SECOND YEAR NON-SYLLABUS PROJECT SRS

ONLINE COLLEGE MAGAZINE

Submitted As Part of the Non-Syllabus Activity

By
SURABHI GUPTA (CE/10/109)
PURVI GARG (CE/10/)
SHIVAM KUMAR(CE/10/)

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

POORNIMA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR
(Academic Year 2011-12)

Table of Contents:
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Scope
1.3 Definition, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
1.4 References
1.5 Overview

2.0 Overall Description

2.1 Product Perspective
2.2 Interfaces
2.2.1 System Interfaces
2.2.2 User Interfaces
2.2.3 Software Interfaces
2.2.4 Hardware Interface
2.2.5 Communication Interface
2.3 Product Function
2.4 User Characteristics
2.5 Constraints
2.6 Architecture Design
2.6.1 Process Model
2.7 Process Flow Diagram
2.7.1 DFDs
2.8 Database Design
2.8.1 ER Diagram
2.9 Use Case Diagrams
2.10 Assumptions and Dependencies

1.0 Introduction:
Creating and managing an Online College Magazine where college students and
faculties can post and read various articles, thus promoting literary insight. Articles
can be searched by anybody in the world.
When a project is started an initial investigation is carried out. During this phase of
study users need has recognized and other requirements are determined. Once the
problem has been defined a study is carried out to select the best system i.e. a
feasible

system

that

meets

performance

requirements.

So

Feasibility

is

the

determination of whether or not a project is worth doing and the process followed in
making this determination is called a Feasibility Study. In order to conduct the
feasibility study we have seven distinct, but inter-related types of feasibility, these are
Technical feasibility, Operational feasibility, Economical feasibility, Social feasibility,
Management feasibility, Legal feasibility and Time feasibility.
Out of these seven three are key feasibilities to consider, those are:

Technical Feasibility

Economical Feasibility

Operational feasibility

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY:
This is concerned with specifying equipment (hardware) and software that will
successfully

satisfy the user requirement. It considers the following facts:

The facility to produce outputs in a given time.

Response time under certain conditions.

Ability to process a certain volume of transaction at a particular speed.

Facility to communicate data to distant location.

While examining technical feasibility, huge importance is given to the configuration of

the proposed system. The configuration should give the complete picture about the
systems requirement such that what kind of hardware is required and how these units
are interconnected so that they could operate and communicate smoothly.
Configurations will be pursued that satisfies the key technical requirements but
represent different levels of ambition and cost.

ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY:
Since cost plays quite an important role in deciding the new system, it must be
identified

and estimated properly. So economic analysis is the most frequently used

technique for evaluating the effectiveness (economical feasibility) of a proposed

system. To determine the economical feasibility of the system a cost/benefit analysis
is to make. This procedure is to determine the benefits and savings that are expected
from a proposed system and compare them with costs. Four facts that play an
important role in deciding economical feasibility of the proposed system are as
follows:

Cost-saving benefits

Cost-avoidance benefits

Improved-performance benefits

Improved - information benefits.

Hence the proposed system is economically feasible.

OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY:
It is mainly related to human organizational aspects. The points to be considered are:

What changes will be brought with the system?

What organizational structures are disturbed?

What new skills will be required?

Do the existing Employees members have these skills if not, can they be
trained?

EXISTING SYSTEM:
The existing systems of Online College Magazine of various colleges provides lots of
features but all these Websites are public. Anyone can have an account on these. Such
Websites are not secured for updation of critical information about college. Due to
this, a private Website for College has been established. Only Administrator can post
Article earlier but now student can also share ideas.

PROPOSED SYSTEM:
Online college Magazine website has various benefits with which we all are quite
familiar. The proposed system has been established for college students, faculty and
guests. In this Website, only the authorized users can login. Many features like all
other Websites has been tried to be implemented. The flexibility of this system will
definitely help Students to communicate with each other very easily.

1.1 Purpose:

Creating and managing an Online College Magazine where college students and
faculties can post and read various articles, thus promoting literary insight. Articles
can be searched by anybody in the world. Factors behind the motivation of this system
are:
1.

