Travel Buddy Anav Silverman Dave Dearing Operational Concepts

Travel Buddy Anav Silverman Dave Dearing

Operational Concepts l The Travel Buddy is essentially a conversion tool for use while traveling internationally. l It can quickly make basic conversions such as distance, speed, and weight. l In addition, the Travel Buddy can provide local information including date and time, weather, up-to-date currency conversions, and language translations.

System Requirements Travel Buddy Features: – – – – Distance Speed Weight Temperature Currency Translation Local Information

System and Software Architecture Basic Conversions: – Travel Buddy will have its own conversion table to perform simple calculations. This will eliminate the dependency on another website. Currency, Translator, Local Information: – Travel Buddy will access an outside website to gather this information. This information is much more complex than simple conversions, therefore we will take advantage of services provided on the Internet.

Lifecycle Plan Why Create Travel Buddy? l Travel Buddy is a useful tool, which is targeted for those who travel frequently for business or pleasure. What Is The Development Approach? l Travel Buddy will be broken down into the following steps: 1. Design specification complete 2. All servlet-side work 3. Converter tool 4. User interface

Feasibility Rationale Is This Possible? l l l Yes! Most conversions can be done without relying on the servlet deliverables. Currency and translation information is available. Sample servlet program can retrieve needed data. Live updates of local information are available via the Internet.