Requirements Specification
for a Classroom Scheduling Tool
Version 1.0
11 December 2013

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Problem Statement
  • 1.2. System Personnel
  • 1.3. Operational Setting
  • 1.4. Impacts
  • 1.5. Related Systems
    • 1.5.1. Mimosa
    • 1.5.2. Lantiv
    • 1.5.3. EMS Campus
    • 1.5.4. Wise Timetable
    • 1.5.5. Rediker Software
    • 1.5.6. Quintessential TimeTable Generator
    • 1.5.7. Feature Comparison Matrix
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  2. Functional Requirements
  • 2.1 User Interface Overview
    • 2.1.1 Scheduling Administrator
    • 2.1.2 Instructor
    • 2.1.3 Student
  • 2.2 Basic Schedule Generation
  • 2.3 Database Management
    • 2.3.1 Instructors
    • 2.3.2 Courses
    • 2.3.3 Rooms
  • 2.4 Advanced Schedule Generation and Editing
    • 2.4.1 Constraints
      • 2.4.1.1 Time Constraints
      • 2.4.1.2 Course Overlap
      • 2.4.1.3 Adjacent Course Distance Proximity
      • 2.4.1.4 Lecture/Lab Time Proximity
    • 2.4.2 Administrator Preference Setting
    • 2.4.3 Manual Schedule Generation
    • 2.4.4 Viewing Schedule Attributes
    • 2.4.5 Schedule Generation Errors and Conflicts
      • 2.4.5.1 Not Enough Instructors
      • 2.4.5.2 Not Enough Rooms
      • 2.4.5.3 Instructor Preference Fitting
      • 2.4.5.4 Time Conflicts
      • 2.4.5.5 Room Conflicts
      • 2.4.5.6 Exceeding Work Time Units (WTUs)
  • 2.5 Viewing Schedules
    • 2.5.1 Viewing by Course
    • 2.5.2 Viewing by Room
    • 2.5.3 Viewing by Instructor
  • 2.6 Student Access
  • 2.7 Instructor Interface
  • 2.8 Details of File Commands
    • 2.8.1 Scheduling
    • 2.8.2 Databases
    • 2.8.3 Exit
  • 2.9 Details of Edit Commands
    • 2.9.1 Cut, copy, paste
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  3. Non-functional Requirements
  • 3.1 Performance
  • 3.2 General Characteristics
    • 3.2.1 Security and Privacy
    • 3.2.2 Simplicity versus Power
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  4. Developer Overview
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  5. Formal Specification