Minimum Viable Product

...a way to track a budget using a modern electronic device.

Key Features necessary for a minimum viable product:

• The ability to create (i.e. register) and edit a basic user account (including a "Forgot Password" feature)
• Ability to Log In, and Log Out
• Auto-creation of a budget when a user registers (in v2 we can add the ability to create multiple budgets)
• The ability to create/edit envelopes and add/remove them from a budget
  • Creating an envelope consists of a name, type [weekly, monthly], amount
  • The user can edit the name, type, and amount for each envelope after it's creation.
• The user can create, view, edit and delete transactions (both spending and earning)
  • Transactions can be associated with an envelope
  • Transactions associated with an envelope change the "remaining balance"
• Changes to user accounts, budgets, envelopes, and transactions persist real-time (i.e. no local caching/offline mode yet)

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VERSION 2.0:

• Setting goals for saving and/or purchasing something in the future
• Collaborative/Family budgets - sharing a single budget among multiple people
• The ability for a user to create a budget (i.e. have multiple budgets)
• Send notifications when a user is close to the limit on their envelope
• Send occasional reports on "how much you saved" (could also include update on goals)
• Ability to have a recurring transaction (like rent is due on the 1st of every month)