Author: Stephen Alred
Email: alreds@mail.nih.gov
Team: caDSR
Contract: [caCORE:Contract number]
Client: NCI CBIIT
National Institutes of Heath
US Department of Health and Human Services
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Sign off |
Date |
Role |
CBIIT or Stakeholder Organization |
Denise Warzel |
11/05/08 (updated) |
Product Manager |
CBIIT |
Dianne Reeves |
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Customer |
CBIIT Curation Team |
Larry Hebel |
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Technical Lead |
CBIIT caDSR Contractor |
Dave Hau |
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Engg Mgr |
CBIIT |
The purpose of this document is to collect, analyze, and define high-level needs and features of the NCI CBIIT caCORE Curation Tool Release 4.0.0.2. This document focuses on the functionalities proposed by the product stakeholders and target users in order to make it a better product. The use-case and supplementary specifications document will detail how the framework will fulfill these needs.
Vision and Needs
The objective of this release of the Curation Tool is to address curators top priorities for bug fixes and enhancements as described in their "Top 10" list. This release will address a simplified user interface to improve performance and customer satisfaction with the product. See Functional Requirements for details.
Current Solution
Proposed Solutions
The Curation Tool will be enhanced in an iterative fashion to add features that are currently only available to curators using the Admin Tool.
Functional Requirements
Each enhancement, modification or new feature is described in detail below.
GForge number
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Brief description of functional requirement
(enhancement or new feature) |
References |
Iteration
(Approved or Proposed) |
1335 16041 |
Allow create/maintain CS and CSI Curation/CS (Top 10)
Iteration 1: Design - Nov 2008 |
CDE Curation Tool CS Maintenance
caDSR Roadmap Spreadsheet |
Approved |
16042 |
Provide UI to Create/Edit the Concept Metadata (Top 10) |
CDE Curation Tool Concept Maintenance |
4.0.0.2 -- Design Increment; defer construction to 4.0.0.3 |
2587 |
Prevent,Test, and Training; AC associations in other Contexts (Top 10) |
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Approved |
5856 |
Handle exceptions gracefully |
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if possible - LOE dependent |
14852 |
Move CDE Browser URL into tool options |
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if possible - LOE |
16748 |
Show all associations (Content Team "Top 10") |
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4.0.0.2 Design
4.0.0.3 Construction |
16837 |
Allow searching without requiring login credentials |
CDE Curation Tool UI Evolution |
Approved tentative based on LOE |
3736 |
Sorting ACs by registration and workflow status |
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Needs Approval |
Functional Bug Fixes
Each bug fix included in this release is described in detail below.
GForge number
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Brief description of bug |
Iteration
(Approved or Proposed) |
10797 |
Curation/DEC/Property : Selecting concepts to form a Property does not reuse existing |
Approved |
Non-Functional Requirements
This section describes in detail all the related requirements which must be met for this release but do not add functionality. These requirements are included in the scope and project plan due to level of effort or relative importance to the overall success of delivery of the release.
GForge number (hyperlinked) |
Brief description of non-functional requirement |
Iteration
(Approved or Proposed) |
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General Support Activities
This section describes in detail all the related activities which must be performed for this release but do not add functionality. These activities are included in the scope and project plan due to level of effort or relative importance to the overall success of delivery of the release.
GForge number (hyperlinked) |
Brief description of general support activity |
Iteration
(Approved or Proposed) |
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Stakeholder Summary
Customer Name |
Role |
Interest/Need |
caDSR Curators |
Key Stakeholder Community |
Daily use of Curation Tool for maintaining caDSR content |
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CBIIT Staff/Contractor Name |
Role |
Responsibilities |
Dianne Reeves |
Content Developer COTR |
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Technical Environment
This product uses the following technical components which have been derived from the current NCICB Technology Stack.
Client Interface |
- Internet Explorer 6.0 and above
- This product is not currently tested with Mozilla, however bugs are being taken and addressed for future releases.
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Application Server |
[caCORE:Example, Apache Tomcat 5.5.9] |
Database Server |
[caCORE:Example, Oracle 9i] |
Operating System |
- [caCORE:Example, Windows 2000. XP, Vista]
- [caCORE:Example, Unix (Sun Solaris)]
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[caCORE:Other] |
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Product Dependencies
This release is dependent on the caCORE components or products documented in the CORE Product Dependency Matrix.
EVS services are a critical component of the Curation Tool, providing programmatic access for constructing caDSR content.
Out of Scope Items
Items that are out of scope were evaluated as part of the initial scoping activities for this release, and subsequently not included in the final approved scope. These items are also documented in the cumulative backlog of requirements found on the product GForge site. They include out-of-scope functional requirements (enhancements or new features), bug fixes, non-functional requirements, and general support activities.
GForge number (hyperlinked) |
Brief description of item moved from the in-scope section
with brief explanation added of why it was not included in this release |
Iteration during which the item
was removed from in-scope |
4392 |
Provide Reference Document Edit (Top 10)
Reference: CDE Curation Tool RefDoc Maintenance
LOE exceeds available resources for the 4.0.0.2 increment |
4.0.0.2/Scope |
15232 |
Open help specific to a pag;
LOE exceeds available resources for the 4.0.0.2 increment |
4.0.0.2/Scope |
16779 |
Add option to refresh materialized views; Will handle with Help Desk requests |
4.0.0.2/Scope |
16052 |
This was originally pushed to a deferred status and now may no longer be an issue |
4.0.0.2/Scope |
16226 |
This was tied in with the Bulk Load work which will not be completed in enough time for this iteration, this should be done in the next iteration. |
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11372 |
This has to wait for the reference implementation in CDE Browser |
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15974 |
Rolled into Concept Metadata design and plan implementation in 4.0.0.3 |
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Project Information
CBIIT Management |
Role |
Responsibilities |
Larry Hebel |
Technical Project Manager |
Oversees development of the product: features, functions, definition of stakeholders, priorities within the scope, timeframe for release |
Dave Hau |
Engineering Manager |
Oversees NCICB caCORE software engineering practices, conducts design reviews, guides technical development |
Denise Warzel |
Product Line Manager |
Oversees NCICB caCORE product line. Responsible for overall product integration, major and minor release cycles. Supports Product Manager. |
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Please update this scope to include items for which Development can be completed before Thanksgiving.