= Functional and Non-Functional Requirements = == Functional Requirements == (NOTE: Functional Requirements will begin with FR#:, these will need to be refined, broken down, and more added.) * FR1: The SDMS system shall allow user(s) to login. * FR2: The SDMS system shall maintain user information security. * FR3: The SDMS system shall maintain a user date exclusion set, those dates each user cannot attend a meeting. * FR4: The SDMS system shall maintain a user date preference set, those dated each user prefers to attend a meeting. * FR5: The SDMS system shall allow monitoring of the system. * FR6: The SDMS system shall plan meetings under the constraints expressed by participants (see domain theory). * FR7: The SDMS system shall allow replanning of meeting in support of changinf user constraints (modification of exclusion set, preference set and/or preferred location before a meeting date/location is proposed, take into account constrainsts after a meeting date/location has been proposed.) Need bounds on replanning. * FR9: The SDMS system shall support conflict resolution (according to conflict resolution policies stated by client. * FR10: The SDMS system shall allow the management of all interactions among participants required during the organization of the meeting: * * FR10.1: to communicate requests * * FR10.2: to get replies even from participants not reacting promptly * * FR10.3: to support the negotiation and conflict resolution processes * * FR10.4: to make participants aware of what's going on during the planning process * * FR10.5: to keep participants informed about schedules and their changes * * FR10.6: to make them confident about the reliability of the communications == Non-Functional Requirements == (NOTE: Non-Functional Requirements will begin with NFR#:, these will need to be refined, broken down, and more added) * NFR1: The SDMS system shall be functionally intuitive * NFR2: The SDMS system shall be easily used by non-experts * NFR3: The SDMS system shall be accurately monitored (IE: held in virtual place, nomadicity) * NFR4: The SDMS system shall replan a meeting as dynamically and flexible as possible * NFR5: The SDMS system shall keep the amount of interaction among participants as minimal as possible (number and length of messages) * NFR6: The SDMS system shall considerably reduce the amount of overhead usually incurred in meeting organization (potential distributed attendees) * NFR7: The SDMS system shall reflect, as closely as possible, the way meetings re typically managed * NFR9: The SDMS system shall alert attendees as conviently and early as possible of the date and location of the meeting * NFR10: The SDMS system shall accomodate decentralized requests as far as possible (any authorized user can request a meeting independently of their whereabouts) * NFR11: The SDMS system shall not allow physical constraints to be broken, (a person cannot attend two or more different meetings at the same time, a meeting room cannot be scheduled for two or meetings at the same time, etc) * NFR12: The SDMS system shall provide an appropriate level of performance * * NFR12.1: elapsed time between submission of a meeting request and determination of corresponding date/location shall be minimal * * NFR12.2: elapsed time between determination of meeting date/location and communication of meeting information to all participants shall be minimal * * NFR12.3: a lower bound shall be fixed between the time at which the meeting date is determined and the time at which the meeting is actually taking place * NFR13: The SDMS system shall enforce all privacy rules * * NFR13.1: non-priviledged particiapnts shall not be allowed to know the constraints stated by other participants * NFR14: The SDMS system shall allow customization to professional and private meetings * * NFR14.1: different restrictions on the time periods that may be allocated (meeting hours during office hours, private activites during leisure time) * NFR15: The SDMS system shall be flexible enough to accomodate evolving data * * NFR15.1: varying sets of concerned participants * * NFR15.2: address to which participant may be reached may vary * NFR16: The SDMS system shall be easily extensible * * NFR16.1: handling of explicit priorities among dates in preference sets * * NFR16.2: handling of explicit dependencies between meeting date and meeting location * * NFR16.3: participation through delegation - a participant may ask another person to represent him/her at the meeting * * NFR16.4: variations in the date formats, address formats, interface language, etc * * NFR16.5: partial re-use in other contexts (to help establish course schedule)