News Module Requirementsby Audrey McLoghlinI. IntroductionThe following is a requirements document for the News Module. The News module facilitates the creation and viewing of a News Room page. II. Vision StatementNews items are a way to keep the public informed about what is going on in any type of organization. Submissions to the News Room page made by users within the organization will allow the user to inform the public, as well as other areas within the organization, about the latest happenings and progress being made. These submissions should require approval by a site-wide administrator to avoid repetitive or inappropriate postings. Any user should also be able to leave comments on the news item. Although greatly resembling a Bulletin Board type application, the News Room differs because of it emphasis on the date of the postings. News items should be arranged by date whereas Bulletin items are generally posted by subject. Postings should also have a 'shelf life' which is set be either the user who posted the item or the site-wide administrator. III. System OverviewThe News module consists of three simple interfaces:
IV. Use-cases and User-scenariosCreating a News ItemMike Bigshot is a senior executive at a prestigious Hollywood production company, Bigshot's Big Shots. He has currently signed Chad Hitt in the much awaited sequel Legends of the Summer II. He wants to let the general public, the movie investors, and other jealous production firms know the exciting news. He goes onto www.bigshots.com (created with the ACS) and uses the news module to post a news item set to expire seven months after the movie's release date.Reading a News ItemJen Aniton, Chad Hitt's newly wed bride surfs the web while waiting for Chad to return from Los Angeles. Curious to see how the deal went she logs onto the News Room at www.bigshots.com and learns Chad signed the deal...for $48,000,000. When Chad comes home, she immediately hits him up for the new $4,200,000 house in Nob Hill she has wanted since her seventh grade trip to San Fransisco. Fred Morton, also a web addict, learns of the news when surfing on his notebook during his African Safari. He immediately leaves a 'Congratulations' comment for Chadd (he leaves the comment because it is very important everyone sees how good of friends he is with Chad).Maintaining a News ItemKim Imindevelopment, Mike Bigshot's trusty D-Girl, catches word from the director that production will run 1 year over-schedule...and $80,000,000 over-budget. She logs on to the web site and changes the expiration date of the news item to 1 year later.V. Related LinksVI.A. Requirements: The Data Model10 The Data Model10.1 News' must have a unique identifier 10.2 News' must have a scope describing what is contained in the item 10.3 News' must belong to one of the three user_groups (registered_users, all_users, public) 10.4 News' must have a title 10.5 News' must have a body 10.6 News' must have a approval_state which defaults to 'unexamined' but changeable for approval 10.7 News' can have an approval_user 10.8 News' can have an approval_date 10.9 News' can have an approval_ip_address 10.10 News' must have a release_date 10.11 News' must have a expiration_date 10.12 News' must have a creation_date 10.13 News' must have a creation_user 10.14 News' must have a creation_ip_address
VI.B. Requirements: Administrator Interface20 Administrator Interface20.1 All News items may be maintained by the the site-wide Administrator 20.2 A News Item may be created for the public or for a user group, but not both
VI.C. Requirements: User Group Interface30.1 A User Group News items may be maintained by a member of the user group or the site-wide Administrator30.2 A News Item may be created for the public or for a user group, but not both
VI.D. Requirements: User Interface40 User Interface40.1 All users may read a public News Item or a News Item from his User Group 40.2 All users may leave comments about the New Item
VII. Revision History
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