Post on 16-Dec-2015
AGENDA
• Lessons Learned
• The Team• How we came together
• The Project• The idea• The application• The challenges
• Conclusion
LESSONS LEARNED
• Start motivated, stay motivated
• Planning• Contingency planning• Allow for slack time• Milestones
• Accountability• Mutual respect• Peer reviews
• Communication…
LESSONS LEARNED
“If you don’t hear that you’re communicating too much, then you
aren’t communicating enough!”
-Ryan Conlon
THE IDEA
• Brainstorming• What do we build?
• Discussion• How do we build it?
• Expansion• How do we make it available?
THE PROJECT
The Documentation
• Invention Document
• Focus Group Report
• Business Plan
• Functional Design
• Technical Design
The Application
• Mobile Application
• Web Portal
Individual Items• 3 Personal Papers
• Peer Reviews
THE APPLICATION
• Small Business-focused• SBA.org
• Competition• Lettuce• CashierLive• Jump Stock
• Mobile App• Android
• Web Portal
FUNCTIONALITY
• UPC Scanner• Shows product details
• Automatic Reorder
• Contact Book• Suppliers
• Mobile-to-Web Synchronization
AUTOMATIC INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
• Demonstration
• gomrgrumpy.zapto.org
CONTACT BOOK
• Add/remove suppliers• Work & mobile
numbers• Company name• Vendor name• Notes about vendor
• Contact vendors directly
THE CHALLENGES
• Lack of communication• Frequency• Quality• Responses
• Schedule flexibility• Other classes• Full-Time jobs
• Internal Issues• Peer Evaluations
CONCLUSION
• We did it!• Inventory management application created
• What we learned:• Motivation• Planning• Accountability• Communication