Non Functional Requirement Checklist

Security

1. Login requirements - access levels, CRUD levels 
2. Password requirements - length, special characters, expiry, recycling policies 
3. Inactivity timeouts – durations, actions 

Audit

1. Audited elements – what business elements will be audited? 
2. Audited fields – which data fields will be audited? 
3. Audit file characteristics - before image, after image, user and time stamp, etc 

Performance

• Response times - application loading, screen open and refresh times, etc 
• Processing times – functions, calculations, imports, exports 
• Query and Reporting times – initial loads and subsequent loads

Capacity 

• Throughput – how many transactions per hour does the system need to be able to handle? 
• Storage – how much data does the system need to be able to store? 
• Year-on-year growth requirements 

Availability 

• Hours of operation – when is it available? Consider weekends, holidays, maintenance times, etc 
• Locations of operation – where should it be available from, what are the connection requirements? 

Reliability 

• Mean Time Between Failures – What is the acceptable threshold for down-time? e.g. one a year, 4,000 hours 
• Mean Time To Recovery – if broken, how much time is available to get the system back up again? 

Integrity 

• Fault trapping (I/O) – how to handle electronic interface failures, etc 
• Bad data trapping - data imports, flag-and-continue or stop the import policies, etc 
• Data integrity – referential integrity in database tables and interfaces 
• Image compression and decompression standards 

Recovery 

• Recovery process – how do recoveries work, what is the process? 
• Recovery time scales – how quickly should a recovery take to perform? 
• Backup frequencies – how often is the transaction data, set-up data, and system (code) backed-up? 
• Backup generations - what are the requirements for restoring to previous instance(s)? 

Compatibility 

• Compatibility with shared applications – What other systems does it need to talk to? 
• Compatibility with 3rd party applications – What other systems does it have to live with amicably? 
• Compatibility on different operating systems – What does it have to be able to run on? 
• Compatibility on different platforms – What are the hardware platforms it needs to work on? 

Maintainability 

• Conformance to architecture standards – What are the standards it needs to conform to or have exclusions from? 
• Conformance to design standards – What design standards must be adhered to or exclusions created? 
• Conformance to coding standards – What coding standards must be adhered to or exclusions created? 

Usability 

• Look and feel standards - screen element density, layout and flow, colours, UI metaphors, keyboard shortcuts 
• Internationalization / localization requirements – languages, spellings, keyboards, paper sizes, etc 

Documentation 

• Required documentation items and audiences for each item 

November is coming

Today is 1st of November. Just left 60 days to come to a new year. Currently, i am busy with the work project, no time to think so many thing. But there are too much activities waiting for me to join since i finally active back to the sport that i join during the school day, Taekwondo, and of coz more role this time, student cum assistant instructor. Thanks to my friend, Micheal, who willing to teach me and guide me to become active taekwondo member. Recently accept so many wedding dinner invitation and feel so funny when see friend always put him and his couple photo. (i think i am feel jealous to those couples)

arr..................

Some photo to be share which i get from other web site:

Joomla (Let's Go) Session

In Malaysia, when you want to ask people to join you to go some where, you will say "Joomla, pergi". But this Joomla is no ask people go some where, this is a kind of Content Management System (CMS). It have been long time in the open source market, just recently it getting hotter and hotter.

When i just join the company, my superior ask me to redesign the website as there is a nation wide events is around the conner. Wah! When i see the product which had been done by a freelancer is a totally copy and paste work. That fellow really want to earn money for nothing. After the boss see the end product of my work, just comment that in long term the website must use the java-based and is good if can have the java-based CMS to branding the company is the java expertise.

1 year later, suddenly Bahagian K-Ekonomi Jabatan Ketua Negeri Melaka organize a seminar about the JOomla, the open source CMS, the boss encourage all of us go. Huh! What happen to the boss! Aiks... in the end the boss still follow the trend of the world. So, some of my colleague and i just join the seminar which is FOC. That the good part and i no need to work for attend the seminar.

The 2 days seminar with held just beside the office, this is the unusual seminar i ever attend. The speaker is the director of Nice IT Sdn Bhd, a active contributor to Joomla! CMS. Even the talk is no so boring, but some of the fact like fool people. I just wonder does the speaker do the preparation when he give the talk, even though he claim that he already given a lot of talk.

As usual, if you have attend any seminar in Malaysia, almost 2 hours after the talk, sure have the refreshment, too bad there is no lunch provided. The refreshmet is not enough for all the people, as the provide a small portion of it as this is a free seminar, what do you hope for. Luckly my office is near, and can rest in my own place.

After going some hand on, and some theory talk, the conclusion of the talk is if you want to know Joomla! then you try yourselves. This one i sure know. Practice make prefect. When thinking back again, i seem like waste my time in that seminar.


See... I get the attendance certificate ler.. (just for fun).

