Financial WebsiteBy: Graham Wright, Cole Clements,

Kevin Smith, and Lane Olson

Presentation Agenda

1. Project Sponsor2. SAIT student team

– Graham’s bio– Cole’s bio– Kevin’s bio– Lane’s bio

3. Benefits4. Methodology5. Project Budget6. Challenges7. Recommendations8. Conclusion9. References

Project Sponsor

Our Capstone Project has been sponsored by Retire 1st which is a financial company based out of Red Deer, Alberta. Retire 1st is an investment and insurance service that provides customers with the latest market news, accounts and foreign exchange. We were initially sponsored to design an upgrade to their existing website. This upgrade allows clients, and administrators to log into a database to view financial reports.

Our Team

From left: Lane, Graham, Cole, Kevin

Grahams Bio

• Graduated High School 2007• Enrolled at SAIT in Information Technology

program for the Fall 09’/10 semester• Developed an interest in computer & network

systems while attending SAIT for a diploma in Chemical Technology (Summer 09’/10)

Cole’s Bio

• Born in Red Deer• Graduated from High School 2007• Attended Red Deer college for business before

applying to SAIT polytechnic

Kevin’s Bio

• Born in Fredericton, NB• Graduated from Central Memorial High School

in 2004• Graduated From MRU in 2011

Lane’s Bio

• Graduated High School in 2010• Enrolled directly to SAIT in the ITCS program. • Developed interest in high school from taking

3 years of a computer science class

BenefitsThe implementation of our financial database is a secure and simple way to access data and reports. The benefits of connecting to a centralized database on a back-end server are:• User authentication for connecting to the database• Registration on the website for creating a user account • Financial reports and data are viewed as .pdf (page display files) which give the

option of read-only access.

Methodology

Project Deliverables:1. Servera) Secure against Intrusion/Infiltrationb) Host a database

2. Web Developmenta) Host a web site that can authenticate usersb) Grant access to confidential data for authorized usersc) Register new users to the databased) Retirement Calculator designed and hosted on web page

Project BudgetHardware:• Server $1,569.00• UPS $288.62• Monitor $145.99• Keyboard & Mouse $19.99• Flash Drive$24.99• MacBook Pro $2250.00• Tecra A11 $500.00 X 2• Switch : DLink DGS-1008D $49.99• Cable : Cat 5E patch cable $3.99

Licenses:• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard $1,029.00Total Hours worked by project team: 231.25 Hours (Semester 4 Journal total)

Lane: 67.00 hours $1,675.00 $25.00/hourKevin: 50.00 hours $1,250.00 $25.00/hourGraham: 58.75 hours $1,468.75 $25.00/hourCole: 55.50 hours $1,387.50 $25.00/hour

Total Cost: $12,162.82

Challenges

• The sensitivity of our clients data set conditions on the security standards we implemented.

• Mathematical and programming functions were used for calculating investments.

• Programming including PHP, HTML, and CSS design for the database and web pages.

Recommendations

• Server security should have been completed at an earlier date. This would allow for quicker implementation of deliverables on the server.

• Organize work structure to enable the group to proceed more efficiently. This includes dividing team members efforts based on priority of the task.

Conclusion

This project was a large and exciting project to undertake to prepare our team members for future endeavors. A few advantages that we have learned from experience is how to scribe and chair meetings, follow a Gantt chart or scheduled timeline and preparing documentation including laboratory journals.

References• Web Page – Retire First (Sponsor)http://www.retirefirst.com/ © 2009 Retire First - All rights reserved.

• Previous capstone project presentations.http://www.proj354.com/ 2009-2011 Presentations of previous groups.

• Capstone Project Web Page – Colvin Lahemhttp://207.148.163.37/10to19/2012/F1/index.htm