Transcript Software Requirement Specifications for DACNET

DACNET Software Requirements
Specifications
DACNET: An INTRANET of the Department of Agriculture &
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.
Purpose: To usher in e-governance in the Directorates and Field Units
Component:
 Deployment of e-business infrastructure
 IT Empowerment of human resource
 Development of e-governance applications
Focus of E-Governance Applications:
•Better Planning, Management of resources & Productivity
•Improved Business Process & Delivery of services
•Dissemination of information &More Transparency in working
• Efficient Tracking of agricultural situation & Monitoring of
Program/Scheme implementation
• Effective Collaboration & Sharing of resources
Objectives:
 To strengthen information management capability of Directorates
and Field Units
 To facilitate sharing of resources and effective collaboration in
planning and implementation of national policies and central
programs/ schemes
 To facilitate efficient dissemination of information to users and
citizen
 To provide efficient communication and access to internet
 To improve decision making process and. delivery of services
 To empower employee to use IT resources effectively for efficient
management of information and communication.
Limitations of Manual System:
o Inherent delay in processing and retrieval of information
o Lack of accuracy and consistency in reporting
o Loss of efforts and time in serving queries of repetitive nature
o Duplication of work in different Directorates
o Lack of transparency in working
o Under utilization of information resources
o Significant delay in traditional methods of communication
o Lack of quality in planning and management of resources.
Department of Agriculture & Cooperation
Functions:
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Planning, Implementation & Monitoring of Central Schemes
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Policy formulation for thrust areas of agricultural development
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Implementation of Acts&Regulations and provide services
 Registration of Insecticides, Plant Quarantine services
 AGMARK Certification
 Quality Control of fertilizers,
 Testing of Farm equipments
 Training & Demonstration (IPM, Extension, Farm Equipments)etc.
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Ensure supply of input to Agriculture
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Promotion of IPM, Bio Fertilizers etc.
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Allocation/ Release of funds and monitoring of utilization
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Advice and Guidelines for implementation of policies/Programs
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Tracking of Agriculture situations & Crop forecasting
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Collection ,Collation & dissemination of Agricultural Statistics
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Ensure minimum returns to farmers for their produce
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Coordination with national & international organizations
Organizational Structure
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Directorates/ Attached offices
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Field Units/ Centers of Directorates/ Laboratories
Scheme implementation:
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Central Schemes for states are implemented by State
Governments with the assistance from DAC.
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Schemes have set of components/ subcomponents
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Directorates provides technical guidance and monitor progress
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Directorates implement schemes through their centers and
perform set of activities/ deliver services
Flow of Information:
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Targets fixed by DAC in consultation with States and
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Directorates collect information on progress from State and
Requirements
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Messaging & Collaboration
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Portals for dissemination of subject specific information
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Document Management Systems
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Subject Specific Application Systems (OLTP)
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Work flow Applications
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Decision Support Systems for each scheme with respect to
key parameters/ indicators (OLAP)
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Databases
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General Software for Administrative and Finance, Library,
Inventory etc.
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Facilities for Broadcasting Messages and News
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IT training for efficient use & management of the systems
Major Activities at Directorate/ Field Units level
• Pest Surveillance survey, Control measures and Training at Field
• Issuance of Phytosanitory certificate/ Import Permit/ Release Order
• Testing of Insecticides samples at Pesticides Laboratories
• Issuance of AGMARK Certificates for grading and authorization
• Testing of samples at AGMARK Laboratories
• Inspection and Testing of Fertilizers’ samples
• Promotion and Production of Bio fertilizers
• Testing and Quality checks for farm machinery & equipments
• Scheme/ Program Monitoring
• Database maintenance ( Area, Production, Land Use, Minimum
Support, Wholesale and Retail Price, Market Arrival, Import, Export,
Spatial data etc.)
•Technical Survey ( Market, Soil, Farmer’s feedback, )
• Budget Allocation and Expenditure Monitoring
• Document Management (technical papers/ Analytical reports, Package
of Practices/ Statistical handbook, Annual / Performance reports etc.)
• Management of Library Books and Publications
• Management of Inventory of items (AGMARK labels, Bio Fertilizer
Production, Farm Production, Laboratory equipments/ Farm equipments
etc.)
