First Monitoring Log

1.   How have you organised your schedule? Why has it been organised this way?

I have organised my schedule very carefully in that I have tried to allow myself enough time to complete tasks. I found it easy to plan that I would create a DPS in just one session, however, to be plausible I had to make sure I evaluated past experiences and times in which it took me to create a product. This has allowed me to create a schedule that is very precise with times, hopefully ensuring that I do not spend to long on one aspect of production, leaving me with little time for the others.

2.   Is your schedule realistic?

I would say that my schedule is realistic because I have evaluated the free time I have in terms of homework, and I have also allowed myself plausible times to do things as I could have given myself just one hour to create a front cover, where in reality, I would need much longer to create a good product.

3.   Discuss any contingency time you have built in to your schedule. Why have you done this?

Towards the end of the schedule I have allowed myself some time to go back over my products which may have not been finished in the allocated time, or may not be up to scratch. I felt I should do this because if worst comes to worst, I have a few days to fall back on, potentially allowing me to make improvements.

4.   What are going to be the big challenges in your schedule?

Without a doubt, the biggest challenges I will face in regards to my schedule, will be sticking to it because it is natural for anyone to rush the boring parts of production in eagerness of creating front covers etc. I feel that with my organised personality, this shouldn’t cause too much of a problem, but there is the chance of straying from the schedule in which should be kept to carefully in order to meet my deadline with a great product. 

I feel that this week has gone really well as I have covered a lot of things. The first few days have gone really well because I have handed out consent forms, conducted Reece's, done my photoshoot plans, completed a schedule, began conducting my risk assessments and seem to be on top of everything so far.