2. Content
Introduction
How I found the work placement?
Structure and Role of CyberNet
My position within CyberNet
Learning Outcomes and how I have achieved them
The work that I performed
Problems Encountered
Achievements
Skills Acquired
Future Career Ambitions
Special Thanks
3. Introduction
Final Year Student of London Metropolitan University
-2013
Studying BSc Computing
Work Placement with WOWBiz – Alan Stuart (Project
Supervisor)
Figure 1. WOWBiz Company Logo (CyberNet)
4. How I found the work placement?
Friend’s advice
Personal Advisor
Module Information
University Website
5. Structure and Role of CyberNet
Contact to the external
Companies
Leader
External Company
Mohammad Arshad
Jugon
Max Paschal Ellen Denis
People working
on the project
6. Project Supervisor – Alan Stuart
1. Main Person behind the operation
2. Connection to the external employer
Project Manager – Shani Moncrieffe
1. Connection between the leaders and Alan
2. Monitor Performance of students
Project Leader – Mohammad Arshad Jugon
1. Leads the project
2. Helps them with questions
3. Decision Making
4. People Management
5. Communication
7. Role of WOWBiz
Part of London Metropolitan University
Help students/graduates get into real client driven
projects
Low Cost Solution for Businesses
Aimed front-end designers, graphic and gaming
artists, database developers, IT consultants,
programmers.
8. My position within CyberNet
Leader
People Skills
Assign work across the team
Decision Making
Communication
Programmer
Client Side Coding(C#, html, C++)
Server Side Coding(ASP, .NET, PHP)
Database Technology(Oracle, MySQL, Access)
Designer
Designing the project(Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Visual Studio)
Research
Research on the coding, designing, and competitions businesses.
9. Learning Outcomes and how I have
achieved them
LO1 – Research and Reporting
LO2 – Presentation Skills
LO3 – Communication Skills
LO4 – Team Work
LO5 – Programming Skills
LO6 – Business Awareness
10. LO1 – Research and Reporting
Contributing to the business case
Research on contents
Report to manager on progress
11. LO2 – Presentation Skills
Presentation of Business Case in front of audience.
Practice with team mates.
12. LO3 – Communication Skills
Communication via email or private text.
Schedule meetings, discussions.
Listening – accurately hearing what my team members
are saying
Motivating and Supporting – Giving encouragement,
praise to the team
13. LO4 – Team Work
Weekly Meetings with Team Members and Project
Manager
Working together as a team.
Give feedbacks to each other.
Assigned several tasks to team members.
Merge all work together for final product.
14. LO5 – Programming Skills
Analysing the problem
Think of a solution
Gather requirements
Make an implementation plan
Comment the code
Use of consistent naming conventions for variables
Organize the code
Testing
15. LO6 – Business Awareness
Research on business
Difference between Franchise and Company?
Business cash flow?
Customer attraction to the business?
Relationship between customers and employees?
Political impact on business.
16. The work that I performed
Schedule weekly meetings
Split the work between team mates
Analysing the effect of competitors on the current business
Designing the system
Coding the system
Weekly report to my manager
17. Problems Encountered
Not enough members to start the project
System malfunctioning due to coding error
Hosting problem due to complexity of code
Wrong configuration of system as normal users can
make modifications
18. Achievements
All encountered problems resolved
Successful working website
Worked effectively within the team
Gained confidence in the skills
Completed all the learning outcomes successfully
19. Skills Acquired
Effectively communicate and work in a team
Ability to evaluate and analyse the system
Ability to test
Troubleshooting
Improve Time Management Skills
Ability on how to approach a real project and client
20. Future Career Ambitions
Master Degree in Web Designing and Application
Development
PhD in Computer Science
Working for companies such as Google, Samsung,
Microsoft, Intel.
Gain more experience by accomplishing internships
21. Summary
How I found the work placement
Learning outcomes from the placement
Overview of the structure and role of CyberNet
Position held within the company and the duties performed
Problems encountered during the work placement
Skills and achievements gained during the placement
Future career ambitions and plans
22. Special Thanks
Alan Stuart (Project Supervisor)
Seema Patel (Second Project Supervisor)
Dr Yanguo Jing (Principal Lecturer in Computing, Lead for
the WOW Agency, Student Enterprise Coordinator,
University Teaching Fellow)
Dr. Yong Xue (Reader in Computation)
Shani Moncrieffe Plentie (Project Manager)
Work Portal Team