Group Work: Use Cases

1)
Functional: Users log in, Users can view their details, Users can view their account balance, users can delete their account, users can send gift vouchers, users and visitors can browse the catalogue by genre - price or alphabetical, admin staff may log in to the administration area, admin staff may bpdate any catalogue information, users may apply for a refund.

Non-Functional: Attract new users, uses can view their purchase history, users can edit their details, users can purchase more credit, users and visitors can browse the entire catalogue, users may purchasr and download catalogue items, users and visitors may sign up for a weekly newsletter, admin staff may apply refunds to user accounts, the service should support PC and Mobile devices, the service should be online 24/7 and 365 days a year, the interface should contain groovy web 2.0 elements.

2)
Must Have: Users can login, users can view their details, Admin staff may log in to the admin area, admin staff may update any catalogue information, the service should be online 24/7 365 days a year.

Should Have: Attract new users, users can edit their details, usres and visitors can browse the entire catalogue, users and visitors can browse the catalogue by genre price or alphabetically, admin staff may apply refunds to user accounts, the service should support PC and Mobile devices, the interface should contain groovy web 2.0 elements.

Could Have: Users can view their purchase history, users can purchase more credit, users may purchase and dowload catalogue items, users and visitor may sign up for a weekly newsletter.

Want to Have: users can view their account balance, users can delete their account, users can send gift vouchers, Users may apply for a refund.

3)
Identify key concepts:
-Log in
-View Details
-Account balance
-purchase history
-edit details
-delete account
-purchase more credit
-gift vouchers
-browse catalogue
-browse genre, price or alphabetical
-purchase and dowload items
-weekly newsletter
-admin area
-update catalogue info
-apply refunds
-appling for refunds
- PC and mobile
-online 24/7 365 days
-web 2.0
Initial model:
4)
5)
Use case name: Buying an item online
Actors: Visitor
Start page: Home Page
Use case descritpion:
1. The actor clicks on browse catalogue
2. The actor browses by alphabetical
3. The actor chooses a product
4. The actor proceeds to purchase the item.
5. The site shows the result of his purchase.

Storyboarding 2

"Modify the previous storyboard to include the 'Client page' & 'Form page' icons as shown on page 39. These icons may be harvested from this week's powerpoint presentation."

Storyboarding 1

"Reverse engineering - Using the online shopping process you documented last week, create a storyboard for the process using the example on page 38"

Blog Task Week 2

Self Study Questions:

1. The Unified Process is a Iteractive process.
2. The Acronym that is sometimes used for refering to the four levels of prority for requirements is MoSCow Meaning Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Want to Have.
3. The type of diagram that shows the main concepts and relationships in a system is use case diagram.
4.The name that is given to a user in a particular role in a use case diagram is an Actor which takes up many different roles.
5. A Storyboard is a design process which has, in an example of a website, would have one design for a web page on each board. then in the end joining them together to create the site itself.
6.The direction that the time axis usually goes in a sequence diagram is Horizontal.
7.A server page is used for dynamic content rather than static.
8. The site logo on a web page is commonly found on the left hand side in the top corner.
9. Breadcrumbs help a user to see where they were, where they went next and where they are now. and with the breadcrumbs that have links its easy to return to those previous pages.
10. one way to reduce the size of HTML downloads is put the information in a database. it reduces the size and time it takes to download the HTML.

Blog Task Week 1

Self Study Questions:

1. Blog is Short For "Web Log"
2. Wiki is a site on the internet that anyone can edit.
3. The format of an IPv4 IP Address is a 32 bit binary number, Formated like 123.123.123.123. The range of numbers is between 0 and 255.
4. Out of org, int, ant and mil the domain that is not in the top level is ant.
5.The type of HTTP request that is normally used to send data to the server is POST.
6. The port number for non-secure HTTP connections is usually port 80.
7.The name that is given to web based resources that are not public but only available behing the org's firewall is the intranet
8. The window based application links in portal sometimes are called Portlets....
9. Wikipedia is a site that is like an encyclopedia that anyone can edit or create entries. (Wikipedia is not always right)
10. n-tier architecture is a large number of pcs "running different parts of the system across multiple teirs." (page 12)

Exercises:

1.1) Looking up some sites with Top level domain names: An example of an org is www.earthwatch.org (Research and info on sustainbly environment.), Example of a edu is www.edna.edu.au (resouces contributed by educators), Example of a mil is www.nic.mil (US defense department's registry service for its military top level domain), and last example of a top level domain for int is www.itu.int (The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland).
Now for a few examples that are top level domains not featured on the diagram on page 6: www.plexicomm.biz (IT&T consultancy.), www.countrylink.info (rail and coach network), europe.coop (global mark of cooperative identity), www.ozmobi.mobi (information about anything to do with australia formatted for mobile devices.).


1.2) Finding online web based word processors: Google Docs, Buzzword, WriteToMyBlog.

Playing around with the word processors i'm guessing that most of the layers in the word processing example would be applied to the tiers. The business logic tier might be a difficult one for the online word processors but other than that the rest can work with the programs.

1.4) The blog is actually, as SMH wrote, one of the worlds best blogs. the site is called Techdirt and features many tech blogs. The author of one of top posters makes very detailed post on what is in the tech news and writes it out in detail. The reason it seems so popular is because its not only interesting to read, it can also produce discussion on the opions of the writer.

Madman Shoping Cart Review.

When you come into madman's website you are confronted with a huge java slide show. The reason I knew it was java is because i looked at the source code. To me the image is too big and it doesnt show and information until you scroll down which means theres alot of effort.


Also on the front page, Its a very eye friendly site. It's not as bright for your eyes. There are many different columns as you can see and each have a different lot of information. Like for promotionas, sales, New releases and new in cinema. To me the page is too long. It drags on and on and my suggestion to them will be to spread it out on more than one page.
The links to get off the page and start shopping is a little difficult to understand. You can browse so many different things. To me i think they dont need as many. I guess for people Like myself who use this site can easily just type in the show we want to get.

Theres 3 Different views when wanting to see the product. The one above is a detailed view. This view shows a overall view of the product. Notice the helpful ad's on the side. They show the other aspects of the site.

With the list view every item is shown in text form. I'd say that this is for people who know what they want rather than people who dont.

The Bookshelf view is the last different view of the catalouge. This view i found the most appealing. The page was set out evenly and the information was in a rollover effect. I really found it useful.
This is the Details page. You can see how neatly its set out. You can see the summery and even try before you buy by watching the epsiodes online.


This is the cart. Again neat and tidy. You can see what other people have bought and watch madman recommends for you on your purchase. Enter a coupon is a plus, but i havent seen a coupon code in years.

Here is where you sign up. I'll note the Head image, A Step by step is used here. so of course following the process is easy. you can login as a returing user as well. This page is also secure.
This is as far as i got. this where information is put in. Nicely space again and very friendly

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