Download - Computer Asset Management System Project Feasibility CS 410, Fall 2005 Semester October 20, 2005
Computer Asset
Management System
Project FeasibilityCS 410, Fall 2005 Semester
October 20, 2005
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Agenda
• Speakers
• Problem Statement
• Proposed Solution
• What We Are Not Doing
• Hardware Components
• Software Components
• Market Analysis
• Schedule
• Cost
• Risks & Issues
• Conclusion
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Speakers
• Gold Team:– Keith Mulkey – Project Overview
– Joe Kane – Hardware
– Sergei Yemelianoff – Software
– John Gedville – Market Analysis
– Keith Mulkey – Wrap up
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Problem Statement
Network Administrators and Corporate Asset managers in large organizations spend numerous hours each year tracking and locating computer hardware assets.
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Proposed Solution
A turn-key computer asset management and inventory system based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag technologies integrated with a specialized database management system.
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What We Are Not Doing
We are not re-inventing the RFID based inventory management systems already available and used by the Department of Defense and corporate giants such as Wal Mart.
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Hardware Components
• RFID Tags– Passive or Active – Four frequency ranges– Re-writeable or write once
• RFID Scanner– Types of readers: Fixed and Mobile– PC card and compact flash– Wireless LAN with 802.11G or other
wireless technology
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CS 410Hardware Components of the
Computer Asset Manager System
RFID Tag PDA
Computer
RFID Scanner
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Software Components
• RFID Application Program Interface– Every manufacturer provides its own API– Communicates with a PC via TCP/IP socket
or COM port
• Client – Server paradigm– Connect PDA to remote server PC– Server PC communicates with a database
engine
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Software Components
• Database Engine– Independent database server– Software provides initial script of DB
creation
• Development Platform & SDKs– J2SE & J2ME– JAVA APIs: java.com.*, java.net.*,
sun.jdbc.*
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Market Analysis
• Straw poll survey indicates 72% of those surveyed indicated an interest in such a product
• Very large potential market: computer repair facilities such as the Geek Squad®– Nearly 7,000 agents– Plans to open 20-50 stand-alone stores by
the end of 2006
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ScheduleID Task Name Start Finish
Nov 2005Oct 2005 Dec 2005
11/2710/9 12/411/1310/16 11/2010/2310/2 11/610/30 12/11
1 10/20/200510/20/2005Presentation II (Feasibility
6 11/17/200511/17/2005Presentation III
8 11/29/200511/29/2005Preliminary Web Page Due
9 12/13/200512/13/2005Presentation IV
10 12/13/200512/13/2005Final Web Page Due
11 12/13/200512/13/2005SBIR Proposal Due
2 11/11/200510/24/2005Requirements Analysis
23 4/5/20064/5/2006Project Completion
Jan 2006 Feb 2006
12/18 12/25 1/1 1/8 1/15 1/22 1/29
Mar 2006
2/5 2/12 2/19 2/26 3/5 3/12 3/19 3/26
Apr 2006
4/2 4/9
May 2006
4/16 4/23 4/30 5/7
22 4/5/20063/31/2006Acceptance Test
19 3/31/20063/20/2006Integration Test
11/11/200511/7/2005RFID Hardware Selection3
4 11/28/200511/14/2005Client Side Software Design
5 12/12/200511/21/2005Server Side Software Design
14 2/13/20061/23/2006Client Side Software Develop
16 3/20/20062/13/2006Server Side Software Develop
12 1/23/20061/9/2006Simulation Software Develop
13 1/23/20061/16/2006Simulation Software Functional Test
15 2/13/20061/30/2006Client Side Software Functional Test
17 3/20/20062/20/2006Server Side Functional Test
18 3/20/20062/20/2006Integration Test Plan & Procedures
21 3/31/20063/6/2006Acceptance Test Plan & Procedures
20 3/31/20062/20/2006User Documentation
7 12/13/200510/24/2005Web Page Development
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Estimated Development CostLabor: Rate Hours Cost
Joe 19.00$ 440 8,360$
John 19.00$ 440 8,360$
Keith 40.00$ 440 17,600$
Sergei 19.00$ 440 8,360$
Hardware: Price Quantity Cost
RFID tags 2.00$ 4 8$
RFID scanner 400.00$ 1 400$
PDA 200.00$ 1 200$
Software Price Quantity Cost
RFID SDK -$ 1 -$
Java DE -$ 1 -$
Total Labor 42,680.00$
Total Hardware 608.00$
Total Software -$ Total Cost 43,288.00$
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Risks & Issues
Risks:
• Most obvious risk is questionable market
• Meeting development schedule given other demands on team members’ time
Issues
• Management challenge with respect to diverse schedules of team members
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Conclusion
• Market is questionable mainly due to already existing products.
• Overall however:– This system would be of great benefit to
organizations that track a great many computer assets.
– Project is technically feasible– Costs are within the budget of our group– Development schedule is achievable in CS410/411– Our team has the expertise to complete the project.– The potential benefits outweigh the risks