Week 8 Worklog

Objectives of Week 8

  • Finalize the system and complete all project documentation.
  • Validate disaster recovery capabilities.
  • Prepare for project handover and final presentation.

Tasks Completed During the Week

DayTaskStart DateEnd DateReferences
1- Analyze system costs
  + Use AWS Cost Explorer
  + Compare with initial estimates		27/04/202627/04/2026-
2- Perform disaster recovery testing
  + Restore RDS from snapshot
  + Verify data integrity		28/04/202628/04/2026-
3- Finalize infrastructure code
  + Review and clean up Terraform configurations
  + Commit to main repository		29/04/202629/04/2026-
4- Update system architecture
  + Complete As-built 3-tier diagram
  + Align with actual implementation		30/04/202630/04/2026-
5- Clean up resources
  + Remove unused test/staging environments
  + Optimize operational costs		01/05/202601/05/2026-
6- Complete documentation
  + Write operational runbook
  + Provide deployment and maintenance guidelines		02/05/202602/05/2026-
7- Final review and handover
  + Push source code to GitHub
  + Prepare demo (video/YouTube if applicable)
  + Conduct final project review meeting		03/05/202603/05/2026-

Weekly Achievements

  • The Spendwise system is fully deployed and operational on AWS.
  • Disaster recovery procedures have been successfully validated.
  • Complete documentation is available for operation and future scaling.
  • The project is ready for demonstration and portfolio usage.

Challenges & Lessons Learned

  • Challenge: Ensuring consistency between documentation and actual system implementation.
  • Solution: Conduct a full system review and cross-check each component before handover.
  • Lesson Learned: Documentation is just as important as implementation in real-world projects.

Plan for Next Week

  • Not applicable (project completed).