Scope and Vision Document-210109

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Scope and Vision Document

HMTV (Telugu) Web Portal

Project HMTV Web Portal

Enhancement

Author Lakshmi Kaligotla

Version 2.0 Date 21-01-09

Scope and Vision Document – HMTV Telugu Ver. 2.0

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CHANGE HISTORY

Version Change Author Date

2.0 Created the document Subash Chandra Bose 21-01-09

APPROVALS

Name Designation Signature Date

PREPARED BY

Subash Chandra Bose Sr. Business Analyst

APPROVED BY

HMTV Approvals

Rama Chandra Murthy COE

Uma Shankar

KMIPL Approvals

Anand Desai Project Manager- Technical

Dr Srini P Managing Director

REVIEWED BY:

Lakshmi Kaligotla Project Manager – Business (GS)


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DISTRIBUTION LIST

Name Designation Department

Dr. Srini Pillalamarri CEO KM

Mr. Anand Desai CTO KM

Ms. Priyanka Ch Project Coordinator KM

Mr. MVAS Kumar Tech Lead KM

Dr. Lakshmi Kaligotla CEO(GS) KM

Mr. Subash Chandra Bose Sr. BA(GS) KM

Ms. Triveni D Test Manager (GS) KM

Mr. Rama Chandra Murthy CEO HMTV

Mr. Uma Shankar HMTV


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Project Overview 5

1.1 Purpose 5 1.2 Proposed Delivery Approach 5 1.3 Project Background 5 1.4 Business Objectives and Success Criteria 5 1.5 Customer and Market Needs 5

2. Client, Stakeholders and Users 6

2.1 The Client 6 2.2 The Stakeholders 6 2.3 Solution Users 7

3. Business Context and Scope 7

3.1 Major Features 7 3.2 Scope Inclusions 7 3.3 Scope Exclusions 9 3.4 Scope Diagrams 10

4. Releases 12

4.1 Release 1 Inclusions 12 4.2 Release 1 Exclusions 12 4.3 Release 2 Inclusions 13 4.4 Release 2 Exclusions 14 4.5 Release 3 Inclusions 14

5. Constraints, Assumptions and Dependencies 15

5.1 Release 2 Project Constraints 15 5.2 Release 2 Solution Constraints 15 5.3 Assumptions 15 5.4 Dependencies 16

6. Glossary 17

7. Sign Off 18

7.1 KM Signoff 18 7.2 Client Signoff 18

1.


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Project Overview

1.1 Purpose The aim of this Project is to provide a web portal for having an alternative approach to the programs coming on HMTV and also to have an alternative revenue generating model.

1.2 Proposed Delivery Approach

The Project is being broken into independent modules and mini deadlines are set for faster delivery and Continuous Quality Assurance at each level of the project by adopting combination of V and RUP Methodology.

1.3 Project Background According to market research and statistics it is seen there are very few News Portals in Telugu and they do not have the latest news updates and as well doesn’t have news categorized accordingly. To overcome these drawbacks and to meet the basic requirements of the Society, HMTV wishes to have a News portal that will not only address the current issues but also provides with necessary information. It wants to be one place to have any information in the state and have other lifestyle required queries and information. It wants to be a one stop portal for the information on Andhra Pradesh.

1.4 Business Objectives and Success Criteria

No. Objective Measure of Success 1. To increase the number of hits

2. 3.

4. 5.

1.5 Customer and Market Needs Customer Needs

A Telugu portal for an alternative to television


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Get information on Business, Entertainment and other lifestyle

issue

Participate and express their view point on the happenings on

today’s Andhra through polling, forums and blogs

Market Needs

No Telugu portal which competes with National portals for

information

Reach Telugu readers abroad

Have a place for NRI’s to express and share news.

