1.1. Requirements Overview
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Contents
Short description of the functional requirements, driving forces, extract (or abstract) of requirements. Link to (hopefully existing) requirements documents (with version number and information where to find it).
Motivation
From the point of view of the end users a system is created or modified to improve support of a business activity and/or improve the quality.
Form
Short textual description, probably in tabular use-case format. If requirements documents exist this overview should refer to these documents. Keep these excerpts as short as possible. Balance readability of this document with potential redundancy w.r.t to requirements documents.
| Aspect | Summary |
|---|---|
| Business driver | The customer must replace a mostly manual RFQ workflow for Satellite-News-Gathering (SNG) suppliers with a lean, self-service SNG Provider Portal. Key pain-points are the time spent searching suppliers, non-standardised RFQs, and difficulty tracking quality. |
| Core goal | Provide a one-stop-shop SRM tool that lets company staff filter suppliers against event criteria, issue standard RFQs to several suppliers at once, collect quotes coherently, and evaluate supplier performance over time. |
| Primary stakeholders | - Order Manager (Tailor-Made Desk & Service Management), - Requester (Event Management), - Purchase-Order Approver, - External SNG Supplier. Their activities and data objects are detailed in Annex B (BPMN) and Annex C (Concept Model). |
| Functional scope | The backlog is grouped into Domain capability : – Supplier Management – RFQ Management – Offer Management – Evaluation & Feedback Support capability : – Notifications – Security & Audit – User & Role Management |
| Non-functional focus | • Responsive UI for desktop / tablet / mobile • Latency ≤ 1 s UI, ≤ 300 ms API • Throughput 10-20 searches · s⁻¹, 10 quote uploads · s⁻¹ • Interoperability-ready APIs for later SAP/contract & invoicing links (integration postponed) |
| Technical frame | - Vue 3 SPA - Spring Boot API - MySQL - Docker Governed by Decision Log (Annex E) |
| Out of scope | Instant-messaging chat live integrations with customer finance/contract systems complex RFP handling |
| Success metrics | • 80 % quicker supplier filtering • 90 % quicker RFQ dispatch • 80 % richer supplier data • 50 % more complete RFQs within 6–12 months of go-live. |