Toronto Transit Commission - Programmer/Analyst Co-op Student
May 2008 - August 2008Work Term Report: The Software Development Life Cycle
Some of my accomplishments throughout my work term at the Toronto Transit Commission were:
- Developed help screens for the WheelTrans Ride online trip booking application (to be used with screen reading applications)
- Worked with clients to determine and develop the business requirements and to develop the required functions of a new application to track safety deficiencies
- Learned and used ASP.NET, C#.NET and VB.NET in order to implement required functionality
- Worked collaboratively with another Co-op Student in order to complete all of the specifications and programming required in order to meet the deadlines
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Managing Self - LEARNING
Part 1:
Be able to code in ASP, VB.NET and C# effectively in order to code my projects as efficiently and as securely as possible.
Part 2:
Practicing and learning ASP through the various applications that I have made or am in the process of making.
Such as:- IP Address Mapping
- Corporate Phonebook
- Fire Safety Deficiencies Initiative
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Communicating - WRITTEN
Part 1:
To become more proficient at writing all of the required documentation for the applications that I work on.
Part 2:
I have been writing up all of the necessary documentation for the IP Address application that I was assigned to create (Detailed Requirements Document and Design Document). I was also be assigned the take of writing the Detailed Requirements Document for the Fire Safety Deficiencies application with another Coop Student. -
Managing People & Tasks - CO-ORDINATING
Part 1:
Develop the skills required to multi-task more effectively in order to get all of my projects out so that they meet deadlines.
Part 2:
I took on multiple tasks for various projects at a time and worked in order to get all of the required items out on time. -
Mobilizing Innovation & Change - CREATIVITY/INNOVATION/CHANGE
Part 1:
Take the information which is required and provide it in a visually pleasing and organized manner.
Part 2:
Developed an IP Address Mapping and Corporate Phonebook application and I set it up so it was both easy to use and looked nice. Created and tweaked the Fire Safety Deficiencies application's user interface so that it was more user friendly (adding Auto-Fill fields) and more visually pleasing.