Sydney Olympic Games Organizing Committee (SOCOG)
The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
http://www.sydney.olympic.org/
Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee (SLCOOC)
The Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games
http://www.thoughtport.com/olympics/
2004 Athens Summer Olympics
http://www.olympic.org/games/athens/
Screen 1: Selection of Language
Screen 2: Parameters to View Sports Information By:
There are three ways in which a user can use the kiosk. A kiosk will first ask for which language the user wants. The user can choose from three languages which are English, French and Spanish. Then the kiosk will display a world map. The user will then have to touch a continent. The map will explode and show all the countries in that continent. Then the user can touch on the country they are interested in. From there, the user can pick anything they want to know about.
If the user does not like the idea of looking at a world map, they can touch a letter of the alphabet. Then a list of all the countries that start with that letter will be shown. From there the user can choose the country he/she wants to find out more information on.
A query can also be done. Instead of touching the screen, the user can type in the name of the country he/she is interested in. A list of information relating to that country will be displayed and the user can choose from that list.
Development Platform: The hardware or software that World Wide Sports, Inc. will be using to make and develop the Olympic Information System.
End-user: The final users of the completed system. The end-users of the system being developed by World Wide Sports, Inc. will be athletes, coaches, members of the media, and the Sports Information Committee.
Functional Requirements: Behaviors that are expected of the Olympic Information System.
Kiosk: A bank of computers that will be hooked up to the central data base with all sports information. Kiosk for the Olympic Information System will contain touch-screens and keyboards for the end-user. This will enable users to access the latest information throughout the Olympic Village.
Non-Functional Requirements: Constraints that are placed on the development and operation of the Olympic Information System. These would include dependability, time, and budget constraints that World Wide Sports, Inc. will have to meet.
Risk Analysis: An assessment of the potential "downfalls" or loss that could occur from developing the system.
Scenarios: Descriptions of what the system will do given different variables and situations.
Storyboard: A description with actual screen shots showing what the user can expect as possible input/output data and the format it will be presented.
System Modules: Smaller sub-components that will make up the Olympic Information System.
Target Platform: The hardware/software that the Olympic Information will operate on. This includes the hardware and software needed for the database server, web page, and the kiosks throughout the Olympic Village.
Touch screen: An IBM monitor that will display information and allow
input by the user touching pictures/words on the screen. Worldwide Sports,
Inc. will equip all kiosk terminals with a touch screen to enable users
to quickly and easily access all sports information.
Document Number: 1.1
Date: February 7, 1997
Name: George McMonigole
Description: Revised Project Plan — Incorporated client's suggestions
Document Number: 2.0
Date: February 9, 1998
Name: Rob Hagan, Technical Writer
Description: Put together Requirements Document and proofed
Document Number: 2.1
Date: February 11, 1998
Name: Brenda Ley, Web Master
Description: Incorporated last minute update and posted on web
Dr. Anton: AS A USER OF THE SPORT INFORMATION SYSTEM, I WANT TO BE
ABLE
TO HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ALL SPORTS; TO WHAT
ATHLETES ARE COMPETING IN ALL SPORTS; DAILY UPDATES ON THE MEDAL
WINNERS; WHAT COUNTRIES HAVE WHAT METALS. I WANT LIKE A RUNNING
TALLY. I WANT TO BE ACCESS OLYMPIC RECORDS FOR ALL DIFFERENT SPORTING
EVENTS. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEARCH BY COUNTRY SO I CAN SEE WHAT
COUNTRY (THEIR RANKING) ….I WANT TO KNOW WHAT ATHLETES ARE COMPETING
IN
THE OLYMPICS FROM EACH COUNTRY. I WANT TO KNOW WHICH ATHLETE’S FROM
A
PARTICULAR COUNTRY ARE COMPETING IN EACH SPORT. I WANT TO BE ABLE
CLICK
ON AN ATHLETE’S NAME AND BE ABLE TO VIEW THAT ATHLETE’S BIOGRAPHY.
Group 2.4: WHAT DO YOU WANT IN THAT BIOGRAPHY?
Dr. Anton: WHAT EVER LEVEL THEY HAVE ON THE SYDNEY WEB SITE.
Group 2.4: DO YOU WANT WEATHER REPORTS FOR EACH EVENT?