2. Client, Stakeholders and Users

2.1 The Client

HMTV

2.2 The Stakeholders

Key Stakeholder

Major Value Project Responsibilities Major Interests Influence (L, M, H, C)

On By

Mr. Ram Chandra Murthy

Owner of the portal

Provide approvals Project Success M C

Mr. Uma Shankar

Information provider

Coordinate from client side and provide all domain knowledge and content

use it for news posting

C C

Dr. Srini P Approvals and Management

Support

Ensuring the project Deliverables

Completion of project

C C

Mr. Anand Desai Project Manager – tech

Getting the development Done Develop and host project

C C

Dr. Lakshmi Kaligotla

Coordinating BA and Testing

Ensure smooth and quality analysis and testing

Project analysis and Quality

C C

Mr. Subash Chandra Bose

Clear and unambiguous requirements

Provide all required documents Ensure clarity between Client and technical staff

C C

Ms. Triveni D Testing Ensure quality and performance

Provide a error free application

C M


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2.3 Solution Users

S.No Type of User Their Background

1. Editors Have domain knowledge, not very comfortable with computers

6. News Readers Ok with computer handling but need ease of finding the right information

3 Administrators Very highly technical

3. Business Context and Scope

3.1 Major Features

No. Feature Description

1. The website will be in Telugu with the right logos and colors should be in main Blue with red and yellow as complimentary

2. Categorization and prioritization of news of News.

3. Dynamic News updating, both textual and video (archived, Flash and live)

4. Dynamic Menu and sections

5. Polls and SMS handling

6. Videos and audio availability

7. Images where required

8. Facility to archive the Stories

9. WYSIWYG Page Designer

10. Provision of Categorized and prioritized Advertisements

11. Customized User pages and features for registered users.

12. Provision of value added services like horoscope and other life style information

3.2 Scope Inclusions

No. Scope Description

1. Home Page Layout Design

2. Inner pages layout design


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3. Dynamic Menu Generation

4. Dynamic Section Management

5. Categorization an prioritization of news

6. News Updating

7. Provision Audio Video Snippets, both live and archived

8. News with pictures

9. Provision and categorization of advertisement area as per the pages available.

10.Video streaming

11.Registration facility for users

12.Customized home pages for users – with preferences highlighted.

13.RSS Feeds for Registered users for set preferences.

14.Value added Services

15.Entertainment section called vinodham

16.Exclusive Area for NRI News and events - Static

17.Opinion Polls must be provided page wise and category wise for both registered and Non registered Users

18.Poll answers must be associated with registered users

19.Content Management System

20.Advertisement Management System

21.Provision for Photo Journalism

22. Integration with other portals for value added services

23.Dynamic Weather reporting – detailed weather news

24.Horoscope section – static

25.Provision for Career search through other portals

26.Provision of Matrimony through other portal.

27.Default website provisions like, contact us, feedback, disclaimer etc.

28.Live TV

29.Provide feedback, Email and printing facility of news and articles.

30.Transaction Management system – Payment gateway and dynamic advertisement posting by advertisers

31.Audio Video Management system


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3.3 Scope Exclusions No. Scope Description

1. Online Shopping

2. Dynamic Real estate information with advertisement facility.

3. Dynamic Life style pages in different categories

4. Interactive Business area

5. Downloading of Music and Movies.

6. Interactive Educative Programs

7. More Interactive NRI area enabling NRI to participate and edit their area.

8. Blogs, forums, Debates

9. Search engine – bought from Google

10.Shopping Cart.

