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Computer Asset
Management
System
Project Feasibility
CS 410, Fall 2005 Semester
October 20, 2005
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Speakers
Problem Statement
Proposed Solution
What We Are Not
Doing
• Hardware
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Agenda
• 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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Hardware Components of the
Computer Asset Manager System
RFID Scanner
Computer
RFID Tag
PDA
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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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Schedule
Oct 2005
ID
Task Name
Start
Nov 2005
Dec 2005
Jan 2006
Feb 2006
Mar 2006
Apr 2006
May 2006
Finish
10/2
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Presentation II (Feasibility
10/20/2005 10/20/2005
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Requirements Analysis
10/24/2005 11/11/2005
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RFID Hardware Selection
11/7/2005 11/11/2005
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Client Side Software Design
11/14/2005 11/28/2005
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Server Side Software Design
11/21/2005 12/12/2005
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Presentation III
11/17/2005 11/17/2005
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Web Page Development
10/24/2005 12/13/2005
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Preliminary Web Page Due
11/29/2005 11/29/2005
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Presentation IV
12/13/2005 12/13/2005
10 Final Web Page Due
12/13/2005 12/13/2005
11 SBIR Proposal Due
12/13/2005 12/13/2005
12 Simulation Software Develop
1/9/2006
1/23/2006
13 Simulation Software Functional Test
1/16/2006
1/23/2006
14 Client Side Software Develop
1/23/2006
2/13/2006
15 Client Side Software Functional Test
1/30/2006
2/13/2006
16 Server Side Software Develop
2/13/2006
3/20/2006
17 Server Side Functional Test
2/20/2006
3/20/2006
18 Integration Test Plan & Procedures
2/20/2006
3/20/2006
19 Integration Test
3/20/2006
3/31/2006
20 User Documentation
2/20/2006
3/31/2006
21 Acceptance Test Plan & Procedures
3/6/2006
3/31/2006
22 Acceptance Test
3/31/2006
4/5/2006
23 Project Completion
4/5/2006
4/5/2006
10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11 12/18 12/25
1/1
1/8
1/15
1/22
1/29
2/5
2/12
2/19
2/26
3/5
3/12
3/19
3/26
4/2
4/9
4/16
4/23
4/30
5/7
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Estimated Development Cost
Labor:
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
$
Total Software
Total Cost
$
$ 43,288.00
608.00
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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
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