“CropQuest: Farming Delight” is a dynamic mobile app designed for agricultural enthusiasts. Users can remotely cultivate a variety of crops, including corn, wheat, and tomatoes, using realistic farming techniques such as planting, watering, and harvesting. The app provides a virtual farm environment where users can manage their crops’ growth cycles, monitor soil health, and combat pests to ensure a bountiful harvest. Additionally, players can participate in fun challenges like crop contests and trade produce with other virtual farmers to expand their farming empire.
Name: Yu Dong
Student number: 47271823
User Registration: Allows users to create a new account. User Login: Enables registered users to log into the system. User Management: Allows users to manage their personal information and account settings. Basic Operational Features:
Farm Management: Enables users to create and manage their own farms. Crop Management: Allows users to choose crops to plant and manage their planting status and growth progress. Watering, Fertilizing, and Harvesting: Enables users to provide appropriate water and fertilizer and harvest crops when mature. User Experience Features:
User Interface: Provides an intuitive and user-friendly interface for easy navigation and operation. Notifications and Reminders: Sends notifications and reminders to users for planting and managing crops to enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
Data Storage: Safely stores user and farm data in the backend database. Data Analytics: Provides basic data analytics features, such as displaying users’ farm data and crop growth trend charts.
System Monitoring: Implements basic monitoring of system runtime status and performance. Error Handling: Manages errors and exceptions that may occur during user operations, providing friendly error messages and solutions. Scalability and Flexibility:
System Architecture: Designs the system architecture for easy scalability and addition of new features.
Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of CropQuest will include:
1.User registration and login functionality
2.Farm management: Create and manage farms
3.Crop management: Select, plant, and manage crops
4.Basic operations: Watering, fertilizing, and harvesting crops
5.User interface: Intuitive and user-friendly interface design
6.Data storage: Secure storage of user and farm data
7.Basic data analysis: Display user’s farm data and crop growth status
8.System monitoring: Basic monitoring of system operation status
9.Error handling: Handle errors and exceptions that may occur during user operations
CropQuest has the following three most important quality attributes:
1.Availability Reason: Availability is crucial in applications like CropQuest. Farmers or players need to access the application anytime to plant, manage crops, and interact with other players. If the application becomes unavailable, it can severely impact user experience and the successful operation of the application as it may result in crop damage or prevent players from participating in the game.
2.Scalability Reason: CropQuest may attract a large number of users, especially during peak periods such as holidays or new events. Therefore, the application needs good scalability to handle a large number of users simultaneously while maintaining stability. Without proper scalability, the system may experience performance degradation or service interruptions due to high traffic, affecting user experience and game smoothness.
3.Security Reason: CropQuest involves users’ personal information, transaction data, and in-game assets, making security critically important. The application must have robust security measures to ensure that user data is not stolen or leaked, transactions within the game are secure and reliable, and to prevent various types of cyberattacks and fraudulent activities. Ensuring the security of user information and assets enhances player trust and encourages them to actively engage in the game.
To assess whether the CropQuest has delivered its important quality attributes, we follow the following evaluation methods:
1.Availability:Utilize normal runtime monitors or Application Performance Monitoring (APM) systems to monitor system uptime and availability. Conduct regular testing to simulate high loads and ensure the system remains accessible during busy traffic periods.
2.Scalability:Evaluate the ease of integrating new features or extensions into the existing system architecture. Perform code reviews and architecture assessments to ensure modularization and scalability for future enhancements. Conduct load testing, stress testing, and scalability testing to determine the system’s ability to handle increasing user loads. Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as response time, throughput, and resource utilization under different user loads.
3.Security:Conduct regular security audits, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing to identify and mitigate potential security risks. Implement security best practices such as data encryption, access control, and secure authentication mechanisms.
4.Testability:Develop automated test suites, including unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests, to validate system functionality. Measure test coverage, test execution time, and test results to assess the system’s testability and the reliability of the testing process.
5.Reliability:Define reliability metrics such as Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time to Recover (MTTR) to measure system reliability. Conduct reliability testing, fault tolerance testing, and fault simulation to identify and address potential failure points.