Editing Final Report 2012 (section)

==Project Management==
===Timeline===
Throughout the course of the project there were a number of key milestones, representing deliverables and achievement goals. A summary of all the milestones is shown in the Work Breakdown Structure and Gantt chart. The deliverables included a proposal seminar and progress report in the first semester, and the final report, seminar and exhibition in the second semester. All of these deadlines were easily met and submitted on time.
The other aspect of the project timeline involved the achievement goals, the goals set forward at the start of the year describing the timeframe of the project. The review of previous work began and was completed through the course of the first semester, alongside modifications to the web crawler.
The 3D reconstruction was original planned to begin around term 2 of semester 1. However due to issues with the ordering and the requirement for risk assessment to be preformed, it was delayed until the start of semester 2. As a result the actual scan was not performed until early September, which meant the objectives for 3D reconstruction required modification.
The initial timeline created was quite unrealistic and didn’t take into account the time commitments of each task. It would have been more successful to reduce the focus of the project, which would have achieved more results in those areas.

[[Image:NewListofTasks.png|thumb|300px|left|Task Breakdown.]]
[[Image:NewGanttChart.png|thumb|500px|right|Project Outline.]]





























===Budget===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 250px; height: 200px;"
|-
!    Item !! Expenditure 
|-
|    DAVID LaserScanner      || $650
|-
|    Enlarged Calibration Panels       || $50
|-
|    Total Allocation      || $500
|-
|    Total Expenditure     || $700
|-
|    '''Difference'''            || '''-$200'''
|}

With two students in the group, we had a combined budget of ($250 * 2) = $500 from the School. 
At the outset of the project, we looked into several different options for making 3-D models of real world objects. We discovered a program called DAVID LaserScanner which appeared to give a good recreation, but cost €449.00 (approximately $570 at current market rates) plus shipping from Europe. The extra cost of the LaserScanner was borne by Prof. Derek Abbott, who saw its usefulness outside the scope of this project and agreed that the higher quality output was necessary for successfully achieving our objectives. 

After performing test scans on a similar-sized object to the bust, we discovered that it would be necessary to generate larger calibration panels, and these were printed at a cost of approximately $50 at OfficeWorks.

===Risk Management===
[[Image:RiskManagementTable.png|thumb|500px|right|Potential Risks to the Project.]]

At the beginning of the project a risk management plan was created, outlining the potential risks and hazards faced by the project.
The majority of these risks were avoided, and the mitigation techniques were successful in avoiding any of them causing major issues within the project.  The effect of sickness and lack of communication was not a problem during the course of the project.  However there were a number of occasions when the supervisors were unavailable, but the effect of this was minimised through the use of email. By using SVN as an online backup, it allowed for everyone within the group access to the latest version of data and documentation.
The two main issues which arose from the project where the schedule and budget, however the effects were still minimised through the mitigation. Due to issues surrounding the David Laserscanner, the schedule was required to be modified and updated to meet the new deadlines. The other issue of budget wasn’t a problem, as Prof. Derek Abbott approved all purchases and allowed for the requirement to be met.