• Sales of Bio Fertilizers/ Farm Productions etc.
• Maintenance of Accounts for Receipt and Expenditure, Preparation of
salary bills, leave records, Loan and Advances, TA/DA etc.
• Maintenance of personal records including posting and training
• Training and Demonstration
• Management of Films/ Audio/ Visual Aids for extension education
Suggested Decision Support Systems based on Data Warehousing
• Land Use Planning
• Minimum Support Pricing
• Production Planning
• Price Movements Analysis
• Pest Risk Analysis
• Integrated Pest Management
• Locust Warning
• Resource Management ( Manpower, Infrastructure, Technology)
• Budgeting & Financial Resource Planning
• Program Planning and Evaluation of Scheme
• GIS Application for Ongoing Scheme
Work Flow Application
•Formulation of Scheme
•Testing of Insecticides Samples
• Testing of Commodity Samples for Grading License/ Authorization
• Testing of Samples (Bio fertilizer)
• Testing of Commodity Samples for Pests & Diseases
• Inspection and analysis of Indigenous/ Imported Fertilizers
• Testing of Farm Machinery and Equipments
• Training Program
• Leave Application
• Loans & Advances
• Document
Workflows are a collection of tasks with associated
documents that are passed to users or groups in a
particular order. You can use it to send a contract
draft document for review through certain set of
people who does different operations on it like
reviewing, annotating and approving.
Subject specific Application System
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Program/ Scheme Monitoring
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Issue of AGMARK licenses/ Authorization Certificate
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Market & Commodity survey
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Bio Fertilizer Production & Marketing
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Fertilizer Quality Control
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Standard Specifications of Farm Machinery & Equipments
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Integrated Pest Management System ( Pest Surveillance
Survey, Bio-control efforts, Weather&Climate and Training
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Pest Risk Analysis for country consultation
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Issue of PSC, Import Permit, Release Order for Import and
Post Quarantine Inspection: To make integration of database
from all the centers at headquarters
Subject Specific Application Systems
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Phyto Pest Compendium: Integration of Pest database on 82
crops with Climatic Database, GIS surveillance and convert
to web enable system.
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Integration of Pest Free Zones
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Pest Control Operators (recognition of the expertise and
approval of the firm)
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Monitoring of Pesticides Consumption & Availably
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Locust Survey
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Market Intelligence (Market, Arrival, Price)
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Crop Intelligence
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Farm Research Activities
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Agricultural Extension
Database
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Land Use Statistics
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Irrigation Statistics
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Price Statistics (Wholesale, Retail, Procurement, MSP)
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Market Arrivals
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Cost of Production Statistics
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Trade Statistics (Import & Export)
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Area, Production and Productivity Statistics
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Supply & Demand of Insecticides, Bio Control Agents
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Seed Demand, Production, Distribution & Consumption
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Fertilizer Demand, Production, Distribution & Consumption
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Reports/ Publications/ Research Studies/ Methodology
Portal
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Intranet Portal
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Website
Document Management
• Progress Reports/ Guidelines/ User Manual/ Technical Reports
• Executive briefing
• Input on agriculture situation/ Parliament Questions
• Success Story/ Best Practices/
General Application Software
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Office Procedures Automation (OPA)/ File Monitoring
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Personnel Information System (Office Soft)
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Composite Payroll System (CPS)
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Inventory Management System
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Accounting Information System for PAOs (PAO2000)
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Library System
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Budget & Expenditure Monitoring
Implementation Strategy
• Design and Development at State/ Central level
• Implementation through State Coordinators
• Component Model for Design of Applications/ services
• Client/ Server and Web based Distributed System/
SQL / Exchange based Work Flow at Directorate/
Centre
• Development tools: ASP, VB, XML, HTML, Crystal
Report,
• System software: Windows XP/ Windows 2000, Office
XP, SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000, ebiztalk Server, e-commerce server,
• Specialized package: GIS, Share Point Portal
Component types of distributed .Net Application/ Service
General Design Recommendations
• Identify Components
• Design all components of same type to be
consistent using a model/ set of models
• Understand interface between components and
keep coupling low and cohesion
• Keep the format used for data exchange consistent
• Keep code that enforces policies abstracted
• Determine the kind of layer to be enforced