Update so far

So far, I have began to create a Gantt chart, which is one formal planning technique. I planned on creating 2 formal planning techniques but after discussing with my colleagues I decided to only do 1 technique to the best of my ability as I felt that I could make the extra mark up elsewhere. I have created a Gantt chart before so I do have some previous experience, although I will have to view tutorials on youtube to brush up on my skills.

The first meeting I had with James Chatton was to discuss the clients requirements for the brochure. I felt that this meeting was very productive as I found out things such as the required content and colour schemes for the magazine. James Chatton praised me for using my prior business knowledge in discussions and adding a different side of thinking to these discussions.

Attended second meeting with James Chatton to discuss ICT tools available to produce the You Need Cycles brochure.  We discussed all of the hardware and software that we thought were suitable to use when creating the brochure and also possible solutions to these. A negative for the meeting was that it was only 45 minutes long even though we had a lot of things to discuss. This lead to people trying to rush through the meeting and not managing to write down key points that were mentioned. Next time we have a meeting with James Chatton it will be best to ensure that we have enough time to get through everything on the agenda.
Mr Chatton refered us to pages in our ICT booklet and advised us to carry out further reading on brochures. This is something that I will do later today.