation was created using PowerPoint.

  2. Beginning this weekend I am contacting people for interviews. I will work with Brenda on the questions for surveys and interviews.



Progress Report #2 Week Ending 2/02/96

  • This week seems like it has been a disaster personally. I am working on getting PPP set up at home and also Perl.
      For the diabweb project, I am:
    1. Trying to get an interniew with a nurse and doctor who treat diabetic patients
    2. Get in contact with a dietician
    3. Look at the format of the Home Page and see where improvements could be made.



    Progress Report #3 Week Ending 2/09/96

      This week I have been working on the following:
    1. Perl/CGI program. I finally got it to work right.
    2. Trial questions for the people who view the homepage to answer.
    3. I have a meeting Friday morning with a doctor and a few nurses. Talk with them about viewing the homepage.
    4. I am getting in touch with a diabetic this weekend. Ask if she will participate and view the homepage when we are ready.

      To do next: Work with Brenda on reorganizing the homepage.


    CGI Assignment


    Progress Report #4 Week Ending 2/16/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. Reviewing the Diabetes Web Pages to begin restructuring them.
    2. Waiting for Nurse to call back with time for interview.
    3. Determine questions to ask in interviews.


    What I need to do next:
    Continue restructuring Web Pages (layout) Continue gathering icons, buttons, pictures, etc for Web Pages continue searching for a dietician to interview and evaluate our project



    Progress Report #5 Week Ending 2/23/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I created two versions of web pages that contain icons for ease of use.
    2. I contacted a nurse for an interview and am waiting for a reply.


    What I am doing next:

    1. Alter the icons at the top of the Web pages to cover the whole top of the page, and figure out how to put spaces between the words so that thewords will appear directly under the icon.
    2. Start working on a contact sensitive help for each page, and link them all together to a general 'help' page.
    3. Work on an index page.
    4. Try to figure a way for a person to get back to his/her current process through an icon.




    Progress Report #6 Week Ending 3/01/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I talked with a nurse about the diabweb project and got some of her input. She said that it should be: user friendly, have different levels of reading ranging from 2nd grade to 8th grade, and also a level of reading for medical professionals.
    2. I worked on a general Web page format.
    3. I am writing help pages for each of the Web pages.
    4. I also talked to a diabetic who is interested in the project. She will give us her input on the prototype, and will also meet for an interview.


    What I am doing next:
    1. I am meeting with the nurse again over Spring Break to get her input on what she would like in the process that would help her when dealing with diabetic patients.
    2. I am going to call Portsmouth General and Chesapeake General to find out if they are interested in the diabweb project. Hopefully, they will be and I can set up some interviews with the people involved in their Patient Group. Also, I might be able to find a dietician who can help us with the project.
    3. I'm putting the general Web page format in the new diabweb (96) directory.




    Progress Report #7 Week Ending 3/15/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I called Portsmouth General to talk about the project, but they have lost their certification from ADA and didn't sound much interested.
    2. I had better luck with a friend of mine who is head nurse on one of the floors at Maryview. She gave me some good information on what she would look for in software that would benefit her while treating diabetic patients. She is looking for something that would help her manage a case load and also be able to track a patient's process. This way, she would be able to see when a bad period for the patient is coming up, based on their history recorded in the database.
    3. I worked on the layout of the Web pages.


    What I am doing next:
    1. I am going to interview the nurse from Maryview again. Then I can start implementing the portion of the Diabetes Project that would benefit nurses.
    2. Continue working on the layout of the Web Pages.
    3. Find out if there is a dietician at Maryview that I can talk to.




    Progress Report #8 Week Ending 3/22/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I worked on the layout of the web pages.
    2. I looked for a new image for the HomePage, but didn't have much luck finding one.


    What I am doing next:
    1. Continue to work on the Web Page layout.
    2. Create a logo for DiabetesWeb.
    3. Work on Icon bar that appears on each page: making sure all the links are correct, spacing is correct, etc.
    4. Meet with CS300 group next week, to hear about their progress.




    Progress Report #9 Week Ending 3/29/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. Worked on the DiabWeb layout. Prepared for the presentation on Friday.
    2. Created a logo for DiabWeb.
    3. Met with cs300 group, but only Belinda showed up for the meeting.


    What I am doing next:
    1. Set up an appointment with Maryview for a presentation.
    2. Attend cs300 group forum on April 2.




    Progress Report #10 Week Ending 4/5/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I set up an appointment with Shelia Carey at Maryview to give a presentation on DiabetesWeb.
    2. I am trying to contact a diabetic to take a look at DiabetesWeb also.


    What I am doing next:
    1. Present our DiabetesWeb project to Mrs. Carey at Maryview on April 10, at 10:00 a.m.




    Progress Report #11 Week Ending 4/12/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I worked on the nurses interface for DiabetesWeb. I'm not sure how much of it will be implemented this semester, but I have a vision of what it should be like.


    What I am doing next:
    1. Continue to work on the nurses interface.
    2. Present the DiabetesWeb project to Mrs. Carey at Maryview.




    Progress Report #12 Week Ending 4/19/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I worked on the help pages checking to see that they contained the right information and were linked correctly.
    2. I also worked on the vision of the nurses interface.


    What I am doing next:
    1. Continue to check the help pages.
    2. Make some PowerPoint slides for the nurses interface.
    3. Work on the proposal and presentation.




    Progress Report #13 Week Ending 4/26/96

    This week I worked on the following:

    1. I met with Brenda and discussed the presentation and proposal outline.


    What I am doing next:
    1. Finish up the help pages on Diabetes Web.
    2. Meet with Chris and Brenda on Saturday to go over the presentation and proposal.
    3. Finish slides for the nurses interface.