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Daniel So

20 August

INCEPTION
Key System Elements

• Server for all the RFID tags to be linked to
  
• Database for all of the objects with RFID tags
  
• Access to the server for clients to change things
  
• Backup servers in case something goes wrong with the system. (power outs, short circuits, hardware errors)
  

Key Stakeholders

• People who join the system
  
• Clients that buy the RFID tags
  
• Designers of the RFID system
  
• Community that implement the RFID system
  
• Shopkeepers that use RFID tags
  
• General public with privacy issues
  

Key Risks

• Privacy issues with the RFID system
  
• Faulty hardware might result in more theft
  
• Items may be overlooked during stocking
  

ELABORATION
1. Use Case Scenarios

• You are the owner of a small shop of mobile phones. You often have break ins but things are never stolen or taken from the shop meaning that someone, perhaps a neighboring shop could be the culprit. During the day the phones are all accounted for but at the end of the day there is always a single phone missing from the stock. This could be misplaced or something however the owner is annoyed and wants to stop this from happening daily. The RFID system would be very helpful.
• In a supermarket there is always an issue of products being either stolen, not enough of, or none on the shelf. Customers find it irritating should a product have none left on the shelf. A quick way that would help the supermarket is to have RFID tags on all their products. The location of each product is constant, therefore if a product is low or there is none left on shelf the RFID tracker would be able to tell you and you could immediately replenish stock while making good customer relations.
• Every householder always loses or misplaces something important during their lifetime in the home. What is harder than to search your whole house for this important object and come up with nothing? The RFID tags would prove most useful to the householders. Find something important, tag it with a RFID tag and you will never lose track of anything again.

2. Use Case Diagrams
case 1
shopkeeper -> mobile phones -> database -> RFID tracker -> item recovered

case 2
supermarket -> stock -> database -> RFID tracker -> no complaints, happy owner

case 3
tennant -> missing item -> database -> RFID tracker -> item found

Comments
Just did some formatting, still getting used to this wiki stuff...
Jimmy 20/08/07 10:20PM

Did some more formatting. This is quite good Daniel. I like your use case scenarios. Similar to mine..
Anna 21/8/07 5:04pm