Dr. Anton: THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION…IF AN EVENT HAS TO BE
RESCHEDULED..BECAUSE THIS IS TAMPA…AND LIGHTENING WILL PLAY A ROLE
WITH
CERTAIN EVENTS SUCH AS SWIMMING…I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF AN EVENT
HAS TO
BE RESCHEDULED.
Group 2.4: YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO CLICK ON, WHAT KIND OF INTERFACE
ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR?
Dr. Anton: THE INTERFACE SHOULD BE TOUCH SCREEN AND KEYBOARD BECAUSE
THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN KIND OF BROWSING
THROUGH
IT AND CLICKING ON A SPORT AND FINDING WHATEVER INFORMATION IS THERE.
BUT, THERE MAY BE OTHER VIEWERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING A QUERY…THEY
ACTUALLY WANT TO TYPE A NAME OF THE COUNTRY, TYPE THE NAME OF AN
ATHLETE, TYPE THE DATE OF AN DAY AND GET INFORMATION OR THE SCHEDULE
FOR
THAT DAY.
Group 2.4: WHEN WE LIST THE WINNERS DO YOU WANT LIST THE MEDALLISTS
OR
DO YOU WANT EVERYTHING?
Dr. Anton: IDEALLY I WOULD WANT EVERYTHING.
Group 2.4: DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRINT THE
Dr. Anton: THIS IS IMPORTANT, THE USERS ARE NOT JUST ATHLETES, PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE, EMPLOYEES; THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING
ON THE SPORTS INFORMATION OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. THIS IS AN ENTIRE
DEPARTMENT. THESE PEOPLE RELY ON THE INFORMATION IN YOUR SYSTEM
TO KNOW
WHO QUALIFIES FOR WHAT. WHO QUALIFIES FROM THE PRELIMINARIES AND
QUALIFIES TO GO ON TO ANOTHER ROUND IN A COMPETITION. THEY DEPEND
ON
THIS TO DETERMINE HOW THIS MIGHT INFLUENCE SCHEDULING OF CERTAIN
EVENTS. THEY RELY VERY HEAVILY AND NEED UP-TO-THE-MINUTE INFORMATION
ON
ALL OF THIS. AS SOON AS THEY KNOW THAT ATHLETES QUALIFY, THEY HAVE
TO
START PROCESSING THE PAPER WORK TO BEGIN THE NEXT EVENT.
Group 2.4: WHERE DO YOU WANT THE INFORMATION, KIOSK OR WHATEVER,
TO BE
LOCATED AT?
Dr. Anton: AT THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE, AT DIFFERENT SPORTS VENUES, IN
RESTRICTED AREAS. RESTRICTED MEANING THE PRESS, OLYMPIC FAMILY MEMBERS,
COACHES…PEOPLE LIKE THAT GET ACCESS TO IT. BUT, WITH THIS SYSTEM
THE
INFORMATION YALL ARE DOING IS OF INTEREST TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
ALSO.
THAT’S WHY YOU WILL HAVE IT AVAILABLE ON THE WEB.
Group 2.4: SO THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL BEING GETTING THE INFORMATION
THROUGH THE WEB ON A SEPARATE INTERFACE?
Dr. Anton: RIGHT. YOU'RE NOT DESIGNING THE INTERFACE FOR THE WEB.
BUT BY
DOING YOUR PROJECT ON THE WEB AND HAVING YOUR PROTOTYPE ON THE WEB…YOU
WILL ALREADY HAVE A WEB INTERFACE. FOR PURPOSES FOR LIMITING THE
SCOPE
OF THE ASSIGNMENT, IM NOT REQUIRING YOU TO DESIGN A SEPARATE WEB
INTERFACE.
Group 2.4: IM SORRY, HOW DO YOU SPELL KIOSK?
Dr. Anton: KIOSK.
Group 2.4: AND WHEN DO PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS
INFORMATION?
Dr. Anton: 24 HOURS A DAY.
Group 2.4: YOU SAID YOU WANTED A HISTORY OF ALL THE OLYMPIC GAMES
INFORMATION, WHAT COUNTRIES WON PRIOR OLYMPICS ALL THE WAY BACK
FOR ALL
THE GAMES?
Dr. Anton: FOR THE SUMMER GAMES, YES. NOT THE WINTER GAMES.
