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Table of Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2.
Purpose ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
Scope ......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations................................................................................................. 1
References ................................................................................................................................................. 1
Document Overview .................................................................................................................................. 1
POSITIONING
2.1
2.2
2.3
3.
1
2
Business Opportunity ................................................................................................................................. 2
Problem Statement ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Product Position Statement ........................................................................................................................ 3
STAKEHOLDER AND USER DESCRIPTIONS
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
Market Demographics................................................................................................................................ 3
Stakeholder Summary ................................................................................................................................ 3
User Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 4
User Environment ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Stakeholder Profiles ................................................................................................................................... 4
3.5.1 Warehouse Management ................................................................................................................... 5
3.5.2 Project Management and Personnel .................................................................................................. 5
3.5.3 Warehouse Personnel ........................................................................................................................ 5
3.5.4 Purchasing Department ..................................................................................................................... 6
3.6
User Profiles .............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.7
Key Stakeholder / User Needs ................................................................................................................... 6
3.8
Alternatives and Competition .................................................................................................................... 7
4.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
5.
7
Product Perspective ................................................................................................................................... 7
Summary of Capabilities ........................................................................................................................... 8
Assumptions and Dependencies ................................................................................................................ 8
Cost and Pricing ......................................................................................................................................... 8
Licensing and Installation .......................................................................................................................... 8
PRODUCT FEATURES
5.1
5.2
5.3
8
Warehouse Management and Operations .................................................................................................. 8
Corporate Engineering Project Management/Personnel ............................................................................ 9
Purchasing Department .............................................................................................................................. 9
6.
CONSTRAINTS
9
7.
QUALITY RANGES
9
8.
PRECEDENCE AND PRIORITY
9
9.
OTHER PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS
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Applicable Standards ................................................................................................................................. 9
System Requirements ................................................................................................................................ 9
Performance Requirements ...................................................................................................................... 10
Environmental Requirements .................................................................................................................. 10
10. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
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User Manual......................................................................................................................................... 10
On-line Help ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Installation Guides, Configuration, Read Me File ............................................................................... 10
Labeling and Packaging ....................................................................................................................... 11
11. APPENDIX A - FEATURE ATTRIBUTES
11.1
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
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Status ................................................................................................................................................... 12
Benefit ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Effort .................................................................................................................................................... 13
Risk ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Stability ................................................................................................................................................ 14
Target Release ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Assigned To ......................................................................................................................................... 14
Reason ................................................................................................................................................. 14
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List of Figures
Figure 4.1-1 SITS System Block Diagram ...................................................................................................................7
List of Tables
Table 2.2-1 Problem Statement ....................................................................................................................................2
Table 2.3-1 Product Position ........................................................................................................................................3
Table 3.2-1 Stakeholder Summary ...............................................................................................................................3
Table 3.3-1 User Summary ...........................................................................................................................................4
Table 3.5-1 Stakeholder Profile - Warehouse Management .........................................................................................5
Table 3.5-2 Stakeholder Profile - Project Management and Personnel ........................................................................5
Table 3.5-3 Stakeholder Profile - Warehouse Personnel ..............................................................................................5
Table 3.5-4 Stakeholder Profile - Purchasing Department ...........................................................................................6
Table 3.7-1 Stakeholder Needs .....................................................................................................................................6
Table 4.2-1 SITS Summary of Capabilities ..................................................................................................................8
Table 11.4-1 Major SITS Project Risk Identifiers ...................................................................................................... 13
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1. INTRODUCTION
This section provides an introduction to the Simple Inventory Tracking System project and product, the purpose of
this document and the scope and organization of the document.
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this document is to collect, analyze and define the high level needs and features of the Simple
Inventory Tracking System (SITS) which will be designed and built by the Masters Associated Student Software
and Enterprise Systems (MASSES) department of the ACME Collegiate Engineering Systems, Inc. (ACES).
1.2 Scope
This document describes the overall operational aspects and features of the Simple Inventory Tracking System. This
system is envisioned to provide the ACME Logistics and Tracking (ACME/LT) department with a simplified
