Solution Overview

• Type of application:

The team is proposing to create a web application where via this portal users can have the opportunity to report a missing or found item.

How it will be hosted:

The team is primarily aiming to host this web application on the following platform [AWS]

AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/application-hosting/benefits/

Due to the following reasons:

• Easy to use

• Flexible

• Cost-effective

• Reliable

• Scalable and high-performance

• Secure

Type of users [Any other thoughts]

• Users: The primary user of this application. The one that could primarely provide feedback on the web application and the one reporting the missing/found item.

• Admins: The one controlling the administrator part of the system for things like revoking and granting access to the system.

Technology Stacks

Tools:

• GitHub, Visual Studio Code

Languages:

• Python, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS

Frameworks:

• Bootstrap, Django

Infrastructure (hosting platform):

• Vercel

Solution Design

High-Level Context View Diagram

Container Diagram

Non-functional Requirements

Accessibility:

• The system shall be accessible to all its intended users.

Capacity:

• The system shall support at least 500 students at a time.

• The system can support at least 500 entries to the database at a time.

Availability:

• The system shall be available to its intended users 99.98 percent of the time (during business hours).

Performance:

• The system shall be able to support at least 100 simultaneous requests per minute.

• The system shall provide a response time using Chrome, edge, or Safari in 5 seconds.

• The system shall be able to complete 99% of all the requests in less than 1 minute.

Security:

• The system shall use encryption algorithms to safeguard the user’s password (Hashing).

• The system could but is not limited to bcrpyt, argon2, or scrypt, AWS Pipeline.

• The system shall lock the user if more than three attempts have been made.

Quality:

• The team developing the project shall review the code before deploying it.

• The team shall test the system before deploying the system.

Testability:

• The system shall offer comprehensive logging and diagnostic capabilities to enable efficient debugging and testing.

Reliability:

• The system must be able to perform without failure in 99 percent of use cases.

Usability:

• The system shall feature an intuitive user interface that accommodates users with varying levels of technical proficiency.

Privacy:

• The system shall adhere to data protection laws (such as GDPR or CCPA) to ensure user data is collected, stored, and processed securely and ethically.

Assumptions

• The team assumes that the following are met in order to provide a functional and reliable product.

• The data inserted by the user is accurate and reliable.

• There will be a robust security measure to ensure the data entered is safe and secure.

• The infrastructure can be scalable depending on how big and complex we want this application to be.

• Comprehensive error handling will be in order.