Group 2.4: WITH THE KIOSK, THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOCATED THROUGHOUT
THE
VILLAGE, THOSE ARE JUST FOR THE ATHLETES RIGHT?
Dr. Anton: AND FOR THE COACHES..DELAGATIONS FROM THE OTHER COUNTRIES.
Group 2.4: ARE THERE ANY MORE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ATHLETES?
Dr. Anton: NOT FOR THIS PORTION OF IT. GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENED THE
SYSTEMS WERE BASICALLY OPEN UNTIL YOU WENT TO EMAIL AND THEN IN
THE
EMAIL PORTION YOU HAD TO TYPE YOUR VIP NUMBER ON YOUR BADGE.
Group 2.4: WHERE WILL OUR INFORMATION BE COMING FROM? WILL THEY
BECOMING FROM OTHER SYSTEMS?
Dr. Anton: IT WILL BE COMING FROM EVERY SINGLE VENUE. EVERY SINGLE
VENUE WHICH HAS SPORTS EVENTS WILL BE SENDING THE INFORMATION
IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR CENTRAL DATABASE.
Group 2.4: THE INFORMATION, HOW DO YOU WANT IT DISPLAYED? WE WERE
CONSIDERING MAYBE HAVING ON THE FIRST SCREEN EACH COUNTRIES FLAG
SO THAT
ITS EASILY RECOGNIZABLE. HOW DO YOU WANT THAT SETUP?
Dr. Anton: THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THAT. NUMBER ONE, NOT EVERYBODY
KNOWS EVERYONE COUNTRIES FLAG. NUMBER TWO, THERE WAS OVER 196 COUNTRIES
PARTICIPATED IN THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES IN ATLANTA. YOU'RE GONNA
WANT IT
BY COUNTRY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT MANY FLAGS.
Group 2.4: AND YOU WANT LINKS TO ALL THE INFORMATION WITHIN THE SYSTEM
AFTER YOU CHOOSE THE COUNTRY SUCH AS LANGUAGES AND WHATNOT?
Dr. Anton: WELL WITH COUNTRIES YOU WANT TO LET THEM TOUCH THE COUNTRY
AND THE LANGUAGE, EITHER ENGLISH, SPANISH OR FRENCH.
Group 2.4: THOSE ARE THE ONLY THREE LANGUAGES?
Dr. Anton: YES, THAT’S THE ONLY THREE LANGUAGES YOUR SYSTEM WILL
HAVE.
NOW GRANTED YOU'RE NOT DESIGNING THE SPANISH OR THE FRENCH. FOR
YOUR
SYSTEM I WANT YOU TO HAVE YOUR OLYMPIC INFORMATION SYSTEM SCREEN
FOR
YOUR FIRST STORYBOARD SCREEN. THE NEXT SCREEN IS ONLY YOUR SPORTS
INFORMATION LIKE.
Group 2.4: YEAH, LIKE WHEN YOU TYPE IN A COUNTRY OR WHATEVER AND
IT GOES
TO THAT COUNTRY ..IS IT GOING TO SHOW…DO YOU WANT ALL THE SPORTING
EVENTS, THEN YOU PICK ONE OF THE SPORTING EVENTS, THEN IT GOES TO
SCREEN
SHOWING WHO WERE THE COMPETITORS AND WHAT MEDALS THEY WON?
Dr. Anton: EXACTLY. BUT, GETTING BACK TO YOUR LANGUAGE QUESTION.
ON
YOUR VERY FIRST SCREEN I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PICK ENGLISH, FRENCH,
OR
SPANISH. I WANT TO SEE THAT OPTION THERE.
Group 2.4: YOU WOULD HAVE OUR SYSTEM INFORMATION ON THE VERY FIRST
PAGE…OR YOU WOULD HAVE THE LANGUAGE..ENGLISH, FRENCH, OR SPANISH
ON THE
FIRST PAGE..
Dr. Anton: I DON’T KNOW. I’M TELLING YOU I NEED TO BE ABLE TO PICK
THE
LANGUAGE. THAT’S FOR YOU TO DECIDE.
