Sumit's Blog

Multimedia has been around for some time. But, we do not yet have a de facto methodology for developing a multimedia enhanced application, whether it's a desktop application or a web based. Most of the companies today follow their own in house development methodology based on their requirements. We do have methodologies such as Feature Development Methodology (FDD), User Cantered development Methodology (UCDM), traditional methodology such as SDLC or Waterfall which are being used even today to implement multimedia applications. But the question is why we don't have a standard methodology for multimedia?
With the New Media Course, my aim is to understand Media in general, get involved in all the activities in New Media and along the way find out why we still lack a de facto methodology. Understating Media would help me understand the requirements involved in its development. I guess and I hope, by the end, I would be equipped to deliver a development strategy or methodology for a multimedia enhanced application on given requirements.

While looking into various disciplines and resources offered by DePaul, I found some courses that I think I would be interested in. Apart from the Proseminar (New Media), I am currently enrolled for Enterprise Project Management (EPR) course in CDM. The course covers the effective management of complex large-scale technology based projects as well as the management of multiple IT-oriented projects within an enterprise. My main reasons for choosing this course is because I feel that it is very important to understand how IT projects are managed in big companies and how they are monitored and controlled by program management offices (PMO).

From the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse department I am interested in taking the Web Document Design and Writing for Web courses. I haven't yet decided on courses provided by Communication and Art, Media and design faculties. I feel I need to find out more about the courses provided by these departments.

There are few courses within CDM that I am interested in. Ecommerce Web Site Engineering Course in particular is something that I would like to take. The course covers almost all the aspect of developing an e-commerce Web Site. It introduces the Web site engineering methods, its life cycle and design issues and methodologies. The Scripting and Interactive Media course under HCI is an interesting course too. I have already done some structural programming with Action Script, so to learn OOP programming using Flash Action Script would be a natural progression. I was initially thinking of taking the User-Cantered Web Design course under HCI but I have already taken Usability course in my under grad level and I am aware of the methodology and the evaluation techniques like heuristic evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough and Think aloud protocol. So, I think I won't be taking this course.