Hotel Management System

Software Requirements Specification

Document

Prepared by
Raja Rozali Raja Hasan
Trixxia Sdn Bhd

Version: 1.0 Date: (16/02/2011)

 Hotel Management System Software Requirements Specifications

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 3
1.1 Purpose 3
1.2 Scope 3
1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations. 4
1.4 Overview 4

2 The Overall Description 4

2.1 Product Perspective 4
2.1.2 Software Interfaces 4
2.2 Product Functions 4
2.3 User Characteristics 5
2.4 Apportioning of Requirements 5
2.5 Assumptions and Dependencies 5

3 Specific Requirements 6
3.1 External Interfaces 6
3.1.1 User Interfaces 6
3.1.2 Software Interfaces 6
3.1.3 Hardware Interfaces 6
3.1.4 Communication Interfaces 7
3.2 Functional Requirements 7
3.3 Nonfunctional Requirements 9
3.3.1 Performance Requirements 9
3.3.2 Logical Database Requirements 9
3.3.3 Design Constraints 10
3.3.4 Standards Compliance 10
3.3.5 Reliability 10
3.3.6 Availability 10
3.3.7 Security 10
3.3.8 Maintainability 10
3.3.9 Portability 10

4 Change Management Process 11

5 Document Approvals 11
5.1 Team One Approval 11
5.2 Team Two Approval 11

6 Supporting Information 11

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1 Introduction
The following subsections of the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) document
provide an overview of the entire SRS.

1.1 Purpose
The Software Requirements Specification (SRS) will provide a detailed description of
the requirements for the Hotel Management System (HMS). This SRS will allow for a
complete understanding of what is to be expected of the HMS to be constructed. The
clear understanding of the HMS and its’ functionality will allow for the correct software
to be developed for the end user and will be used for the development of the future stages
of the project. This SRS will provide the foundation for the project. From this SRS, the
HMS can be designed, constructed, and finally tested.

This SRS will be used by the software engineers constructing the HMS and the hotel end
users. The software engineers will use the SRS to fully understand the expectations of
this HMS to construct the appropriate software. The hotel end users will be able to use
this SRS as a “test” to see if the software engineers will be constructing the system to
their expectations. If it is not to their expectations the end users can specify how it is not
to their liking and the software engineers will change the SRS to fit the end users’ needs.

1.2 Scope
The software product to be produced is a Hotel Management System which will
automate the major hotel operations. The first subsystem is a Reservation and Booking
System to keep track of reservations and room availability. The second subsystem is the
Tracking and Selling Food System that charges the current room. The third subsystem is
a General Management Services and Automated Tasks System which generates reports to
audit all hotel operations and allows modification of subsystem information. These three
subsystems’ functionality will be described in detail in section 2-Overall Description.
There are two end users for the HMS. The end users are the hotel staff (customer service
representative) and hotel managers. Both user types can access the Reservation and
Booking System and the Food Tracking and Selling System. The General Management
System will be restricted to management users.

The Hotel Management System’s objectives is to provide a system to manage a hotel that
has increased in size to a total of 100 rooms. Without automation the management of the
hotel has become an unwieldy task. The end users’ day-to-day jobs of managing a hotel
will be simplified by a considerable amount through the automated system. The system
will be able to handle many services to take care of all customers in a quick manner. The
system should be user appropriate, easy to use, provide easy recovery of errors and have
an overall end user high subjective satisfaction.

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1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations.

SRS – Software Requirements Specification
HMS – Hotel Management System
Subjective satisfaction – The overall satisfaction of the system
End users – The people who will be actually using the system
1.4 Overview
The SRS is organized into two main sections. The first is The Overall Description and
the second is the Specific Requirements. The Overall Description will describe the
requirements of the HMS from a general high level perspective. The Specific
Requirements section will describe in detail the requirements of the system.

2 The Overall Description

Describes the general factors that affect the product and its requirements. This section
does not state specific requirements. Instead it provides a background for those
requirements, which are defined in section 3, and makes them easier to understand.

2.1 Product Perspective

The HMS is an independent stand–alone system. It is totally self contained.

2.1.1 Hardware Interfaces

The HMS will be placed on PC’s throughout the hotel.

