This document defines the requirements and goals of an electronic Scheduler Tool-particularly for University timetables. Instructors and administrators at California Polytechnic State University's leverage this tool to determine classroom and course assignments for each academic quarter. Students use Scheduler Tool to view instructor details of courses in advance, which enables them to prepare accordingly.
In addition to providing useful functionality, the Scheduler Tool serves as a pedagogical example of software engineering concepts and principles. The software development artifacts for the Scheduler tool are considered part of the overall Scheduler Tool package.
Further introductory material is presented in these subsections: