Title: Online Prodigy
Objective:
The main
aim of this project is to develop a standard web forum for software companies.
Using this application any team can participate in asking questions &
answers for the posted questions.
Online Prodigy is a powerful internet and intranet solution that allows you to easily
build a community and a great meeting place for all users/visitors of your web
site. Here the users will be able to share knowledge, ask questions and
exchange their ideas. It is easy to use and administrate, can be used anywhere,
at any time through a web browser. You can use both on your intranet or
Internet web site.
Existing system:
In
existing system all questions were being sent manually to a group of mails.
•
If any
user wants to send a query the mail reaches every person in the group. Even
though any user not interested to receive the mail, the mail reaches his inbox
which makes his mail box full.
•
For the
new user the old data is not available.
•
Difficult
to search a category of questions & answers.
Proposed system:
· Proposed
system is a software application which evolves all the drawbacks in previous
system & fulfills all the requirements.
· This
application stores the data at a centralized location, so that any user need
not get mails to his inbox.
· Old
data can be available for the new users at any point of time.
· We
can manage this application onto different categories, so that any user can
easily send queries to a particular category.
Study of the system:
To provide flexibility to the users,
the interfaces have been developed that are accessible through a browser. The
GUI’S at the top level have been categorized as
- Administrative user interface
- The operational or generic user interface
The ‘administrative user interface’ concentrates on the consistent
information that is practically, part of the organizational activities and
which needs proper authentication for the data collection. These interfaces
help the administrators with all the transactional states like Data insertion,
Data deletion and Date updation along with the extensive data search
capabilities.
The ‘operational or generic user interface’ helps the end users of the
system in transactions through the existing data and required services. The operational
user interface also helps the ordinary users in managing their own information
in a customized manner as per the included flexibilities.
Feasibility Study:
Feasibility Report:
Preliminary investigation examines
project feasibility, the likelihood the system will be useful to the
organization. The main objective of the feasibility study is to test the
Technical, Operational and Economical feasibility for adding new modules and
debugging old running system. All systems are feasible if they are given
unlimited resources and infinite time. There are aspects in the feasibility
study portion of the preliminary investigation:
- Technical
Feasibility
- Operation
Feasibility
- Economical
Feasibility
Technical
Feasibility:
The technical issue usually raised
during the feasibility stage of the investigation includes the following:
- Does
the necessary technology exist to do what is suggested?
- Do the
proposed equipments have the technical capacity to hold the data required
to use the new system?
- Will
the proposed system provide adequate response to inquiries, regardless of
the number or location of users?
- Can
the system be upgraded if developed?
- Are
there technical guarantees of accuracy, reliability, ease of access and
data security?
Operational
Feasibility:
Proposed projects are
beneficial only if they can be turned out into information systems, which will
meet the organization’s operating requirements. Operational feasibility aspects
of the project are to be taken as an important part of the project implementation.
Some of the important issues raised are to test the operational feasibility of
a project includes the following: -
·
Is
there sufficient support for the management from the users?
·
Will
the system be used and work properly if it is being developed and implemented?
·
Will
there be any resistance from the user that will undermine the possible
application benefits?
This system is targeted to
be in accordance with the above-mentioned issues. Beforehand, the management
issues and user requirements have been taken into consideration. So there is no
question of resistance from the users that can undermine the possible
application benefits.
The well-planned design would ensure
the optimal utilization of the computer resources and would help in the
improvement of performance status.
Economic
Feasibility:
A system can be developed
technically and that will be used if installed must still be a good investment
for the organization. In the economical feasibility, the development cost in
creating the system is evaluated against the ultimate benefit derived from the
new systems. Financial benefits must equal or exceed the costs. The system is
economically feasible. It does not require any additional hardware or
software.
Functional Requirements:
Modules:
The system is proposed to have the
following modules:
1.
Admin Module.
2.
Normal User Module.
3.
Moderator Module.
1. Forum Admin - adds
to Moderator - can delete Forum/Category.
2. Normal user - can
use avatar, send messages, add and read posts/threads, get attachments.
3. Forum
Moderator - adds to Normal user -
can edit Forum/Category; delete post; manage polls (to be added); and use
attachments.
Non-Functional Requirements:
Software requirements:
·
Web
Presentation : HTML, CSS
·
Client
– side Scripting : JavaScript
·
Programming
Language : Java
·
Web
based Technologies : Servlets, JSP
·
Database
Connectivity : JDBC
·
Java
Version : JDK1.5
·
Backend
Database : MySQL 5.0
·
Operating
System : Windows XP/2000/2003, LINUX
·
Web
Server : Tomcat 5.5
·
Browser : IE/Mozilla
Hardware requirements:
·
Pentium processor : 233 MHZ
·
RAM Capacity : 128MB
·
Hard Disk : 20GB
·
CD-ROM Drive
·
Keyboard : 108 Standard
·
Mouse : Optical
·
Monitor : 15’’
Color Monitor
·
Monitor : 15’’
Color Monitor
