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Federal Government Agency – Content Management System

Business Need
A major federal agency needed to provide more timely updates of policy and guidance information to their employees and the public. However, the primary web site consisted of static pages that were costly and time-intensive to maintain. The agency considered moving to a database-driven web site, since it would help them not only display the most timely information, but also help them make changes and move them through the approval process more easily. However, the agency lacked the design expertise necessary to give the project its best chance of success.

The Solution
Excella provided the necessary analysis and design expertise, by first helping the agency understand more about “how the system would operate” instead of the more typical “what the system shall do” by re-engineering the requirements from a traditional system requirements document into a series of use cases. Excella then helped the agency decide on the system architecture and component model that would be the foundation for the design and implementation phases. Finally, Excella performed a detailed design of the component model, including the creation of various UML diagrams, such as class, sequence, activity, and state diagrams. By the end of the engagement, Excella had delivered a comprehensive set of use cases and an extensive system design so that the agency could confidently embark on the development phase.

Technologies Used
The target architecture of the system included an Apache web server, Oracle 9i Application Server and its J2EE container (OC4J), and an Oracle 8i database. All of the modeling was performed using TogetherSoft’s Together Control Center 5.5.

Requirements Analysis
System Architecture