warehouse inventory system. SITS will provide warehouse personnel with the ability to receive, stock, retrieve, and
ship items to various ACME projects. Warehouse management will have the capability to retrieve and view reports
concerning the inventory performance and cost tracking.
This Vision document will provide problem statements, feature set descriptions, user/stakeholder profiles, expected
operational environment and interfaces.
1.3 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations
SITS
MASSES
ACES
LT
Simple Inventory Tracking System
Masters Associated Student Software and Enterprise Systems
ACME Collegiate Engineering Systems, Inc.
Logistics and Tracking
1.4 References
1.
Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach, ISBN 0201615932, Leffingwell, Dean; Widrig, Don;
August 2001, Addison-Wesley.
2.
1.5 Document Overview
Subsequent sections of this Vision document provide descriptions of the problem(s) that the SITS is being designed
and built to solve, the personnel the system is designed to assist, the initial set of features SITS will implement, a
simplified set of business use cases (operational concepts) and the external systems that SITS will interface with.
The organization of the document is listed below.
Section 1:
Introduction (This section): provides a general overview of the project, the product description,
references, and list of acronyms.
Section 2:
Positioning: provides a brief description of the role that the SITS product will fill within the
existing corporate environment. Also, a brief problem and position for the intent of the SITS will
and the justification for the product will be presented.
Section 3:
Stakeholder and User Descriptions: covers the identification and profile of the major stakeholders
and users of the SITS. Background and justification descriptions for the needs of the SITS are
also provided in this section.
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Section 4:
Provides an overview of the SITS product, brief identification and descriptions of the major
capabilities of SITS, and cost and licensing issues.
Section 5:
Provides both a summary of the major SITS features and a brief description of SITS features
desired by each of the major stakeholders.
Section 6:
Lists the constraints and dependencies that will apply to the SITS development and operations.
Section 7:
Describes any quality issues or factors that SITS will adhere to.
Section 8:
Lists the SITS feature set development priorities.
Section 9:
Lists the non feature set requirements for SITS.
Section 10: Lists the documentation requirements for the SITS.
Section 11: Appendix A: outlines and describes any specific feature attributes, development status, feature
requirements or goals, risk assessments, SITS development team breakdown, or other
development items deem appropriate but not covered in other sections.
2. POSITIONING
2.1 Business Opportunity
The SITS will provide the warehouse operations with a centralized system of receiving, tracking, and shipping of
equipment and material ordered by various projects (through the Purchasing department). This will result in fewer
lost inventory items, faster response to project requests to ship received items and faster reconciliation of receiving
and Purchase Order (PO) items. Table 2.2-1, below, provides a problem statement summary for which the SITS is
begin developed as a solution. It is expected that when implemented this system will lower the overall cost of
warehouse operations and reduce project costs by reducing or eliminating additional material orders and allowing
for better project schedule performance.
2.2 Problem Statement
Table 2.2-1 Problem Statement
The problem of
affects
the impact of which is
a successful solution would be
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Warehouse tracking and lost project inventory, duplicate project
equipment and material being ordered, and additional time and effort
expended for item tracking and location.
Warehouse management and operations personnel and corporate
engineering project management and personnel.
Operational costs and schedules directly related to Warehouse
operations and corporate engineering projects are generally
exceeded. Specifically, higher inventory cost and delays in project
completion due to lost/missing inventory
An easy to use, simple, inventory tracking system which would
allow for the receipt, stocking, and shipping of project items in the
warehouse. This will reduce warehouse operations cost and
corporate engineering project purchase time and costs.
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2.3 Product Position Statement
The SITS product will not be released into the commercial marketplace and will instead be developed and deployed
for internal use by the Warehouse operations. As such our customers and users are internal departments within our
company. Table 2.3-1, below, provides additional information concerning the SITS product position within ACES.
Table 2.3-1 Product Position
For
Warehouse department and associated personnel and management
Who
Will be able to automate inventory tracking, reduce time for
stocking/shipping to projects, and correlate item receipt with purchase
orders
The Simple Inventory
Tracking System
Provides the warehouse operations with a centralized system of receiving,
tracking, and shipping of equipment and material ordered by various
projects.
That
Will reduce operational and inventory costs and reduce project costs and
schedule perturbations
Unlike
Competitive market place products which have been deemed too
expensive to deploy and maintain for this application.
Our product
Will be developed by in-house IT staff for less cost and reduced
anticipated support and deployment efforts.
3. STAKEHOLDER AND USER DESCRIPTIONS
This section provides a profile of the stakeholders and users involved in the project and the key problems that they
perceive to be addressed by the proposed solution. It does not describe their specific requests or requirements as
these are captured in a separate stakeholder requests artifact. Instead it provides the background and justification for
why the requirements are needed. The following sections identify and briefly describe the major stakeholders and
users of the SITS and Table 3.2-1 through Table 3.3-1 provide a summary description of each of the identified
stakeholders and users of the SITS.
3.1 Market Demographics
Since this product, SITS, is intended for internal deployment only, no market or commercial analysis was
conducted. The SITS is expected to reduce the costs of warehouse operations and reduce project costs and schedule
variance through better inventory management and tracking of project material and equipment orders.
3.2 Stakeholder Summary
Table 3.2-1 Stakeholder Summary
Name
Warehouse
management.
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Represents
Sponsoring authority and
primary source of product
requirements
Role
Provide requirements/desired features and
budget. Track product performance to
determine if goal of reduced cost is met.
Ensure that the SITS project development
meets goals and is provided in a reasonable
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Represents
Project management
and personnel
End users of the warehouse
operations and inventory
Warehouse personnel
Users of the SITS product
Purchasing
Department
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time and cost.
Provide verification of product suitability to
reduce project costs and schedule variance
Provide specific requirements and user
features and determine its ease of use in
operation.
Provide specific requirements and user
features
3.3 User Summary
Table 3.3-1 User Summary
Name
Description
Stakeholder
Warehouse
Management
Track warehouse operations and inventory
through reports and usage summaries
Represented by Stakeholder 1
Warehouse operations
personnel
Entering/retrieving specific inventory item
information from the SITS
Represented by Stakeholder 3
Project personnel
Request warehouse inventory for delivery to
individual projects. View online item
inventory
Represented by Stakeholder 2
Purchasing
Correlate item inventory (receipt and shipment
to projects) with assigned Purchase Orders
Represented by Stakeholder 4
3.4 User Environment
The SITS is expected to be implemented as a standard Web application and as such all users of the system are
expected to use standard PCs running Internet browser software. PC can be located where ever is convenient for
individual users. For the purchasing department, there is not individual user; instead this is an external interface (via
Internet connection) to the Purchase Order system for PO and shipping/receiving tracking.
3.5 Stakeholder Profiles
This section lists and provides brief profile summaries of the identified stakeholders of the SITS. A stakeholder is
defined as any person, organization, or external system which will operate, use, or interface with the SITS. Below is
a list of the stakeholders identified, and their respective profiles are detailed in following subsections. Table 3.5-1
through Table 3.5-4 provides more detailed profile description for each stakeholder.
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Warehouse Management
