Comprehensive & Secure Fee Management System
Fee Management System For Educational Services.
Case Study: One place that is always in need of technology, now more than ever, is our schools. Our customer, a technology and educational information service leader required an integrated and comprehensive fee management system that allowed parents, students, and districts to pay fees through the web seamlessly while linking multiple applications previously developed by another outside resource.
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Technology Used
.NET
ASP.NET MVC
C#
Methodology
Agile / Scrum
Additional Services
Web Development
UI/UX
Project
Fee Management System
Project Requirements
In many Minnesotan school districts and partners to K-12 educators, there was a need for management software for school operations, instructional administration, information technology operations, and other applications designed to help districts work more collaboratively with parents and students. Fees are a reality for various school activities, including student trips, plays, transportation, meals, community education, and athletics. These transactions can be a time-consuming process, causing teachers to become bookkeepers and bill collectors, taking time away from what they do best, teach.
Result
Intertech created an online payment system that allows parents to pay for items online, quickly and efficiently. This new system eliminated cash and check collections, providing a safe and secure method of payment.
Overview
With technology becoming more critical than ever in the education system, schools need to have a fee management system to organize all of their finances without interfering with the teachers’ jobs.
This umbrella application is an integrated product consisting of multiple smaller applications. While the team built meals, activities, and a shopping cart, they also integrated additional applications built by an outside software vendor closely vested with the customer.
The integration included a unified shopping cart and authentication (login) with the flexibility to use third-party authentication stores such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter accounts, all using a common co-branded toolbar (OAuth 2.0). In addition, the new application allows customizations that fit the various needs of each specific school district, all within a simple to use and interactive web interface.
Besides the base application, one of the customer’s requirements was the use of a cloud environment. For this reason, integrating a hybrid format, portions of the application are now hosted in an Amazon EC2 cloud environment providing the ability to scale as new school districts onboard.
A payment gateway is also integrated using bankcard services, with a shopping cart and payments executed from within an autonomous application that can be reused for similar applications. This new software integrates seamlessly with other school environments, such as school view and the source system for student records.
Throughout the process, Intertech worked closely with the leadership team and onsite business analyst to understand the requirements, track work progress using JIRA (an issue tracking tool written in Java), and execute on-time delivery using a customized mix of iterative and waterfall methodologies. This formula allowed for a great working and progressive relationship with external teams, ensuring that everyone was focused on delivering a high-quality product.
Intertech has been in business for nearly 30 years. Many of our projects are considered confidential by our clients. For this reason, and out of respect for our customer’s privacy, we do not mention companies by name regarding specific projects, with the clear understanding that the project outlined and presented is actual work Intertech and their consultants have completed successfully.
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