The Wedding Planning System Requirements Specification GROUP MEMBERS

The Wedding Planning System Requirements Specification GROUP MEMBERS: DAN COULTER SIDNEY HAYNES JOHNSON HU ROSY UPRETI SEPIDEH DELIRI

What is FWP? � Fruition Wedding Planners (FWP) is a company which helps to organize successful wedding events for their clients. � Currently, FWP has consultants which meet with their customer base, which represents both clients and vendors alike. � Currently, the consultants leverage face to face meetings as well as phone calls and emails as a form of immediate communication with the customers. � Custom software solutions are being used to support the consultants, in the form of a case management system.

Online FWP �There is now a high demand by the market to provide online services for customer use. �The wedding planning tool will become a system accessible online and used by consultants, vendors, and clients alike. � Each user base will take a different perspective towards the tool, based on the needs of their roles within the wedding planning system.

Goals of the project �Increasing FWP's client base by 50% �Increasing FWP's vendor base by 20% �Reducing the time of planning and organizing the wedding related services by 50% �Reducing the cost for clients and vendors to facilitate wedding related services by 15% �Increasing FWP's overall profit by 25% �Availability with a 2% maximum down time for maintenance purposes

Primary Stakeholders of the system �The Fruition Wedding Planner corporation is the organization paying for the development, and owner of the delivered product. �The wedding clients and vendors are the customers who will pay for product use.

Other stakeholders �Users (clients) �Wedding Consultants �Testers Technology Experts �System Designers �Software Developers System Administrators �Usability Experts �Representatives of external associations (vendors)

Naming Conventions and Definitions �Fruition Wedding Planners (FWP) �Wedding Planning Application (WPA) WORKING TITLE �Wedding planning clients �Wedding vendors �FWP consultants �Systems administrators

Users of the Product �Fiancé and fiancée �This couple is recently engaged and is responsible for initiating their wedding planning from the engagement party to honeymoon. �their subject matter experience is ranged at novice to the possibility that they will be experts of the wedding planning depending on their past experiences

Users of the Product �Representative of wedding vendors �Representatives from several e-commerce supported companies, who are responsible for providing wedding services and products. �Ideally, they have intermediate to expert subject matter experience in the wedding design and planning.

Users of the Product �FWP consulting agent �They are professionals who assist with the design, planning and management of a client’s wedding. �Their subject matter experience is advance. �These are employees of FWP

Users of the Product �FWP System Administrator �They are responsible for managing the FWP CMS and web applications that provides tools for the clients, vendors, and consultants. �Their technology expertise is at intermediate to advanced.

The priorities assigned to users � � Key users (critical) Client (FWP) – major influence Internal and external wedding Consultants – subject matter expert Customers (clients and vendors) � � Secondary users (important) Technology experts Usability experts System administrators � � Unimportant users (useful) Testers System Designers Software Developers

User Hierarchy

The Major Features �User friendly interface easily navigable �Personalized profiles �Smart search capability �Personalized organizer/ event planner �Budget planning tool �Secure payment system �Notification system �Consistent Feedback

Basic Search Prototype

Advanced Search

Wedding Planner

Usabilit and Humanity Requirements �Ease of Use The product shall have efficient user interfaces that require least amount of clicks or steps to complete common tasks. �Personalization/internationalization requirements The product shall track users preferences by cookies and remember for future sessions �Ease of Learning The product will be built with a tutorial and online help �Understanding and Politeness Requirements �Accessibility Requirements

Performance Requirements � Speed and latency requirements The response shall be fast enough to avoid interrupting the user’s flow of thought �Reliability and Availability Requirements Website accessible 24/7 �Robustness or Fault Tolerance requirements Operate locally when network is down �Longevity Requirements Operational lifetime is a minimum 5 years

Operational Requirements �Partner Applications � Wedding Planning System must be able to interface with the Pay. Pal payment system � The Wedding Planning System must be able to interface with various vendor systems in order to retrieve data or make selections for products and services.

Maintainability and Support Requirements �Maintenance Requirements �Supportability Requirements

Security Requirements �Access Requirements � Guests access available but limited � Our website must have members-only areas. We want our visitors to have to sign in to see and access to our whole website. � 3 different packages to choose from when creating an account, each with different levels of access. � We are using secure password protection for the members-only areas and as we have different types of users.

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