- •1.4Project Scope
- •This order form and a cover letter are mailed by Dr. David Kluge to the 55 school district superintendents and private school principals in the two-county area.
- •1.5References
- •2.Overall Description
- •2.1Product Perspective
- •2.2Product Features
- •2.6User Documentation
- •2.3User Classes and Characteristics
- •2.4Operating Environment
- •2.5Design and Implementation Constraints
- •2.7Assumptions and Dependencies
- •3.System Features
- •3.1Adding an Organization to the System – Phase 1
- •3.2Managing Contact Lists – Phase 1
- •3.3Mailing Update Requests – Phase 1
- •3.4Managing Cover Letters – Phase 1
- •3.5Manually Updating an Organization – Phase 1
- •3.6Viewing the Update Summary – Phase 1
- •3.7Organizational Updating of Information – Phase 1
- •3.8Text File Creation from Database – Phase 2
- •3.9Page Layout Template Download From Web Site – Phase 2
- •3.10Text File Import Into Page Layout Template – Phase 2
- •3.11Directory Editing – Phase 2
- •3.12Directory Publishing – Phase 2
- •4.External Interface Requirements
- •4.1User Interfaces
- •4.2Hardware Interfaces
- •4.3Software Interfaces
- •4.4Communications Interfaces
- •5.Other Nonfunctional Requirements
- •5.1Performance Requirements
- •5.2Safety Requirements
- •5.3Security Requirements
- •5.4Software Quality Attributes
- •Copyright © 2002 by Karl e. Wiegers. Permission is granted to use, modify, and distribute this document.
1.5References
SRS Template: The SRS template being used is taken from Karl Wiegers, author of Software Requirements. The template may be accessed at http://www.processimpact.com, the web site of Mr. Wiegers.
EMS Directory: The 2002 and 2003 editions of the directory were used in the creation of this document.
Workflow materials: Dr. David Kluge provided us with many documents that describe the process of creating the EMS Directory manually. These documents may be accessed on the Team Hazmat web site under the “Other Docs” section (http://www.se.rit.edu/~hazmat/other_docs.html).
2.Overall Description
2.1Product Perspective
To our knowledge, the EMS Directory creation web site will be the first of its kind anywhere in the United States. The very concept of an EMS Directory is a new one. The history of the paper directory extends back to 1969, and now of course organizations such as the Department of Homeland Security are very interested in creating comprehensive lists of emergency organizations in the event of catastrophic circumstances.
The current version of the EMS Directory is done largely through paper means, with Adobe Pagemaker used as an editing and input tool. The idea for Phase 1 is to eliminate all of the paper. Communication will be performed solely through email, and organizations will come to a web site to input or update their information. All the data will be stored in a database.
To update the directory each year, STEP must manually change the Pagemaker file based on the handwritten updates received through US Mail. The idea for Phase 2 is to eliminate the need to retype this information into the page layout file. Appropriately formatted files will be extracted from the database created in Phase 1, and then loaded into a page layout tool automatically without any typing necessary. STEP can then change the non-contact information related pieces of the directory and save the page layout files for printing.
2.2Product Features
Phase 1
The web site, at the end of Phase 1, will allow the STEP Council to add organizations to a back end database. Once a small amount of information is available in the database, such as organization name and email address, an email can be sent to the organization. This email will contain a hyperlink to an organization specific page on the web site where the organization can correct or enter missing information. The web site will also allow STEP to view a summary of which organizations have responded and which organizations have not. These two major features will be supported by a number of other features which will be detailed in Section 3.
Phase 2
Phase 2 will have several features, which facilitate the updating of the actual page layout files, provide an opportunity for directory editing, and allow for printing. The web site will have a feature that allows STEP to generate the latest version of the text files that represent the database. Users will also be able to download the page layout templates which will be used in concert with the text files. From here, the page layout capability will allow for the data from the text files to be loaded into the templates, and then edited and printed as a normal page layout document.