Project Management and Personnel
Warehouse Operations Personnel
Purchasing Department
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3.5.1 Warehouse Management
Table 3.5-1 Stakeholder Profile - Warehouse Management
Representative
Description
Type
Responsibilities
Success Criteria
Involvement
Deliverables
Comments / Issues
Jane McDilbert,
Warehouse Manager
Business cost center management; responsible for overall warehouse operations
and cost. Warehouse operations expert and inventory management expertise.
Define the overall high level product features and requirements; provide the
budget and initial scheduling authority for the development of SITS
Reduction of warehouse operational costs and reduced receiving, stocking, and
shipment times.
Define the overall high level product features and requirements; provide the
budget and initial scheduling authority for the development of SITS
Set of features and requirements that SITS must/should meet
None (at this time)
3.5.2 Project Management and Personnel
Table 3.5-2 Stakeholder Profile - Project Management and Personnel
Representative
Description
Type
Responsibilities
Success Criteria
Involvement
Deliverables
Comments / Issues
Multiple managers and personnel
Individual project managers and personnel
Business cost center management; responsible for overall warehouse operations
and cost. Warehouse operations expert and inventory management expertise.
Order items for inventory placement and withdrawal of items from warehouse;
track inventory receipt and shipment
Easier project equipment, parts, and material tracking, and warehouse access.
Access to warehouse inventory reports.
Define goals and project specific requirements.
Set of features and goals from company project perspective
Current ongoing project schedules.
3.5.3 Warehouse Personnel
Table 3.5-3 Stakeholder Profile - Warehouse Personnel
Representative
Description
Type
Responsibilities
Success Criteria
Involvement
Deliverables
Comments / Issues
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Multiple
Primary users of the SITS
Warehouse workers; shipping/receiving clerks, stockers
Enter, update, change inventory items
Easier update and tracking of warehouse items
Define User Interface issues/requirements.
Set of UI features.
None at this time
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3.5.4 Purchasing Department
Table 3.5-4 Stakeholder Profile - Purchasing Department
Representative
Description
Type
Responsibilities
Success Criteria
Involvement
Deliverables
Comments / Issues
John Smith
Purchasing deptment IS systems supervisor.
IT operations supervisor for Purchasing. Knowledge of PO database and
corporate intranet access to purchasing systems.
Define interface requirements to PO database and Purchasing system
Proper interface with PO hardware & software systems
Define Purchasing goals and requirements; purchasing system interface testing
Set of Purchasing requirements & goals; Purchasing department test plan.
None at this time
3.6 User Profiles
The users of the SITS are the same as the stakeholders. At this time no distinct users have been identified.
3.7 Key Stakeholder / User Needs
Table 3.7-1 Stakeholder Needs
Need
Priority
To efficiently and as automated
as possible track receipt,
stocking,
withdrawal,
and
shipping of warehouse items for
corporate projects.
[Warehouse employees
management]
Proposed Solutions
HI
Current
methods are
purely
manual and
prone
to
misplacing of
items
increasing
both
warehouse
and project
costs.
None.
Manual
methods employed.
Develop SITS to provide
requested features and
goals
for
improving
warehouse operations.
Med
Current
methods of
warehouse
operations
leads to over
ordering, misplaced stock
and schedule
delays
See above.
Develop SITS to provide
better tracking and insight
into
project
material
orders.
Med-Lo
Current
methods are
manual and
prone
to
error.
See above.
Develop SITS to interface
with PO system to
automate PO versus item
receipt
and
company
project retrieval of items.
&
To link warehouse item receipt
and project shipments to the PO
system for PO closure and
accounts receivable/payable.
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and
To accurately monitor and
retrieve project ordered items
from the warehouse.
[Project
management
personnel]
Concerns
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3.8 Alternatives and Competition
Warehouse operations software systems are cost prohibitive and greatly exceed the features and requirements
anticipated by the corporate users of the system.
4. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The SITS will provide the warehouse operations with a centralized system of receiving, tracking, and shipping of
equipment and material ordered by various projects (through the Purchasing department). This will result in fewer
lost inventory items, faster response to project requests to ship received items and faster reconciliation of receiving
and Purchase Order (PO) items. It is expected that when implemented this system will lower the overall cost of
warehouse operations and reduce project costs by reducing or eliminating additional material orders and allowing
for better project schedule performance.
The following provides a high level summary of the SITS features and interfaces.
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Warehouse operations and management
 Input receiving information
 Update warehouse stocking locations
 Update retrieval for projects
 Update shipment to projects
 View inventory status
 Provide warehouse operations reporting
Corporate project management
 Notification of project equipment and material receipt by warehouse
 Request/scheduling of project material shipment
 Status and reporting of inventory items by project
Purchasing department
 Automated notification of material receipt by PO
 Automated notification of shipment of equipment and material to individual corporate projects.
4.1 Product Perspective
Purchasing
System
Simple Inventory
Tracking System
External PC
External
PC
Browsers
External
PC
Browsers
External
PC
Browsers
Browsers
Corporate IntraNet
Figure 4.1-1 SITS System Block Diagram
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4.2 Summary of Capabilities
Table 4.2-1 SITS Summary of Capabilities
Benefit
Warehouse users will have online access to
inventory locations and tracking.
Warehouse management will have access to
warehouse operations and inventory status.
Project management will automate access to
inventory status and request of project
material.
Purchasing department through external
interface has purchase order updates and status
of inventory items.
Supporting Features
Online search capability will be available through
web browser.
Online browser based forms.
On screen or print out versions.
Up to date database access of inventory.
Online browser based forms.
On screen or print out versions.
Up to date database access of inventory
Standard protocol transmission of purchase order and
shipping information to PO database.
4.3 Assumptions and Dependencies
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SITS will be used to interface with ORACLE database system used for warehouse inventory
Purchasing department will not change their accounting and/or database systems.
SITS will use standard web based protocols.
4.4 Cost and Pricing
SITS is not intended to be marketed as a commercial product and is being developed within house. Therefore cost
and prices for SITS system are not applicable at this time. Cost and development and schedule budgets will be
consolidated and presented to corporate program management executives for funding.
4.5 Licensing and Installation
SITS development program will acquire all commercial licensing packaging and installation fees as required by the
individual commercial products (e.g. ORACLE dbms).
5. PRODUCT FEATURES
5.1 Warehouse Management and Operations
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Inventory reports:
Select from a list of inventory and warehouse operations a report to be viewed or printed. Examples of
desired reports include:
 Complete warehouse inventory
 Inventory by date/date range
 Inventory by P.O.
 Inventory by project
Browser based form system:
User interface is Web browser based using forms for data entry and display
Online search capability:
Provide a Web based search form for locating and displaying warehouse inventory item information
Online update and entry of warehouse inventory information
Provide Web based form(s) for entry and/or updating of warehouse inventory items. Covers warehouse
processes from item receipt (e.g. receiving), placement of item into warehouse bin location (e.g. stocking),
to retrieval and preparation of item for corporate project pickup/delivery (e.g. shipping).
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5.2 Corporate Engineering Project Management/Personnel
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Inventory reports: See above (5.1)
Form based inventory item requests:
Provide Web based form(s) for requesting project material and equipment for delivery to specific project.
Automated notification of project item receipt:
Provide automated email (or other) notification of project items by warehouse receiving after entry into
SITS
5.3 Purchasing Department

