Development project Financial AI Sights: From Data to Decisions – A Business Platform for Advanced Financial Analytics and AI Deployment in the Cloud, decision making assisted by artificial intelligence. We will participate with our development project in Build V3 🚀, a track for builders in AI.
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Executive Summary
We are pleased to introduce Financial AI Sights, a revolutionary solution designed to transform how organizations access, analyze and share critical business insights. At the heart of Financial AI Sights is a robust architecture built on the trusted Oracle database, optimized to process and manage large volumes of data with accuracy and efficiency.
With an automated workflow that integrates CI/CD practices and uses containerization technologies along with Kubernetes, Financial AI Sights ensures agile development and reliable deployment of functionality, from data integration and transformation (ETL) to advanced model training of artificial intelligence.
But Financial AI Sights goes beyond data analysis. Our platform makes it easy to deploy analytical results and AI models directly into web applications, allowing companies to not only make decisions based on real-time data, but also share those insights in an interactive and accessible way.
Whether you’re exploring historical sales trends, forecasting product demand, or personalizing the customer experience, Financial AI Sights puts the power of advanced analytics in your hands. And with enterprise-grade security and scalability, you can rely on Financial AI Sights to support your business-critical operations today and into the future.
Discover how Financial AI Sights can transform your data into decisions. Join us at our next live demo or visit our website to learn more and start your journey towards advanced analytics and AI-powered decision making.»
This presentation approach seeks to highlight the platform’s ability to integrate and automate the entire data analytics workflow, from data acquisition to insights deployment, while focusing on the tangible benefits for organizations, such as informed decision making and improved operational efficiency. The idea is to communicate both the technological innovation of the project and its practical impact on business processes.
For a comprehensive project like Financial AI Sights, which spans everything from managing Oracle databases to deploying analytics and AI results on the web, a suite of technology tools will be needed that covers every aspect of the workflow. Below is a list of potential tools classified by each stage of the project:
Database Management and Data Storage
- Oracle Database: To store and manage data efficiently and securely.
- Oracle Autonomous Database: For autonomous and optimized cloud database management.
Data Integration, Transformation and Loading (ETL)
- Oracle Data Integrator (ODI): For robust and optimized ETL processes for Oracle environments.
- Apache AirFlow: An open source option for automating data flow between systems.
Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
- Jenkins: Build automation and continuous integration of code and resources.
- GitHub CI/CD: Another powerful option for continuous integration and continuous deployment, which also provides a code repository.
- Docker: For the containerization of applications, facilitating their deployment and scalability.
- Kubernetes: For the orchestration of containers, ensuring high availability and efficient management of resources.
Development and Training of AI Models
- Python: Programming language with a rich ecosystem of data science and AI libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, Gemma, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, and PyTorch.
- Jupyter Notebook: For interactive development and documentation of data analysis and AI models.
Data Visualization and Web Application Deployment
- Matplotlib and Seaborn: These are the most widely used Python libraries for data visualization. They allow you to create a wide range of static, animated, and interactive plots. While they are commonly used in Jupyter Notebooks, you can also integrate them into Django web applications by generating images of the plots or using additional tools to render them as interactive content.
- Django itself is a high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. For the web application part, Django provides a powerful ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) for database interactions, a built-in admin panel for managing your application’s data, and robust security features.
Security, Monitoring and Logging
- OAuth 2.0 and JWT: For secure authentication and authorization in web applications.
- Prometheus and Grafana: For monitoring application performance and underlying infrastructure.
- ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana): For log aggregation, analysis and visualization.
This selection of tools covers a wide range of technical needs for the project, from data management to the development and deployment of AI analytics solutions. It is important to evaluate each tool based on the specific requirements of the project, compatibility with the existing ecosystem, and the experience of the team.
To implement and maintain a complex technology project like Financial AI Sights, which combines Oracle tools, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and open source solutions, it is crucial to establish a strong technology support system. This system must guarantee the operability, security and scalability of the project.
Methodology and Delivery
To manage and present the agile development of a project like Financial AI Sights within a 4-week timeframe, with weekly sprints, it’s essential to adopt a structured agile methodology, such as Scrum, enabling rapid iterations, flexibility, and effective communication among all project stakeholders. Here’s the approach to planning and presenting this agile development:
Week 1: Kick-off and Planning
- Sprint Planning: Define the scope of the first sprint based on the product backlog. Select tasks that are critical for achieving a functional deliverable. Prioritize setting up the development environment, implementing sample databases, and initial CI/CD setup.
- Kick-off Meeting: Hold a kick-off meeting with all stakeholders to set expectations, communicate the project vision, and discuss the goals for the first sprint.
- Daily Stand-ups: Start with short daily meetings to discuss progress, identify obstacles, and adjust the plan as necessary.
Week 2: Development and Initial Testing
- Continuous Development: Focus on developing the priority functionalities defined in the sprint planning, such as data integration and the initial phases of data analysis.
- Initial Testing: Implement unit and integration tests to ensure code quality from the start.
- Mid-Sprint Review: Assess progress and adjust the backlog if necessary, reallocating resources to address any delays or technical challenges.
Week 3: Implementation of IA Analysis and Data Visualization
- IA Model Development: Work on developing and training the IA analysis models using the integrated data.
- Visualization Development: Begin the implementation of data visualizations and interactive dashboards.
- Continuous Testing: Ensure that new functionalities and models are rigorously tested.
Week 4: Final Integration, Testing, and Delivery Preparation
- Complete Integration: Integrate all developed components, ensuring the system functions as a coherent whole.
- Acceptance and User Testing: Conduct acceptance testing to validate the solution with stakeholders and usability testing to ensure an optimal user experience.
- Sprint Demo and Retrospective: Present the completed deliverables during the sprint to stakeholders, collect their feedback, and conduct a retrospective with the team to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.
- Delivery Preparation: Prepare necessary documentation, adjust any final details based on feedback, and ensure everything is ready for delivery.
Presenting to the Public and Stakeholders
- Final Demonstration: Organize a final demonstration to showcase the completed work, highlighting how the project objectives were met and the added value of the solution.
- Documentation and Reports: Provide detailed documentation and progress reports summarizing the work done, test results, and user feedback.
- Plan for Future Phases: Present a plan for ongoing development, including upcoming sprints and additional features based on initial feedback and business priorities.
By adopting this agile approach, we can ensure a successful initial delivery of Financial AI Sights in 4 weeks, demonstrating tangible progress and gathering valuable early feedback for future iterations.