Not all students make it to the printed magazine.

2.

Creativity of students needs to be nurtured.

Creating a user-friendly interactive place where students/faculties can share their

ideas.

1.2 Scope:
The Scope of the ONLINE COLLEGE MAGAZINE includes:

User must have a valid User Id and password to login to the system.

If a wrong password is given thrice in succession, that account will be locked

and the

customer will not be able to use it. When an invalid password is entered a
warning is given
to the user that his account is going to get locked.

Search Engine for all the articles posted till date. Accessible by anybody.

Essential steps to be taken to prevent authenticity infringement.

Articles to be distributed in categories. Can overlap 2 or more categories.

Articles to be associated with suitable tags by the registered users at the time
of posting, so that they are searchable.

The home page to consist of attractive essential features like: most read
articles, editors pick, recently posted articles, highest rated articles, article of
the month, college news, etc.

Archives to be maintained.

Interactive feedback to be supported to enhance the user experience.

Guests can read articles, rate them and comment on them. They can also
access other optional features (amenities like Word of the day, etc.) but cant
post articles unless they sign in as registered users.

Automatic commenting on articles by spammers/automatic bots to be defied.

College Students/Faculties can only register as members (through unique

IDs).

Alumni registration to be supported.

Registered members, Moderators and Administrators are allowed to post

articles.

Articles can be downloaded in various formats.

Registered users, Moderators, and Admins will have their own profile, where
they can edit info for the world to see. Useful updated info related to their
activities to be available at their profiles.

1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations:

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language): It is used to create static web pages.

 JSP (Java Server Pages): It is used to create dynamic web content.

J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition): It is a programming platform,

belonging to the Java platform, which is used for developing and running
distributed java applications.
WASCE (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition): It is an
application server that runs and supports the J2EE and the web service
applications.
WSAD (WebSphere Studio Application Developer ): It is a
designer toolkit which is designed to develop more complex projects by
providing a complete dynamic web service.
DB2 (IBM Database 2): It is a database management system that
provides a flexible and efficient database platform to raise a strong "on
demand" business applications.
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol): It is a transaction oriented
client/ server protocol between a web browser and a web server.

XML (Extensible Markup Language): It is a markup language that

was designed to transport and store data.
Ajax (Asynchronous Java Script and XML): It is a technique used in
java script to create dynamic web pages.
Web 2.0: It is commonly associated with web applications which
facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered
design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

1.4 References:

SRS (IEEE SRS Format and Format provided by TGMC).

Project specification requirement (provided by TGMC).

Problem Definition (provided by TGMC)

1.5 Overview:The SRS will include two sections, namely:

Overall Description: This section will describe major components of the

system, interconnections, and external interfaces.

Specific Requirements: This section will describe the functions of actors,

their roles in the system and the constraints faced by the system.

2.0 Overall Description:

2.1 Product Perspective:
The client will have client interface in which he can interact with the
banking system. It is a web based interface which will be the web page of
the banking application. Starting a page is displayed asking the type of
customer he is whether ordinary or a corporate customer. Then the page
is redirected to login page where the user can enter the login details. If
the login particulars are valid then the user is taken to a home page
where he has the entire transaction list that he can perform with the
bank. All the above activities come under the client interface.
The administrator will have an administrative interface which is a GUI so
that he can view the entire system. He will also have a login page where
he can enter the login particulars so that he can perform all his actions.
This administrative interface provides different environment such that he
can maintain database & provide backups for the information in the
database. He can register the users by providing them withusername,
password & by creating account in the database. He can view the cheque
book request & perform action to issue the cheque books to the clients.

2.2 Interface
2.2.1

Software Interface:

User on Internet : Web Browser, Operating System (any).

Application Server : WAS

Data Base Server : DB2

Network : Internet

Development Tools : WSAD (J2EE,Java,Servlets,HTML), DB2, OS(Windows),

Application Server.

