Biometrics Fingerprint Attendance Management: Increase Accountability and Security in Your Workplace

Part A: Abstract

IT Problem: A huge business workforce has led to challenges in attendance management and security. Keeping track of who has accessed the premises of organizations or specific classified areas has became challenging because of the enormous traffic flow. Workers have practiced buddy punching, which has led to organizations incurring significant losses due to the salary being paid not reflecting the number of hours worked.

Solution: Fingerprint identification is a common biometric form of the biometric identification system. This project illustrated another sincere contribution to developing, designing, and installing a fingerprint-based identity management system. The primary purpose of implementing the project was to keep track of the daily attendance of workers through fingerprints. Biometrics fingerprint management is an innovative technology that can be implemented to solve the challenge of security and attendance management. The primary goal was to automate the traditional method of marking attendance and generating reports. This system was not only beneficial in keeping track of workers' attendance records but also the time they actually reported to work. Furthermore, it provided an account of who accessed a specific department or section at a given time. This unique identification method prevented errors and impersonation in computing attendance. The key points of the project implementation, from design to completion: The project was implemented by first collecting stakeholder views, by assessing an organization's topography, reviewing the current attendance management system, preparing a proposal, designing a biometrics fingerprint system, implementing the plan, pilot phase, training, and post-implementation monitoring. Businesses will carry out this project using the Extreme Programming (XP) technique. This technique is an offshoot of Agile software development methodology that was developed as a standalone desktop application. Microsoft SQL and Microsoft visual basic were used to develop the database and software for building the graphic interface for workers. The system software was tested by deploying it on a laptop device. The system testing was important to ensure that all hardware components, such as the fingerprint scanner, were functioning properly. Experts performed tests to ensure regular and proper synchronization with the database server.

Key metrics used to manage quality and measure the proposed and actual outcomes of the project: The key metrics used for measuring performance included improved worker attendance, reduced vandalism and theft cases, and