WEEK 3

Teamwork 

Following last week's seminar, i brought the questions to my dad and interviewed him. We discussed what we could around the questions he was able to answer, however we came to the conclusion that we need to come up with questions that are more direct and detailed, rather than asking broad questions that are more open to interpretation. Doing this will allow us to come to informed conclusions a lot easier, and will therefore make the information we are putting into the project a lot more concise and to the point. 

As a group, we took all of this information and will be constructing more detailed and targeted questions in the week to come. We will also be allocating each person's dominant role in this week - emphasis on the word dominant, as we believe that we will all be working on each section as a team, and help each other when necessary in order to get the best possible outcome. 

Reflection

In this week's lecture, we discussed the components of an Information System's infrastructure, and the importance of the different components in this day and age. The infrastructure of IS systems stores and transmits data, which is very important for any company/business's success. This lecture gave me a broader understanding of what Information Systems are, what they are used for, and how they are used in the business world. 

During the lecture, we also watched a video based on how Vint Cerf and others co-created the internet in the 1980s.  We discussed in detail the relevance of Information Systems, and how it contributes to, and improves, every day life, as well as businesses. 

i think it is very important to learn about these things because it provides us with a broader understanding of how the information that we are receiving is actually obtained and processed. Before this lecture, i did not know much about how Information Systems work and what is involved in them; and after this lecture i felt a lot more informed and confident about the information i have received.  

In this week's seminar, we did two exercises on excel which involved using formulas etc. I was very uncertain and unsure of what i was doing on excel in the beginning, however i feel as though the more we use excel in the seminars, and the more i practice in my own time, the easier it gets to remember how to do the different calculations and formulas. We also discussed the progress we are making as a group on the project, and we are happy with where we are at this point in time.