Janitorial Contract Bidding Application Mathew Barter Senior Design III

Overview Statement of Problem and Solution Statement of Problem and Solution User Profile User Profile Design Protocols Design Protocols Timeline Timeline Deliverables Deliverables Demonstration Demonstration Summary Summary

Janitorial Industry Needs Problems User-Friendly. User-Friendly. Clear and Coherent Bids. Clear and Coherent Bids. Generate Reports. Generate Reports. Preparation Time. Preparation Time. Cost Effective. Cost Effective.

Solutions to the Needs Solutions User-Friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI). User-Friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI). Work Loading Runtimes. Work Loading Runtimes. MS Access to create interface and reports. MS Access to create interface and reports. Portable and creates invoices quickly. Portable and creates invoices quickly. Software marketed between $ and $ Software marketed between $ and $500.00

User Profile 90 percent of the possible customers in this industry report using a computer at home and/or at work. 90 percent of the possible customers in this industry report using a computer at home and/or at work. Intermediate Computer Users. Intermediate Computer Users. User’s IT competency will range from first time user to advanced IT professional. User’s IT competency will range from first time user to advanced IT professional. No administrative programming support required. No administrative programming support required.

Design Protocols Organizational Scheme/Navigation Front End Front End –Microsoft Access 2000 GUI forms and controls. –Main Switchboard form for menu driven central navigation.

Design Protocols Organizational Scheme/Navigation Back End Back End –Access 2000 database utilities. –Simple databases (some one-to-many relationships) –Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Managing Information and Calculations. Managing Information and Calculations.

Design Protocols Help Legal Disclaimer Legal Disclaimer Support contact Information: Support contact Information: –Address –Phone – Address

Timeline August 29, 2001 March 13, 2002

Deliverables Develop Access database for this project with front-end entry forms allowing the user to easily add new accounts and services to the database. Develop Access database for this project with front-end entry forms allowing the user to easily add new accounts and services to the database. Provide reports for both the customer and software user (janitorial service). Provide reports for both the customer and software user (janitorial service).

Deliverables Assemble clear and coherent bids for the customers/user’s. Assemble clear and coherent bids for the customers/user’s. User centered design that is easy to use. Users can easily navigate through all the forms. User centered design that is easy to use. Users can easily navigate through all the forms. Be cost effective. Be cost effective.

Demonstration

Summary 1.User-Friendly by using a GUI. 2.Clear, Coherent bids by using work loading calculations. 3.Array of reports through manipulation of data using MS Access. 4.Cost Effective by keeping development costs low. 5.User-centered design that is easy to interact within.

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