Group 2.4: OK. DO YOU WANT IN…THIS MAY NOT BE RELATED TO SPORTS
INFORMATION…BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NAGANO WEB SITE, IT EXPLAINED
TALENT OF EVERYONE….LIKE YOU WOULD LOOK UP A CITY..
Dr. Anton: THAT’S OUTSIDE – YALL HAVE SO MUCH TO WORK WITH ALREADY.
IT
MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL SYSTEM BECAUSE YOU ENVISION WHAT THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM
WILL LOOK LIKE. WHEN YALL START WORKING ON YOUR SYSTEM, YOU WILL
REALIZE THAT YOUR SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY A HUGE SYSTEM. (PAUSE)
NOW YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT SCROLLING THE COUNTRIES – REMEMBER I SAID
THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 200 COUNTRIES – IT MIGHT BE NICE IF
I COULD
LIKE CLICK OR TOUCH A – LIKE I CAN PICK THE FIRST LETTER OF THE
COUNTRY
AND HAVE A LIST WITH COUNTRIES THAT BEGIN WITH THAT LETTER.
Group 2.4: DO YOU WANT US TO PUT THE CONTINENTS – TO BREAK IT DOWN
EVEN
MORE?
Dr. Anton: I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TWO OPTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE
TO
LOOK AT A MAP AND PICK A COUNTRY OR TYPE THE NAME IN OR CHOOSE THE
LETTER. SO, THREE OPTIONS.
Group 2.4: WOULD THE MAP HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS…
Dr. Anton: I WANT THERE TO BE AN ENTIRE MAP BY REGION. LIKE YOU WOULD
TOUCH EUROPE AND IT WOULD SHOW THE COUNTRIES.
Group 2.4: SO YOU WOULD PICK EUROPE AND IT WILL SHOW EVERY COUNTRY
IN
EUROPE. OR, YOU WOULD CHOOSE SOUTH AMERICA AND IT WILL LIST EVERY
COUNTRY THERE?
Dr. Anton: RIGHT. THAT’S WHAT I WANT. BUT IN ADDITION TO SCROLLING,
I
WANT TO BE ABLE TO TYPE IN THE COUNTRY’S NAME.
Group 2.4: SO THERE WILL BE A KEYBOARD AT EVERY KIOSK?
Dr. Anton: YES.
Group 2.4: AND, DID YOU SAY YOU WANTED A PRINTER AT EVERY
TERMINAL/KIOSK?
Dr. Anton: NO. SPORTS INFORMATION WILL NEED TO HAVE A PRINTER BECAUSE
THEY WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO PRINTOUT ALL OF THE RESULTS.
Group 2.4: OK. SO, ARE THERE ANY CERTAIN REPORTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
BE
ABLE TO PRINTOUT…I MEAN WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION DO YOU WANT TO
BE ABLE
TO PRINTOUT?
Dr. Anton: OH MY GOSH DILBERT IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF FORTUNE. I’M
SORRY, IM A BIG DILBERT FAN..UMM..SORRY.. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW,
FOR
SPORTS INFORMATION..THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE RANKING WAS. WHAT
THE
ELAPSED TIME WAS ON A RACE. BUT IF IT SAYS BASKETBALL GAME, THEN
YOU
WANT THE FINAL SCORE. BUT, IF IT WAS A RACE OR TRACK EVENT THEN
THE
TIME FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL IS WHAT I WANT.
Group 2.4: WITH LIKE BASKETBALL, DO YOU WANT SOME STATS WITH THAT
OTHER
THAN WHO WON?
Dr. Anton: THAT WOULD BE NICE.
Group 2.4: LIKE THE HIGH SCORER?
Dr. Anton: YES. REMIND ME, IF YOU WANT, TO GIVE YOU A URL BECAUSE
I
ACTUALLY WATCH BASKETBALL GAMES ON THE WEB – BECAUSE THEY DON’T
PLAY
THEM HERE. THEY GIVE YOU UPDATED PICTURES THROUGHOUT THE GAME,
REAL-TIME SCORES, AND UPDATED STATS. SO, IF THAT INTERESTS YOU –
THEN
SEE ME FOR THE URL.
Group 2.4: ARE THERE ANY SYSTEM CONSTRAINTS THAT YOU CAN THINK OF?
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS?
