Leave Management System: Software Requirements Specification Document(SRS)

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Leave Management System
Software Requirements Specification Document
Abhilasha Lahigude (TE/IT/A-1114003)
4/9/2014
This module is a single leave management system that is critical for HR tasks and keeps the record of
vital information regarding working hours and leaves. It intelligently adapts to HR policy of the
management and allows employees and their line managers to manage leaves and replacements (if
required). In this module, Head of Department (HOD) will have permissions to look after data of every
faculty member of their department. HOD can approve leave through this application and can view
leave information of every individual.

Roll no:1114003 SRS for leave management system Date: 9/4/2014
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Contents
1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 2
1.1 DOCUMENT PURPOSE............................................................................................... 2
1.2 PRODUCT SCOPE........................................................................................................ 2
1.3 INTENDED AUDIENCE AND DOCUMENT OVERVIEW....................................... 2
1.4 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS............................................ 2
1.5 DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS.................................................................................... 2
1.6 REFERENCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.......................................................... 3
2 OVERALL DESCRIPTION.......................................................................3
2.1 PRODUCT PERSPECTIVE.............................................................................................3
2.2 PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY.......................................................................................3
2.3 USERS AND CHARACTERISTICS...............................................................................3
2.4 OPERATING
ENVIRONMENT……...........................................................................................................4
2.5 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSTRAINTS.................................................4
2.6 USER
DOCUMENTATION….........................................................................................................4
2.7 ASSUMPTIONS AND DEPENDENCIES......................................................................4
3 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.................................................................. 5
3.1 EXTERNAL INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS..............................................................5
3.2 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS............................................................................... 6
3.3 BEHAVIOUR REQUIREMENTS................................................................................. 6
4 OTHER NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS................................ 7
4.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS........................................................................... 7
4.2 SAFETY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS........................................................... 7
4.3 SOFTWARE QUALITY ATTRIBUTES........................................................................7
5 OTHER REQUIREMENTS....................................................................... 8

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1. INTRODUCTION
The following subsections of the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) document provide
an overview of the entire SRS.
1.1 DOCUMENT PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to show the software requirements of the Leave Management
software.The functionality and scope of this software are described in this SRS document.
1.2 PRODUCT SCOPE
The Leave Management software aims at helping the user to address issues from multi-
disciplinary angles related to Leave management and services.
The major benefits of this software are -
1.It is a unique software which helps to organize event without any paperwork.
2.It has a wide variety of Modules.
By just few clicks user can check the leave status, leave balance, notices and apply for and grant
leave accordingly.
1.3 INTENDED AUDIENCE AND DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
This SRS document is intended for developers , professors, students for reading. The rest of the
document contains the functional and non functional requirements of Leave Management
System.
1.4 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
LMS - Leave Management System.
LB – Leave balance.
SRS- Software Requirement Specification.
Servers: Machines that store all the information and records.
1.5 DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS
The entire document is in Times New Roman font. The headings are numbered 1,2,3... and so on
and sub-headings are numbered x.1,x.2.... and so on. Both headings and sub-headings are in
bold.
Main title : Font Times New Roman and size 14
Sub titles : Font Times New Roman and size 14
Content : Font Times New Roman and size 12
1.6 REFERENCES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Software Engineering book written by Roger Pressman ,Ian Sommerville.

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2. OVERALL DESCRIPTION
Describes the general factors that affect the product and its requirements. This section
does not state specific requirements. Instead it provides a background for those
requirements, which are defined in section 3, and makes them easier to understand.
2.1 PRODUCT PERSPECTIVE
It is aimed at replacing the tedious paper works that the companies or colleges currently use. The
system will collect data and store it for fast and easy reference. The system will provide users
with complete record of the attendance and and leaves. It will also provide information about the
leave balance(availability).The system is thus helpful to reduce the time and complexity of
maintaining the records.
2.2 PRODUCT FUNCTIONALITY
Some major product functionalities of the system are as follows:
Information about the employee/student/staff attendance.
Check for leave availability.
Maintain employee leave record.
Display notices.
Apply for leave.
Approve or reject leave application.
2.3 USERS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Primary users of the system will be employees working in company /students /staff, manager ,
HOD, Admin. Very little technical expertise is required for reading the outputted data since it is
in graphical/tabular form.
Educational level of LMS computer software – Low
Experience of LMS software – None
Technical Expertise – Little
2.4 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
Open source ,HTML,windows, Ubuntu.
2.5 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSTRAINTS
High performance, User-friendly,Security based System, validation of Users, very fast response
time.
2.6 USER DOCUMENTATION
A link is provided for help and very easy User Interface.
2.7 ASSUMPTIONS AND DEPENDENCIES
Assume that all the information entered by the user will be correct. If any wrong information
found then system will notify an alert. The system is required to save generated reports.

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3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
3.1 External Interface Requirements
3.1.1 User Interfaces
The User Interface Screens are described in table 1.
Table 1: Leave Management User Interface Screens
Screen Name Description
Login Log into the system.
Employee Display attendance of employee, no.of leaves, leave balance.Add
or update employee records.
Apply for leave Display leaveavailability, application for leave, cancel
application. Add or update leave allotment records
Leave records Display leave history.
Approve/reject leave
application
Display leave availability and application form. Add or update
records.
Staff Add or update staff records Create, modify, and delete staff
member.
Reports Select, view, save, and delete reports
3.1.2 Hardware Interfaces
The system shall run on :
Operating system: Any Windows OS.
Scripts which supports CGI, HTML & Javascript.
Web Browser : Google Chrome , Mozilla firefox.
3.1.3 Software Interfaces
The system shall interface with an Oracle or Access database.
To implement the project we have chosen HTML language for its more interactive and easy to
understand support.
3.1.4 Communications Interfaces
This System supports Google chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers.
This System involves FAQ forms for the requesting information, queries and problems etc.
3.2 Functional Requirements
 System will keep Employee records
 System provides Information about the leave approval and leave availability.
 Keep staff record.
 Keep notices record.
 Display leave history.

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4. NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Non-functional requirements define the needs in terms of performance, logical database
requirements, design constraints, standards compliance, reliability, availability, security,
maintainability, and portability.
4.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
Performance requirements define acceptable response times for system functionality.
 The load time for user interface screens shall take no longer than two seconds.
 The log in information shall be verified within five seconds.
 Queries shall return results within five seconds
 The system shall consume very little of primary memory
4.2 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Customer Service Representatives and Managers will be able to log in to the Leave Management
System. Customer Service Representatives will have access to the leave management and
scheduling subsystems. Managers will have access to the Management subsystem as well as the
leave management and scheduling subsystems. Access to the various subsystems will be
protected by a user log in screen that requires a valid UserId.
4.3 SOFTWARE QWALITY ATTRIBUTES
4.3.1 Standards Compliance
There shall be consistency in variable names within the system. The graphical user
interface shall have a consistent look and feel.
4.3.2 Reliability
Specify the factors required to establish the required reliability of the software system at time of
delivery.
4.3.3 Availability
The system shall be available 24*7.
4.3.4 Maintainability
The Leave Management System is being developed in Java. Java is an object oriented
programming language and shall be easy to maintain.
4.3.5 Portability
The Leave Management System shall run in any Microsoft Windows environment that contains
Java Runtime and the Microsoft Access database.

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