Assignment 2 Question 2

Identify at least 10 functional and 5 non-functional solution requirements for the interactive shopping assistant. Are your requirements effective? Write your requirements as narrative statements that are SMART: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and testable. Number each requirement.

Functional Requirements

  1. As a Willard's customer, I want to scan an article of clothing and see recommendations/information generated.
  2. As a Willard's customer, I want to know whether an item of clothing is available in a given size.
  3. As the VP of Sales and Marketing, I want to collect information about customer choice in order to make better decisions about inventory and merchandising.
  4. As the VP of Sales and Marketing, I want to be able to send messages to customers about ongoing promotions and sales.
  5. As a Willard's customer, I want to know about any sales that are applicable to my current digital shopping cart.
  6. As a Willard's merchandising manager, I want to easily update the system with new lines of clothing when they become available.
  7. As a Willard's customer, I want a login system to provide a more personalized user experience.
  8. As a Willard's customer, I want the ability to bookmark items of clothing.
  9. As a Willard's customer, I want to know when and if the prices of my bookmarked items go down.
  10. As a Willard's sales associate, I want to be able to see a customer's recommendations during checkout to provide opportunities to up-sell.

Non-functional Requirements

  1. The system may not initially cost more than $75,000 to build
  2. Licensing costs of software may not exceed $500/year
  3. The system must allow multi-user access with at least 20 concurrent users
  4. It should run on iOS with a target platform of iPad.
  5. It must be easily deployable and should require minimal operational maintenance

Assignment 2 Question 3

What strategy would you use in this project to prioritize the requirements? Prioritize the requirements found previously according to your strategy.

The prioritization strategy we have chosen is Subjective Ranking from a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest priority and 10 being the highest. The following are the above requirements ordered from highest to owest priority.

10: As a Willard's customer, I want to scan an article of clothing and see recommendations/information generated. 10: As a Willard's merchandising manager, I want to easily update the system with new lines of clothing when they become available. 8: As the VP of Sales and Marketing, I want to collect information about customer choice in order to make better decisions about inventory and merchandising. 7: As a Willard's customer, I want to know whether an item of clothing is available in a given size. 6: As a Willard's customer, I want a login system to provide a more personalized user experience. 5: As a Willard's customer, I want the ability to bookmark items of clothing. 5: As the VP of Sales and Marketing, I want to be able to send messages to customers about ongoing promotions and sales. 3: As a Willard's sales associate, I want to be able to see a customer's recommendations during checkout to provide opportunities to up-sell. 2: As a Willard's customer, I want to know about any sales that are applicable to my current digital shopping cart. 1: As a Willard's customer, I want to know when and if the prices of my bookmarked items go down.

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