Every week I write some of our goals down, in part to give you a glimpse into what we're up to, in part to keep us honest. I usually focus on development goals, because sales goals would involve revealing information about our not-yet-customers that nobody would be comfortable with. So on the customer side, let me say that I'm very happy with the way things are going right now and leave it at that.
Web App development is underway. We're testing Multiple Choice now and hope to have a basic version of Search to test by the end of the week. A lot of time gets spent making sure we're compatible with multiple browsers, which is a familiar problem to anyone who's developed for the web. In a way it's the opposite of iOS development. Last year we fought hard to implement functionality and had an easy time with layout. Now, it's Opposite Day. At least it's a change of pace.
The big goal is that we want to have all of this sealed and delivered by March Break. Ambitious, but doable thanks to our crack development squad.
Goals
For weeks the entire development team has been working on reports. We'll, last night they went live. There's still a lot of tire-kicking to do, and some calculations to fix, but as of today the team moves on to the other big project - the web version of Thumbprint. Milestone for this week? See if we can get Multiple Choice quizzes working in the browser. Check back on Thursday to see how we did.
Goals
Remember how last week I talked about reports being almost done? Well, this time for sure. I just finished reviewing a build that looks very solid, and much prettier. It's been a long haul for the Dev team, but we're very nearly there. Deadlines are always a bit fuzzy when you're building something new, but I'm hopeful that we'll be ready to show reports off to the world very soon.
Goals
This week there's one big goal that's at the front of my mind: we're aiming to be feature complete on our reporting tool by the end of the week. That means that the reports work, they're secure, the numbers add up, and that a teacher could start using the tool to track a real class. We'll still have a few rounds of bug fixes and UI improvements ahead, but to have the plumbing working this week would be a major accomplishment. Wish us luck, and I'll let you know how we did.