PO system update:
Provide interface to PO system for update of PO items for:
 Receipt of items by warehouse
 Shipment of items to projects by warehouse
6. CONSTRAINTS
The following design and development constraints apply to SITS:
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SITS will be developed using MS Visual Basic/.Net and/or Java 2 programming languages.
SITS will use an Oracle DBMS
SITS will be designed to operate with the following HTTP/Web Browers:
 Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
 Netscape 4.5 or higher
 Other Web browser meeting HTML 4.0, or higher, standard
7. QUALITY RANGES
Standard corporate IT software development standards and quality guidelines will be followed for SITS
development (ACME-IT-SQA-001).
8. PRECEDENCE AND PRIORITY
Refer to section 4.2 Summary of Capabilities. There are no individual priority items at this time.
9. OTHER PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS
9.1 Applicable Standards
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HTML 4.01 Hypertext Markup Language Specification, REC-HTMLl401-19991224, W3C
Recommendation 24 December 1999
HTTP/1.1, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Draft Standard RFC 2616, IETF June 1999.
9.2 System Requirements
The SITS software will be designed for and deployed on the following hardware platform should be designed to
operate with the following systems and software:

SITS core server configuration
 Intel based PC (Corporate standard server platform)
 Database server will be redundant (e.g. two, or more, servers) with failover capability
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 Operating system: Windows 2000 Server
 Database system: Oracle 9
SITS supported browsers
 Netscape 4.5, or greater
 MS Internet Explorer, 5.0 or greater
9.3 Performance Requirements
The following performance goals should be met by SITS:
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System response to user inquiries should not exceed 5 seconds
DBMS servers should respond to and failover to redundant server within 10 seconds
The system will be required to be operational 24 hours/day, 7 days/week (e.g. 24/7)
System downtime for maintenance and backups will be kept to a minimum (e.g. goal will be no more than
4 hours/week of scheduled maintenance and backup time.
System backup times will be schedulable by system administration personnel.
System will provide notification to system administration personnel for errors. Error conditions are TBD at
this time.
9.4 Environmental Requirements
The operating environment for all servers (database and applications) should meet the following:


