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* "Yay! Success!" followed by "Oops, another bug!", in a vicious Yay-Oops cycle. | * "Yay! Success!" followed by "Oops, another bug!", in a vicious Yay-Oops cycle. | ||
| − | == Moral of the story #1: Manage expectations == | + | === Moral of the story #1: Manage expectations === |
* This is a management skill, necessary for managers, useful for anyone. | * This is a management skill, necessary for managers, useful for anyone. | ||
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* Everything is cool, my client is happy. | * Everything is cool, my client is happy. | ||
| − | == Moral of the story #2: Problem solving calls for predicting the future == | + | === Moral of the story #2: Problem solving calls for predicting the future === |
Technology involves a lot of [[problem solving]], and it typically involves new problems, requiring knowledge and skills which you do not yet have. | Technology involves a lot of [[problem solving]], and it typically involves new problems, requiring knowledge and skills which you do not yet have. | ||
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** Intuition: it's a feeling, I just know I can do this. | ** Intuition: it's a feeling, I just know I can do this. | ||
| − | == WordPress localhost == | + | === WordPress localhost === |
Review [[Wordpress localhost]]. | Review [[Wordpress localhost]]. | ||
| − | == WordPress on the web == | + | === WordPress on the web === |
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Example: Janet T. Thomas website. | Example: Janet T. Thomas website. | ||
| − | == WordPress custom themes == | + | === WordPress custom themes === |
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| − | == See also == | + | === See also === |
* [[Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)]] | * [[Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060)]] | ||
Revision as of 11:31, 29 October 2015
This article lists topics for Week Nine of Web Design and Development III (MGDP2060).
Contents
Anecdote summary and followup
Summary: Avoid the Yay-Oops cycle
- "Yay! Success!" followed by "Oops, another bug!", in a vicious Yay-Oops cycle.
Moral of the story #1: Manage expectations
- This is a management skill, necessary for managers, useful for anyone.
Followup:
- Everything is cool, my client is happy.
Moral of the story #2: Problem solving calls for predicting the future
Technology involves a lot of problem solving, and it typically involves new problems, requiring knowledge and skills which you do not yet have.
You can acquire the knowledge, acquire the skills, and solve the problem.
Ask yourself such questions as:
- Can I solve this problem?
- What do I not know? and, Can I learn what I do not know, in a timely manner?
These are preliminary questions regarding your relationship to the problem. And these questions are predictions, or guesses, or estimates.
You are predicting the future:
- I believe I can learn the knowledge, acquire the skills, solve the problem.
- It will take me from X units to Y units of time/money/energy.
- I base my estimates -- my guesses -- my predictions about the future -- on:
- Past experience: I have solved similar problems before.
- Intuition: it's a feeling, I just know I can do this.
WordPress localhost
Review Wordpress localhost.
WordPress on the web
...
Example: Janet T. Thomas website.
WordPress custom themes
...
