ReliefNet
Distributed Aid Management System
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Team Melancholy
Mahiul Kabir 220041109
Nayeem Hossain 220041139
Sohom Sattyam 220041141
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Organization Overview & Problem Context
Organization Core function Key need
ReliefNet, a consortium Coordinate disaster‐relief Replace ad-hoc, manual
of NGOs and government aid requests and processes with an
agencies resource allocations in integrated, distributed
real time system to reduce delays
and duplication
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- Submission of aid requests by
affected communities
- Resource allocation & tracking
In-Scope -
by aid workers
Integration with partner agency
inventories
- Automatic notifications and
reporting
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- Financial disbursement
systems
Out-of-Scope - Logistics transport scheduling
- In-field GPS tracking of
individual shipments
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Context-Level Data Flow
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Entity-Relationship
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High Level Use Case
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High Level Use Case
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How the Models Define Initial Scope
- Boundary clarity: DFD shows exactly which entities interact
- Data structure: E-R diagram highlights core data
requirements and cardinalities
- Functional view: Use cases map actor goals to system
functions
- Outcome: These artifacts align team understanding, guide
subsequent detail design
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- Users: Field aid workers &
Operational community liaisons
- Info needs: Transaction logs,
Level real-time request queues
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- Users: Regional coordinators
Middle - Info needs: Resource-utilization
metrics, SLA compliance
Management dashboards
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- Users: Executive sponsors &
Strategic -
donors
Info needs: Summary reports,
Management trend analyses, impact
assessments
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