2.2.2

Hardware Interface:

CLIENT SIDE

Processor

Ram

Disc Space

Internet Explorer

Pentium II at

64 MB

1 GB

7.0

500 MHz

SERVER SIDE
Web sphere

Pentium III at

application server

1 GHz

V5.0
DB2 V8.1

Pentium III at

512 MB

2 GB

512 MB

1GB

1 GHz

(Excluding data
size)

2.3 Product Functions:

Search Engine for all the articles posted till date. Accessible by
anybody.

Essential steps to be taken to prevent authenticity infringement.

Articles to be distributed in categories. Can overlap 2 or more

categories. Articles to be associated with suitable tags by the registered
users at the time of posting, so that they are searchable.

The home page to consist of attractive essential features like: most

read articles, editors pick, recently posted articles, highest rated
articles, article of the month, college news, etc.

Archives to be maintained.

Interactive feedback to be supported to enhance the user experience.

Guests can read articles, and comment on them. They can also access
other optional features (amenities like Word of the day, etc.) but cant
post articles unless they sign in as registered users.

College Students/Faculties can only register as members (through

unique IDs).

Alumni registration to be supported.

Registered members and Administrators are allowed to post articles.

Articles can be downloaded.

Registered users, and Admins will have their own profile, where they
can edit info for the world to see. Useful updated info related to their
activities to be available at their profiles.

Moderators will have associated categories, according to which to-bevalidated-articles will be posted to them on their profiles. On rejection,
he will have to provide a reason for the same, which will be forwarded
to the concerned user.

Mails to be sent on rejection/acceptance of articles.

2.4 User Characteristics:

User should be of particular college. He/she should be student or faculty
Of that college. They can post articles,download articles,etc.

2.5 Constraints:
o

Login and password is used for identification of customers account

and there is no facility for non users to login.

This system works only on a single server.

GUI is only in English

Limited to HTTP/HTTPS protocols

2.7 DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS

LEVEL 0 DFD

Home
Page

Items
List

LEVEL 1 DFD

New
Hom
e
Page

User
Items
Existe
d
User

List

LEVEL 2 DFD

Registration
Form

New
User

User

Databa
se

Home
ID

Page

Login
Page
Items
List

LEVEL 3 DFD

Flo
wer
s

Home
Page

Items

Gift
s

List

Add
To
Ede
vice
s
Jew
elle
ry

Cart

LEVEL 4 DFD

Modif
y

View
Cart
Hom
e
Page

Item
s

Add
Cart

List
Bill

Credi
t
Card

LEVEL 5 DFD

Credi
t
card

Data
base

2.8 ER Diagram:
us
er

password
Student id
Admin id

address

password

Phone no

manages

administrator

manages

Student

Works in

User

Org_name
College

Feedback

Accounts_types
Upload Article Download

Comment

Rate Article

manage

Generate
the
accounts

Perform

Grant
request
Grant
request

Action

Perform
action

Internal_admin
Admin id
password
displays

Checks
the
available

2.9 Use Case Diagram :

Description and the priority of this system:

When we consider the online college magazine in this we provide the details of
how to access the magazine without going to the bank through internet.

When we consider the priority of this project it is mainly of medium cost,

efficient to user access data, provides the required data, safe and secure one,we
can know the details of our account.

LOGIN
account list

Student

initialises

Download article

start sessions

Upload artice
Data Backup

PERFORMS
update profile

administrator
Crash recovery

Feedback
End sessions

Guest
Comment

shutdowns
help

log out

ACTIVITY DIAGRAM FOR OVERALL SYSTEM

START
Username
and
no
valid user
yes

UPLOAD

DOWNLOAD

ARTICLE

ARTICLE

SUCCESSF

SUCCESSF
:
.
ULL

ULL

update profile

Log out

STOP

COMMENT

FEEDBACK

2.10

Assumptions and Dependencies:

The details of customers such as username, password, account type and

their corresponding authority details should be manually entered by the
administrator before using this system.

Every user should be comfortable of working with computer and

browsing.

He should be aware of the banking system.

He must have basic knowledge of English too.

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