Dr. Anton: IT HAS TO BE RELIABLE. THE DATA HAS TO BE CORRECT. BY
RELIABLE, I MEAN I WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT; IF IT GOES DOWN, THERE
BETTER BE A BACKUP. IF THE SYSTEM IS DOWN FOR DAYS, THAT JUST WON’T
FLY. IF IT GOES DOWN FOR FIVE MINUTES, THAT COULD CREATE ALL SORTS
OF
PROBLEMS.
Group 2.4: ARE WE GOING TO BE ENTERING ALL THE DATA INTO THE SYSTEM?
Dr. Anton: WELL, IT DEPENDS. THERE IS DIFFERENT KINDS OF DATA. SO,
ALL
OF THE ATHLETES' BIOGRAPHY – YOU GENERALLY KNOW WHAT ATHLETE’S WILL
BE
COMPETING FOR WHAT COUNTRY- SO, ALL OF THE ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES WILL
BE
ACQUIRED BEFORE HAND. SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO ENTER ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION. THE SPORTS INFORMATION WILL BE ENTERED BY STATISTICIANS,
OR WHATEVER THEY ARE CALLED, WHILE ALL THE COMPETITIONS ARE TAKING
PLACE
AT THE DIFFERENT VENUES. THEY WILL BE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER
ENTERING THE DATA AS IT HAPPENS.
Group 2.4: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO BUILD THE SYSTEM IN ATLANTA?
Dr. Anton: LETS PUT IT THIS WAY – A LOT OF THE SYSTEM DIDN’T WORK
UNTIL
HALF-WAY THROUGH THE GAMES. THEY DIDN’T DO TESTING. THEY DIDN’T
START
TESTING UNTIL AFTER THE GAMES STARTED. IT WAS BAD. I ACTUALLY CUT
ARTICLES OUT OF THE NEWSPAPER. THEY HAD A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO
SAY AND
A LOT OF BAD THINGS. FOR INSTANCE, I HAD A PAGER THAT MY DRIVERS
AND
ASSOCIATES COULD SEND ME EMAIL. THAT FEATURE DIDN’T WORK UNTIL THE
GAMES WERE ALMOST OVER. AND WE WERE DESPERATE FOR THAT FEATURE.
LIKE
WE MIGHT HAVE ONE PERSON AT STONE MOUNTAIN, ONE PERSON AT THE AIRPORT
AND MY DRIVER AT FORTE VALLEY GEORGIA. AND I HAD TO KEEP TRACK OF
ALL
THESE PEOPLE.
Group 2.4: HOW LONG IS THE SYSTEM GOING TO BE IN PLACE? I MEAN AFTER
THE GAMES ARE OVER.
Dr. Anton: THE WEB SITE CAN STAY UP FOR MAYBE SIX TO TWELVE MONTHS
AFTER
THE GAMES. BUT, THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS BASICALLY TORN DOWN AFTER THE
GAMES. IBM MAY REUSE SOFTWARE AND CERTAIN COMPONENTS BUT THAT’S
ABOUT
IT. ALL OF THE DATA WILL BE STORED IN A DATABASE.
Group 2.4: WHAT KIND OF PLATFORM? SOFTWARE/HARDWARE?
Dr. Anton: YOU CAN ASSUME IT WILL BE IBM WHATEVER IT IS. THEY ARE
THE
OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE OLYMPICS. SPECIAL PLATFORMS, NETWORKING,
KIOSK,
AND ALL OF THAT; I HAVE NO IDEA. YALL ARE THE EXPERTS IN THAT.
Group 2.4: CAN WE SCHEDULE A FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW?
Dr. Anton: IF YOU NEED IT. LETS WAIT AND IF YOU NEED IT WE CAN SCHEDULE
A FOLLOW-UP LATER. WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN IS I WILL LOOK AT THE
REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT. REMEMBER YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PICK ONE TRANSACTION
IN THE SYSTEM TO FOCUS ON – AND LIKE GO IN MORE DETAIL. I DON’T WANT YOU
DESIGNING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO DO THAT. SO BE THINKING
ABOUT WHICH TRANSACTION INTERESTS YOU. I’M GOING TO ASK YOU
LATER ON AFTER I REVIEW YOUR REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT WHICH TRANSACTION
YOU'RE GO IN DEPTH WITH.
Group 2.4: I GUESS FOR NOW.
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