Requirements

To ensure success of the project, we identified a number of functional, performance, and environmental requirements. This development path was used to both guide and measure implementation. In terms of functional requirements we identified all parts of the application that were crucial to achieving the end of goal of this project. The performance based requirements were used to gain a grasp on how efficient the application would be, specifically how quick the system is in generating visualizations based on large data sets. Finally the environmental requirements allowed us to hone in on all outside dependancies that we do not have control over; ranging from external libraries being used to if a user has disabled JavaScript.

The core list of requirements for our application are as follows:

• Data Filtration:
• A visualization must be filterable, allowing the user to include or exclude specific objects from the visualization.
• Graph Selection:
  • The application should have multiple clear, responsive, interactive visualizations.
• Notifications/Messages:
  • The application should communicate critical notifications and suggested actions through a message center.
• Login Page:
  • The application should have a simple security system to prevent unauthorized access.
• Familiar User Interface:
  • The application should provide a simple, interactive, and easy to navigate user-interface that feels familiar to the user.
• Quick Load Times:
  • The application should fetch and visualize data from the database quickly and efficiently.