Lawn Care Management System Taylor’s Lawn Care Brad Skoog Senior Design III

Overview Problem Statement Area of IT Emphasis Product Description User Profile Technical Elements Deliverables Navigation Chart Demonstration Summary

Problem Statement Step Father – Tim Prues is interested in new line of work Wants to make his own work schedule and be his own boss. Developing small landscaping company Business is growing every day and there is a need for some organization

Area of IT Emphasis Database Programming Microsoft Access Visual Studio.NET C#

Product Description Windows application Manage and organize the business side of the company. Keep track of all business data (cust and employee info, schedules, invoices, etc.), material items (oil changes, lube jobs, mileage, hours equipment used, etc.), and transactions (invoices, expenses, billing, etc).

User Profile There will only be one user Tim Prues Average user that is familiar with using and operating a computer. Able to use, understand, and learn user friendly windows applications. Login to the application Navigate to all sections to add, modify and delete data Color scheme that coordinates with landscaping

Technical Elements Visual Studio.NET Microsoft Access Adobe Photoshop

Technical Elements: Hardware Pentium III, 845 Mhz 576 Mb Ram 20Gb Hard drive

Deliverables A windows-based application that manages lawn care information The user interface is written and designed in C#, which allows simple use. The interface allows the user to enter the information and store it to the database. Tim has a secure login that is authenticated by the database.

Deliverables (cont) Tim is able to complete the following tasks: Enter customer information Enter customer services Enter employee information Store records for business expenses Manage equipment maintenance View Schedules for a particular day Print and store invoices for customers Enter payments from the customers

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Summary Problem Statement Area of IT Emphasis Product Description User Profile Technical Elements Deliverables Proof of Design

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