11.Password Protected Pages with editor preferences


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3.4 Scope Diagrams

3.4.1 Content Management System

3.4.1.1 From Reader View Point

3.4.1.2 From Admin View Point

CMS 1.2 Admin

1.2.1 Edit Menu

1.2.2 Edit Sections

1.2.3 Manage News

1.2.4 Manage Polls

1.2.5 Manage SMS

Portal 1.1 Reader

1.1.1 Reads News

1.1.2 Registers

1.1.3 Customize Home

1.1.4 Attains value Added Services

1.1.5 Participate in Polls

1.1.6 Participate in Blogs and forums


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3.4.2 Advert Management System

3.4.2.1 From Advertiser View Point (release 3)

3.4.2.2 From Admin View Point

CMS 2.2 Admin

2.2.1 Review Posted Add

2. 2.2 communicate with advertiser

2.2.3 Upload Ad

2.2.4 Monitor Ad

Portal 2.1 Advertiser

2.1.1 View Package

2.1.2 Registers

2.1.3 Post adverts

2.1.4 Maintains accounts

2.1.5 Review Advert response Polls

1.6 Make Payment


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4. Releases

4.1 Release 1 Inclusions

No. Scope Description (All static inclusions)

1. Category wise News Coverage

2. Display of TV Schedules

3. Home Page Layout Design

4. Inner pages layout design

5. Manual News Updating

6. News with very minimal pictures No picture gallery

7. Static Weather reporting

8. Static Business info.

4.2 Release 1 Exclusions No. Scope Description

1. Dynamic Content

2. Video both archived and Live

3. Poll Sections

4. SMS

5. Content Management System

6. Advert Management System

7. NRI Management System

8. Transaction Management System

9. A&V Management system.


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No. Scope Description (All static inclusions)

1.

Content Management System

Menu Management Section Management in the freeze layout. News Management Poll Management

SMS Management

2.

Menu Management

Dynamic Menu

First Task to be performed

Can Change Menu pads (if required)

Can add and remove submenu items

The Menu is reflected for news content management

One level of submenus

Complete Administrator control

3. Section Management

Dynamic Section Naming and categorizing

Dynamic prioritization of sections

4.

News Management

Admin Panel for easy Drag and drop for news adding into the section. News List integrated with octopus Levels of authentication for news added – authentication levels can be

set dynamically

Live preview section Restricted access It is customized based on Menu and Sections identified

5.

Poll Management

New Polls can be added and deleted Statistics of polls can be visualized Poll can be attached to page – One poll per page Poll page for viewing all polls category wise and their statistics.


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9.

SMS Management

Integrate SMS on TV Display Statistics for the SMS polls

10.

Advert Management System

upload reviewed and collected adds

4.4 Release 2 Exclusions No. Scope Description

10.Live and Archived Videos

11.Audio & Video Management System

12.Online Advertisement

13.NRI Management

14.Transaction Management with payment gateways and advert transactions


No. Inclusion

1. Post adds Online

2. Manage and review posted adds

3. Upload reviewed and collected adds

4. NRI Service Management

5. Transaction Management system

6. Audio and Video Management System


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5. Constraints, Assumptions and Dependencies

5.1 Release 2 Project Constraints

Dimension Driver Constraint Degree of Freedom

Schedule

Features

Quality

Staff

Cost

5.2 Release 2 Solution Constraints

Constraint Type Description

Application Software

Development Environment

Test Environment

Implementation Environment

Hardware Requirements

Network Requirements

5.3 Assumptions No. Assumption

1. Release 3 Inclusions and exclusion will be finalized after release 2.0 is completed

2. Assumed that the servers and infrastructure required are readily available

3. The Application is compatible from IE 6.0 and upwards


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5.4 Dependencies No. Dependency Module Name

1. Dependant on layout designed Menu Management

2. On Layout and Menu pads and menu items

Section Management

3. On Completion of Menu and section Management

News Management


Poll Management


SMS Management


Advertisement Management


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6. Glossary

Term Explanation


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7. Sign Off

7.1 KM Signoff

7.2 Client Signoff

KM NAME Designation SIGNATURE DATE

APPROVED BY Dr. Srini P CEO

APPROVED BY Mr. Anand Desai Project Manager- Tech

HMTV NAME Designation SIGNATURE DATE

APPROVED BY Mr. Rama Chandra Murthy

CEO

APPROVED BY

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