2.1.2 Software Interfaces

All databases for the HMS will be configured using MySQL. These databases include
hotel rooms and customers information. These can be modified by the end users. The
room database will include the room numbers and if they are vacant or occupied. The
customers information database will contain all the information of the customer such as
first name, last name, number of occupants, assigned room, default room rate(may be
changed), phone number, whether or not the room is guaranteed, credit card number,
confirmation number, automatic cancellation date, expected check in date and time,
actual check in date and time, expected check out date and time, amount owed by
customer, and abbreviated customer feedback.

2.2 Product Functions

Reservation and Booking System
• Allows for typing in customer information
• Has a default room rate that is adjustable
• Includes a description field for the changed rate
• When a customer checks in, the room number will be changed to occupied in the
database
• Ability to modify a reservation

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• When no rooms are available and a customer would like to extend their reservation
their information will be placed in a database and when there are rooms available
the first customer on the list will have the room
• When a customer checks out the amount owed is displayed
• If the internal clock states that is a customer’s time to have checked out and
customer has not checked out, adds an extra night to amount owed and provides a
report
• Records that room is vacant
• Records payment
• Allows for space to write customer’s feedback

Tracking and Selling Food System

• Tracks all meals purchased
• Charges the current room as necessary

General Management Services and Automated Tasks System

• Reports generated to audit hotel occupancy, future occupancy, room revenue, and
food revenue
• Exception reports listing exceptions to the normal cost
• Allows addition, deletion and modification of information on rooms and rates,
menu items and prices, user profiles
• Creation of users and assigning passwords

2.3 User Characteristics

Educational level of HMS computer software – Low
Experience of HMS software – None
Technical Expertise – Little

2.4 Apportioning of Requirements

The audio and visual alerts will be deferred because of low importance at this time.

2.5 Assumptions and Dependencies

- The system is not required to save generated reports.
- Credit card payments are not included

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3 Specific Requirements
This section contains all the software requirements at a level of detail, that when
combined with the system context diagram, use cases, and use case descriptions, is
sufficient to enable designers to design a system to satisfy those requirements, and testers
to test that the system satisfies those requirements.

3.1 External Interfaces

The Hotel Management System will use the standard input/output devices for a personal
computer. This includes the following:
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Monitor
• Printer

3.1.1 User Interfaces

The User Interface Screens are described in table 1.
Table 1: Hotel Management User Interface Screens
Screen Name Description
Login Log into the system as a CSR or Manager
Reservation Retrieve button, update/save reservation, cancel reservation,
modify reservation, change reservation, adjust room rate, accept
payment type/credit card
Check-in Modify room stay (e.g., new credit card), check-in customer (with
or without a reservation), adjust room rate, special requests,
accept payment type/credit card
Checkout Checkout customer, generate bill
Hotel Payment Accept payment for room and food
Room Service/Restaurant Create order, modify order, view order, cancel order, generate
meal bill
Customer Record Add or update customer records
Administer Rooms Availability and rates
Administer User Create, modify, and delete users; change password
Administer Meals Create, modify, and delete meal items and prices
Reports Select, view, save, and delete reports

3.1.2 Software Interfaces

The system shall interface with a MySQL database.

3.1.3 Hardware Interfaces

The system shall run on a Microsoft Windows based system.

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3.1.4 Communication Interfaces

The system shall be a standalone product that does not require any communication
interfaces.

3.2 Functional Requirements

Functional requirements define the fundamental actions that system must perform.The
functional requirements for the system are divided into three main categories,
Reservation/Booking, Food, and Management. For further details, refer to the use cases.

