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Money Manager Proposal Document

This document will be the closing capture statement of the Concept Development Phase. Requires customer approval.

Idea

Something like Quicken or MS Money. Why, because they don't focus on the most important things. Also, I'm about to run out on the useful period of MS Money. The other thing is that Money will not read from all the accounts I have.

High Concept

Automated accounts manager.

Target Market Segment Strategy

For people that have a hard time managing their money.

Features

Target Market

Any one that has bills to pay.

Target Hardware Platform

As diverse as possible of hardware.

Estimated Schedule and Budget

Well the prototype has been created using excel. The transition over to using a stand alone app shouldn't be to difficult. The only hiccup is interfacing with the banks. This maybe dumbed down to opening a web browser and automating some or all of the site. Also, it's work in my free time so the schedule is unknown.

Competitive Analysis

MS Money, Quicken, etc are all in this space. These apps are more geared towards book keeping. I need an app that will just pay bills based on a bank balance and the importance of the bill.

The Team

The skills needed are: Most likely this app will be written in C#, use a database of some kind, and communicate with web services.

Risk Analysis

I have a working prototype in excel so the desire to create this has dropped in importance.

Summary

Wouldn't it be nice to an accountent. Someone that could do all your banking needs for you. Well this app is supposed to accomplish that.