1. PRODUCT LOCATOR PresentedBy Richard Raehl

2. INTRODUCTION  Large stores with diverse inventories  Provide to the customer a computer terminal that has a searchable system requiring only one query field that will return product location relevant coupons and product information.  Product Locator

3. PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLANNING  Resource Management  Planning and Control Management  Communication and Coordination Management

4. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT  Development Team  External Expertise  Facilities  Equipment / Technology  Financial

5. PLANNING and CONTROL MANAGEMENT  Complete the functional specifications of a Product Locating System during the Fall semester  30 days based on a time multiplier of 2

6. PLANNED PROJECT OBJECTIVES and TASK  Website  Information for Database  Test Database  Code  Implementation

7. MANAGEMENT CONTROL  Monitor results  Delegate responsibilities

8. COMMUNICATION and COORDINATION MANAGEMENT  Communication  Contact  Coordination

9. PROJECT MANAGEMENT FEASIBILTY  Communication skills  Experience large technical projects  Organization

10. SOCIETAL CONCERNS  Locating products in warehouse type stores  Finding coupons for those products

11. CONSUMER SURVEY  88% had problems locating a product  96% forgot coupons they intended to use  24% did not use coupons  44% of those who did not use coupons was because they could not find them

12. SOLUTION  Provide the customer with a computer based user friendly product locator and coupon dispenser

13. COMPUTER BASED  86% of consumers surveyed know how to use a computer US Census Bureau 1999 US Census Bureau 1999  54 million households have computers  94 million use/have internet access

14. EASY TO USE  Survey showed that people were comfortable with menu driven commands, keyboards and the mouse.  Fonts 12 - 18

15. BENEFIT to SOCIETY  Save customers time and money  Increase use of coupons  Decrease customer complaints  Increase sales

16. TECHNICAL CONCERNS  Project components overview  Scope  Technical  Feasibility

17. PROJECT COMPONENTS OVERVIEW

18. SCOPE  Store selection  Scope diagram  Components not in scope

19. HOME DEPOT

20. SCOPE DIAGRAM

21. TECHNICAL ISSUES  User interface  Search mechanism / database access  Results / Display  Feasibility

22. EXAMPLE USER INTERFACE EXAMPLE USER INTERFACE

23. SEARCH MECHANISM / DATABASE ACCESS  Centralized database  Database fields  Queries

24. CENTRALIZED DATABASE

25.  Components connect to database using a hub  Physical placement of kiosks not limited  Number of kiosks unlimited

26. DATABASE FIELDS and QUERIES  Name, description, SKU#  One search box  Return list of possible results, user select best one

27. EXAMPLE RESULTS / DISPLAY EXAMPLE RESULTS / DISPLAY

28. STORE DIAGRAM

29. FEASIBILITY  Existing location-inclusive database  Hardware off-the-shelf  Cost are relatively low

30. FINANCE  Development / Implementation  Maintenance  Cost / Benefit Analysis

31. DEVELOPMENT / IMPEMENTATION  Software  Hardware  Implementation

32. MAINTENANCE  Database  Software  Hardware

33. COST / BENEFIT ANALYSIS  Total cost over 10 years  Return on investment

34. SUMMARY  Problem locating products and associated coupons  Provide product location, information, and coupons  Professional experienced team  Benefit to consumers  Technically feasible  Positive cost / benefit analysis

35. CONTACT INFORMATION  Web site http://cs.odu.edu/~aungvars/shoppingasst/  Andrew Ungvarsky pxpx@mindspring.com pxpx@mindspring.com  Ali Miamee alimiamee@hotmail.com alimiamee@hotmail.com  Sadina Little mowtcoofr@aol.com mowtcoofr@aol.com  David Zhai dzhai@cs.odu.edu dzhai@cs.odu.edu  Richard Raehl rraeh001@odu.edu