1. Reservation/Booking
1.1. The system shall record reservations.
1.2. The system shall record the customer’s first name.
1.3. The system shall record the customer’s last name.
1.4. The system shall record the number of occupants.
1.5. The system shall record the room number.
1.6. The system shall display the default room rate.
1.6.1. The system shall allow the default room rate to be changed.
1.6.2. The system shall require a comment to be entered, describing the reason
for changing the default room rate.
1.7. The system shall record the customer’s phone number.
1.8. The system shall display whether or not the room is guaranteed.
1.9. The system shall generate a unique confirmation number for each reservation.
1.10. The system shall automatically cancel non-guaranteed reservations if the
customer has not provided their credit card number by 6:00 pm on the check-in
date.
1.11. The system shall record the expected check-in date and time.
1.12. The system shall record the expected checkout date and time.
1.13. The system shall check-in customers.
1.14. The system shall allow reservations to be modified without having to reenter all the
customer inforamtion.
1.15. The system shall checkout customers.
1.15.1. The system shall display the amount owed by the customer.
1.15.2. To retrieve customer information the last name or room number shall be used
1.15.3. The system shall record that the room is empty.
1.15.4. The system shall record the payment.
1.15.5. The system shall record the payment type.
1.16. The system shall charge the customer for an extra night if they checkout after
11:00 a.m.
1.17. The system shall mark guaranteed rooms as “must pay” after 6:00 pm on the
check-in date.
1.18. The system shall record customer feedback.
2. Food
2.1. The system shall track all meals purchased in the hotel (restaurant and room service).
2.2. The system shall record payment and payment type for meals.
2.3. The system shall bill the current room if payment is not made at time of service.
2.4. The system shall accept reservations for the restaurant and room service.

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3. Management
3.1. The system shall display the hotel occupancy for a specified period of time (days;
including past, present, and future dates).
3.2. The system shall display projected occupancy for a period of time (days).
3.3. The system shall display room revenue for a specified period of time (days).
3.4. The system shall display food revenue for a specified period of time (days).
3.5. The system shall display an exception report, showing where default room and food
prices have been overridden.
3.6. The system shall allow for the addition of information, regarding rooms, rates, menu
items, prices, and user profiles.
3.7. The system shall allow for the deletion of information, regarding rooms, rates, menu
items, prices, and user profiles.
3.8. The system shall allow for the modification of information, regarding rooms, rates,
menu items, prices, and user profiles.
3.9. The system shall allow managers to assign user passwords.

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3.3 Nonfunctional Requirements

Functional requirements define the needs in terms of performance, logical database
requirements, design constraints, standards compliance, reliability, availability, security,
maintainability, and portability.

3.3.1 Performance Requirements

Performance requirements define acceptable response times for system functionality.
• The load time for user interface screens shall take no longer than two seconds.
• The log in information shall be verified within five seconds.
• Queries shall return results within five seconds.

3.3.2 Logical Database Requirements

The logical database requirements include the retention of the following data elements.
This list is not a complete list and is designed as a starting point for development.

Booking/Reservation System
• Customer first name
• Customer last name
• Customer address
• Customer phone number
• Number of occupants
• Assigned room
• Default room rate
• Rate description
• Guaranteed room (yes/no)
• Credit card number
• Confirmation number
• Automatic cancellation date
• Expected check-in date
• Expected check-in time
• Actual check-in date
• Actual check-in time
• Expected check-out date
• Expected check-out time
• Actual check-out date
• Actual check-out time
• Customer feedback
• Payment received (yes/no)
• Payment type
• Total Bill

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Food Services
• Meal
• Meal type
• Meal item
• Meal order
• Meal payment (Bill to room/Credit/Check/Cash)

3.3.3 Design Constraints

The Hotel Management System shall be a stand-alone system running in a Windows
environment. The system shall be developed using MySQL database.

3.3.4 Standards Compliance

There shall be consistency in variable names within the system. The graphical user
interface shall have a consistent look and feel.

3.3.5 Reliability
Specify the factors required to establish the required reliability of the software system at
time of delivery.

3.3.6 Availability
The system shall be available during normal hotel operating hours.

3.3.7 Security
Customer Service Representatives and Managers will be able to log in to the Hotel
Management System. Customer Service Representatives will have access to the
Reservation/Booking and Food subsystems. Managers will have access to the
Management subsystem as well as the Reservation/Booking and Food subsystems.
Access to the various subsystems will be protected by a user log in screen that requires a
user name and password.

3.3.8 Maintainability
The Hotel Management System is being developed in Java. Java is an object oriented
programming language and shall be easy to maintain.

3.3.9 Portability
The Hotel Management System shall run in any Microsoft Windows environment that
contains PHP engine and MySQL database.

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4 Change Management Process

Changes to this document may be made after approval from the project manager and the
client approval officer.

5 Document Approvals

5.1 Team One Approval

________________________ ____________
Raja Rozali Raja Hasan Date

5.2 Team Two Approval

________________________ ____________
Hamdan Harun Date

6 Supporting Information
A system context diagram as well as use cases and use case descriptions will be
developed in separate documents.

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