General University

- meeting minutes for Jan 14, 1996, 12:00p

Attendence:

Ed
Jason
Wendy
Guy
Hiu
Alvin
Laura
Jeff
Tim
Chris


- the group decided Ed will be the chair for this meeting, and Alvin
will be the secretary.

- the group decided on 3 major topics:
  1 who the customer group is, and the environment for the computer
      program we are specifying.
  2 functions of the program
  3 information the program will be dealing with


List of ideas for each topic.

1:

ease of use, walk up and use
users with very little experience
size of university: scalable
we are an educational institution
dial up access
students already admitted

2:

create timetable
admin functions for updating courses
courses available depending on prerequisites
privacy concerns
print timetable
conflict identification & resolution
inquiries into course description and availability
add/drop course
change lec, lab, tut
help on using system
help for the course selection process

3:
major, minor
student personal info
courses available, time, prerequisites
current timetable
max # courses to register in at once
class list, size
fees
waiting list
term/year for registering


- the group listed the following scenarios

  * student walks up, creates a timetable with no conflicts, meets
      graduation requirements in about 10 minutes.

  * student be able to change course, lec, lab, tutorial

  * student be able to print the timetable


- split into smaller groups (2-3 people) to expand the scenarios for about 15 minutes

- decide 1 person (Alvin) will write up the draft informal specification
- Jeff agrees to give group members a tutorial on creating web pages

- Ed agrees to be the Leader and make all final decisions.
- Tim agrees to be his assistant and editor
- Jason agrees to be an editor
- Mel and Jeff agree to be the web masters
- Guy agrees to be the active secretary
- group agrees to be called 'General University (Gen U)'
- other possible designations are: tester, evaluator

- next meeting Monday, January 11, 1996 at 1:00p in the workroom
  * will discuss the informal specification draft
  * will mail the specification to a TA for comments

- done at 1:30p

PS: comments on style and content welcome.

Alvin