Temperature: 45-90 degrees (F) operating
Relative Humidity: 40-60%
10. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
10.1 User Manual
A user manual will be provided which describes the operation of the SITS and provides references to the commands
and user interface displays of the system. The user manual will contain a brief tutorial covering the basic aspects of
each part of the SITS (e.g. inventory update, reporting access, etc.). The user manual should be available in both online and printed versions. The on-line version of the user manual will be located on corporate file servers and
accessible through the corporate intranet.
10.2 On-line Help
An online help will be available to all users. A web-based guide is available through the IT homepage. This will
enable the users to easily turn to internet to resolve their problems. Online guide also provide complete system
description. There will also be an IT help form that can be filled out if more help is needed. The on-line help system
will be located on corporate file servers and accessible through the corporate intranet.
10.3 Installation Guides, Configuration, Read Me File
The detailed instruction guide can be found on the server. The guide will help users understand how to use the SITS
system.
The program contains a variety of informational materials that can be used for data entry and troubleshooting. These
include multimedia presentations and a sample inventory database.
There is also a set of configurations and read me files available with the program. These are required to understand
the instructions and provide information about resolving technical issues. These files are available through the server
or may be copied onto the user’s hard drive.
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10.4 Labeling and Packaging
Since SITS is an in-house corporate IT department product, developed by the MASSES group, specific product
packaging and labeling will not be required. However, corporate standards and policies will be used for generation
of all displays and data presentation. All user screens will carry appropriate corporate labeling and/or identification
and applicable copyright and proprietary notices.
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Document Id: ACME-SITS-001 (DRAFT)
Version:
Date:
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11. APPENDIX A - FEATURE ATTRIBUTES
11.1 Status
The statuses of the features contained in this document are defined as follows:

