1.

Introduction
The document aims at defining the overall software requirements for online book store.
Efforts have been made to define the requirements exhaustively and accurately.

1.1 Purpose
This specification document describes the capabilities that will be provided by the
software
application ‘online book store’. It also states the various required constraints by
which the system will abide. The intended audience for this document are the
development
team, testing team and end users of the product.

1.2 Scope
The software system being produced is called online book store .It is
being produced for a customer interested in selling books via the Internet.
The Book E-Commerce System will allow any user to create an account to become a
customer. The customer, through the process of account creation, will have the option to
become a member of the site. The system will allow customers to browse, search, select,
and add books to a shopping cart. Then, provided they have books in their shopping cart,
check out books in shopping cart and decrement the stock that the inventory the system
maintains. The system also allows a manager to manage the inventory with full create,
retrieve, update and delete functionality with regards to books in the system.

1.3 Definitions, Abbreviations and Acronyms

SRS- Software Requirement Specification
OBS- online book store
Customer- A person who is purchasing book
Administrator/Admin- User having all the privileges to operate OBS
Staff- Staff of the university operating URS and coordinating the admissions

1.4 References
Object Oriented Software Engineering by Yogesh Singh and Ruchika Malhotra, PHI
Learning private Limited,2012
IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirement Specifications- IEEE standard
830-1998
IEEE standard for software test documentations-IEEE standard 829/1998

1.5 Overview
The SRS is divided into three major sections introduction, overall description and
specific
2. Requirements
2.1 Product Perspective
The Online Shopping System shall be developed using client server architecture and will
be compatible with Microsoft Windows operating system. Front end of the system will be
developed using HTML5, CSS, javaScript, bootstrap the back and will be developed
using PHP

2.1.1 System interfaces

University Database: It contains student’s and staff’s details like branch, program, role,
etc
2.1.2 User interfaces
The Online Shopping Portal will have the following user friendly and menu driven
interfaces:
1. Login: Allow the entry of Only authorised users through valid login ID and password.
2. Add to Cart: To allow customer to add item to cart.
3. Edit Cart: To allow member to edit the information of products.
4. Checkout: To allow customer to make payment.
2.1.3 Hardware interfaces
1. Screen resolution of at least 640*4 80 or above.
2. Support for printer.
3. Computer system with Internet connections.

2.1.4 Software interfaces

1. Microsoft Windows operating system.
2. A web browser( chrome, firefox etc).

2.1.5 Communication interfaces

In OBS, communication is via WAN( Wide Area Network )

2.1.6 Memory Constraints

At least 512 MB RAM and 500 MB space of hard disk will be required to run the
software.

2.1.7 Operations
This product release will not cover any automated housekeeping aspects of the database.
The
administrator at the client site (i.e. University) will be responsible for manually deleting
old/non-required data. Database backup and recovery will also be handled by
administrator.
However, the system will provide a ‘Reset System’ function that will delete (upon
confirmation from the Administrator) all the existing information from the database.
2.1.8 Site adaptation requirements
In the URS, the terminal at the client side will have to support the hardware and software
Interfaces specified
2.2 Product functions
The Online Shopping Portal will allow access only to the authorised users with
specific roles( system administrator, customer,member). Depending upon the users
role, he /she will be able to access only specific modules of the system.
A summary of major functions that the Online Shopping Portal shall perform includes:
1. Login facility for enabling only authorised access to the system.
2. System administrator will be able to add modify delete view product,
3. The customer will be able to item to cart.

2.3 User characteristics

Qualification: At least matriculation and comfortable with English.
Experience: Should be well versed about the process of University library.
Technical experience: Elementary knowledge of computers.

2.4 Constraints
1. The software does not maintain records of periodicals.
2. There will be only one administrator.
3. The user will not be allowed to update the user id.
4. To reduce the complexity of the system, there is no check on delete operation.
5. The administrator should be very careful before editing of any product.

2.5 Assumptions and dependencies

1. The academic section will provide the list of admitted students.
2. The login ID and password must be created by system administrator and
communicated to concerned users to avoid unauthorised access to the
system.
3. The acquisition section of the library will provide the list of the books purchased by
the library.

2.6 Apportioning of Requirements

No such requirement

3. Specific Requirements

This section contains the software requirements in detail along with the various forms to
be developed.
3.1 External Interfaces Requirements

CART PROTOTYPE:

BROWSE INVENTORY
LOGIN PAGE

BOOK LISTING
3.2 Functions
3.3 Performance Requirements
Should run on 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM machine
Responses should be within 2 seconds
3.4 Design constraints
None
3.5 Software System Attributes
Usability
The application will be user friendly and easy to operate and the function will be
easily understandable
Reliability
The application will be available to the candidates through the registration period and
have a high degree of fault tolerance
Security
The application will be password protected. Users will have to enter correct login ID
and password to access the application
Maintainability
The application will be designed in a maintainable manner. It will be easy to
incorporate new requirements in the individual modules
Portability
The application will be easily portable on any windows based system with a modern
web browser
3.6 Logical Database Requirements
The following information will be placed in a database :
Table name Description
Login Records the login details of the user ID and password
Student Records the details of the student
Staff Records the details of the staff
Branch Records the branch status
Notification Records all the notifications generated
3.7 Other Requirements
None