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Project Plan
Name: IP Sze Mun
ID: 52890260
Project Code: 14CS097
Project Title: Foreign Currency Combination Saving Planner
Supervisor: LI, Minming

1. Introduction

a. Project Title & Subject Area
The project title is called Foreign Currency Combination Saving Planner. The subject area of this project is algorithm.
b. Project Description
This financial planner aims to find out the highest rate of return on different foreign currency saving combination. It aims to find out the best investment plan to save a certain amount of money by foreign currency combinations.
2. Project Motivation

3. Project Objectives & Scope
The objective of this project is providing a user-friendly financial planner which is able to give advice to users on how to get the best return on investment of foreign currency saving combination.
4. Problem Statement

The major problem would be getting the latest exchange rate on the bank websites.
Another problem would be selecting the suitable algorithm to get the best plan.
The accuracy of the forecasted exchange rate would be also a challenge to this project.

5. Major Technical Components

Advantages:

6. Expected Results & Deliverables


7. Project Schedule

There are 4 phases in this final year project.
Phase 1 is the initiation stage. In this stage, the scope of the project should be determined.
Phase 2 is planning and design, initial coding and debugging and evaluation stage.
Phase 3 is further coding, debugging and evaluation stage. All coding should be finished within this stage.
Phase 4 is presentation preparation stage.

Item Description Estimated Finished Date Deadline Estimated Spent Time
Phase 1
Research Research on the project and subject area Mid Sept 2014 - 6 hr
Discussion with supervisor Discuss and see advice from the project supervisor on the project.
Determine the scope and algorithm used on the project Mid Sept 2014 - 20 min
Project Plan Produce the final year project plan 20 Sept 2014 22 Sept 2014 6 hr
Phase 2
Interface Design -
Program Design
Coding -
Writing Test Plan -
Testing -
Evaluation -
Interim Report 1 Produce the interim report, evaluate and analysis the progress of the project so far By the End of Oct 2014 3 Nov 2014 6 hr
Phase 3
Interface Modification
Program Design Modification
Coding
Writing Test Plan
Testing
Evaluation
Interim Report 2 Produce the interim report, evaluate and analysis the progress of the project so far 1-5 Feb 2015 9 Feb 2015 6 hr
Phase 4
Presentation Preparation Prepare the script for presentation and prepare the questions an might be asked in the presentation
Demo Clip A video clip used in demonstration which shows how the program runs 15-20 Mar 2015 30 Mar 2015
Presentation Slides The slides used in presentation 20-25 Mar 2015 30 Mar 2015
Final Report Submission of final report 8-10 Apr 2015 13 Apr 2015 12 hr
Presentation Rehearsal Rehearse the presentation 13-25 Apr 2015 - 2 hr
Oral Presentation/ Project Demonstration Present and demo the project to the panel 13-25 Apr 2015 TBD 1 hr
Total: 300 hrs

Gantt Chart:

8. Software & Hardware

9. Reference