Proposed:
Features, or requests, by stakeholders and/or user which have been deemed as non-essential to the initial
development of the SITS, but which could form the basis of additional requirements for follow-on SITS
development.
 Approved:
Features which the SITS stakeholders, users, and development team members have approved for
implementation into the SITS.
 Incorporated:
Features which have been selected to be incorporated into the final release of the SITS product as contained
in this document.
Table 11.1-1, below lists the status for the features contained in this document.
Table 11.1-1 Feature Set Development Status
Feature
Status Level
Proposed
Approved
Incorporated
Feature Description

Ability to track all corporate items purchased, not just
engineering project specific
 Common items turnover data
 Bar code printing and scanning for stock location and tracking
 Common items (e.g. pen, pencil, etc.) auto PO generation and
notification to Purchasing
All features listed in Section 5 of this document
All features listed in Section 5 of this document will be incorporated
into the final release of the SITS.
11.2 Benefit
The table below, Table 11.2-1 lists the SITS features, as listed in this Vision document, and their criticality setting in
regard to project success criteria. All stakeholders and users of the SITS have jointly established these settings as
the baseline for the project.
Table 11.2-1 SITS Feature Set Criticality
Setting
Confidential
Features Indentified
Critical
All features except Purchasing PO system interface
Important
Purchasing PO system interface
Useful
Not identified at this time
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11.3 Effort
Project estimation of SITS product features and other requirements as listed in this document are deferred until the
software requirements specification. Initial SITS project budget has been set at $XXX and agreed upon by the IT
development department and the sponsoring agency, the ACME Logistics and Tracking department, Warehouse
operations.
11.4 Risk
The SITS project team, including stakeholders and users, has defined an initial set of project related risks which are
contained in Table 11.4-1 below. This risk set will be used as the basis for a SITS project risk plan upon project
approval.
Table 11.4-1 Major SITS Project Risk Identifiers
Item
1.
Title
Cost
Description
SITS project budget will exceed estimate.
Rank
Low

2.
Corporate IT development personnel
experienced with Web based client/server
applications.
SITS projects experiences delays in development
Schedule
Low

3.
Project cancellation
Initial page design and prototype due six
months after project start. Schedule budget
adjustment at prototype review.
Cancellation of the SITS project
High

4.
Personnel turnover
Corporate executive management not fully
committed to in house solution. Some
preference for commercial application.
Project and/or IT development turnover for SITS
Low

5.
Requirements understanding
IT department has had low turnover rate for
past 2 years. Expect turnover rate to remain
the same.
Misunderstanding/misinterpretation of the stakeholder and/or user requirements
Med

6.
R
Requirements change
Long prototype period allowing several
iterations of user/stakeholder reviews and
requirements clarification meetings
Change/modification of requirements for SITS
Med

7.
Pilot/prototype testing fail
Feature set contained in this document is only
a preliminary set. Schedule two phases
SITS prototype fails to meet user and stakeholder
needs and/or requirements

Confidential
Med
Features are still general enough that
requirements may be difficult to specify
completely. Six month prototype period
extended to allow for more requirements
gathering and clarification.
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11.5 Stability
N/A or TBD
11.6 Target Release
The initial SITS feature set described in this document are to be delivered in two phases as described below:


Prototype: This delivery will take place within six months of the SITS project approval. The primary
deliverables for this delivery are:
 Initial Web displays/forms for user input and/or information viewing.
 Navigational features for each level of SITS user through appropriate Web pages/forms.
 Limited functionality for the following displays/forms:
 Warehouse inventory database update of new received items
 Warehouse inventory database update of stock location of items
 Warehouse inventory report (on-screen only)
 Validation of forms fields entry
Final: This delivery will take place within one year of the SITS project approval. This will be considered
implementation release 1 and will include all features as describe in this document.
11.7 Assigned To
TBD
11.8 Reason
N/A
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