Time Machine
The purpose of this project is re-design the current version of Time Machine which is software currently employed by ATOS. From their website ATOS is a company which is “focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future”, and Time Machine is the software that some departments of ATOS use to manage overtime payments however it was made quite some time ago, and is therefore missing some features which could improve its usability and its UI could also do with a redesign. At the end of the project, we aim to have a working prototype of an improved version of Time Machine which has a much more usable design and has additional features to ensure that there are a minimal amount of manual tasks.
ATOS is a company which is “focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future”, and works with clients across different business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and Transportation.
The process for managing overtime could be made less ‘Administration’ intensive given the right tool. Ideally any application used for overtime would be linked into ESS and either produces an approved Special Claims form which can be submitted to HR or ties into payroll etc once approved by a Team Leader etc. This would give a ‘one stop shop’ for engineers and managers so produce and manage overtime requests through to submission.
I am the team leader and client liaison for this project, this means that I am in charge of overseeing the project and making sure everyone knows what they should be doing and when the deadline for doing this is. I am also responsible for trying to make sure that we can maintain a good relationship with our client and we have all of the questions we have, answered. I am hoping that fulfilling these roles will help to widen the range of skills that I can offer to potential employers in the future, and will also help to produce a good project for ATOS.
I am the deputy team leader, chief researcher and team website lead. My duties involve assisting Ryan, our team leader, as well as researching the technologies we will be using for our project and maintaining our team website that is used to present the progress of our work. I expect my responsibilities will allow me to develop my management skills and my ability to coordinate with others.
I am the Technical Lead and Chief Editor for this project, meaning that my responsibility mainly lies on leading the Proof of Concept design work - verifying that the ideas and the designs proposed are feasible and in line with the client’s requirements – and creating the team’s documentation and video - aiming to produce a highly detailed yet easy-to-understand documentation regarding our final product and working on making an intriguing video for the end user.