Weekly Report 3

This week we finalized the proposal and the omelet exercise. We chose to separate the work, Alicia would work on the proposal, while I worked on the omelet diagram. So far that has been the common method, separate the work into independent processes that we can each do on our own. It’s working out rather nicely, but I wonder if it will still be possible to divide the work in this method once the main project begins, and each process is intended to function like a puzzle piece, fitting in with the rest.

When I created the level 2 omelet diagram I intentionally made it larger than it needed to be, as practice for later. This one could have been made as a single column of sheets, but the final project will be too large. I think the best method is to try and divide the diagram into a series of columns of 8.5x11 sheets, and establish those columns as early as possible. That way you only have to align one page to the left or right of the main page, and then the rest are aligned from top to bottom. When pages are aligned top to bottom the PowerPoint Outline Sidebar almost simulates the diagram.

I also really like the idea of placing small geometric shapes with numbers inside them along the edges of slides. I chose to place them as mirror images of each other along the edge, the 5 triangle on the bottom of one page would also be on the top of another. Setting that up can be a little time consuming, but once it’s done that makes laying out the pages so much easier than a simple page numbering system.