The reason no blog for some time

Just a few days ago i have receive a complain for a friend, johntim, ask me how come i no update the blog since December 2008. So sorry lol.. frenz. Thanks for concern to know what i am up to.

Actually, my nephew is living with my family now. I do not have time to write the blog as he always stick to me, and want to take over my laptop. Oh No!!! That's horrible! Does he look so cute? 100% is very cute, and is a very clever boy. Now he is 3 years old, but already know what should do and what shouldn't do. He love candy so much until you can ask him to do anything if the rewards is a candy. (This uncle so bad, ask people to fool he own nephew).

Same error do twice

Saturday night i should be happy and enjoy my day, especially attend my friend wedding dinner. But due to my stupidity i do the same mistaken which i should not be. I bump the car back again.

This is the second time i bump the car back. This is due to i so need to be rush. Initially there is no car park left around , Then i see one car want to get out. So, i rush into that area, who know that side a dead end and another Kancil stuck inside there, so i have to make way for the kancil. At that moment, is raining. So, i just reverse the car, and reverse.. then "BUMP" .. accident happen lol..

In the end, i get a car park, which will cost me i think around RM 500-800 as need to do "ma gak", repaint the bumper, and get the replacement of the left rear light set(which is don't know where to get the replacement, old car.. TOYOTA SEG model).

I feel sad and worry. I think i disppointed my parent and my brother once again as i do the same mistake again. Sorry... :'( . And i will bare the cost or repair as this is my mistake. After the car come out from workshop, i PROMISE MYSELF THAT WANT THAT CAR TO HAVE THE REVERSE SENSOR.

What happen to the My Internet speed

I tell you this is a truth fact that happen to me. I subscribe the 1MB speed from the TM Net, and this is the service i get. WTF is happening? Does this the service we get after we paid? Too bad that there is just few ISP that we in Melaka can subscribe. :(

Goodbye Trainee Frm MMU 2008: Shin and Janice

It is a great months of 2 trainees from MMU join the company since 1 Jun 2008. Today 31 October 2008 is the last day they in the company.

Even though we do not have the chance working together, but we share our feel for the local issue that happen in Malaysia. Seem like we stand at the same side.

Hope that after 1 year, when you all finish your study in MMU, both of you can join the company and become my real colleuge....

A souvenir from Shin.. which i don't know what is it.

My Short Trip to Hatyai

During last 29 August 2008, people in Malaysia busy want to celebrate the 51st Malaysia National day, while i apply 1/2 day leave and got to KL and then at night go to Hatyai with my sister and brother-in-law's family. Of course, my parents also went there too.

We start the journey around 11pm in the Friday night and reach at Hatyai around 9am.. Lucky me no need to drive there..wahaha... i just become a passenger and just sit there and sleep.

In Hatyai city, just go pray pray ... i took some temple picture in Hatyai city.. There is a lot temple picture took at Hatyai.. but all is my sister camera.. no yet have chance to get it...

No yet know what is the temple name

Goddess of mercy

View from the 4 face god temple

Oh No! It happen again Part 2

Last time i just mention to you all about the office leaking, but now due to the good weather, which is very hot and sunny, and no rain drop recently, it is very good that the office leaking problem can be push a side a while.

Furthermore, the owner of the building also come to repair it. Last year when my company having this problem, we ask them come can fix it. what they do is just mention that budget for the current year is finish. Wah.... how they spend their money? Have not reach to the year end, budget already finish. I think they should learn how to control their budget.

Lucky, while still in the early of the year, we asking them to fix the leaking problem while still have the budget. Hope that the coming raining session will no make the office leaking again.

Some picture of the leaking become a memory:

This is not a water fall screen

This is what we call fully utilize the office facility.


Some lovely scene capture during the office leaking ...:)

Oh No! It happen again

Oh No! It happen again. My office leaking again. This time i think is the worst one that happen along the time i work at here. It already 8 months i work at this company. I don't know how the owner of the building do the maintenance. Repair here after a while another place leaking.

So many water coming in...

There will have a lot of image will coming soon. But i hope that the maintenance guys will make the office no leaking in the future. And my socks no wet ..........

Leaking in the MITC office

This is not the first time the office leaking. It had been a while the office no leaking as the day no rain so much. It all happen so suddenly. Me and a coll just have a small talk, and everyone have go out for lunch. Suddenly, water drop from the roof.


Walao... all the water coming out like you open the the pipe. The water come out with non -stop.

Me and my coll just find the biscuit box, coffee box, and the sugar box to cumulate the water come down from the roof.
Those who go for lunch, their laptop even worst. Their laptop almost will go for repair shop if we not around.

you can feed a fish lol.....

wah... then i just outside, all the car park had been flooded with mud. Luckily my car park at the suitable place.

I don't how the maintenance of the building will do for it. Even the company's carpet wet like sh*t. Do we get the compaction $$? or we will shift to another office ?

Long time no on blogger

Wah .. it has been a time i have not post any thing to my small little blog. What am i busy? Well, mostly i my office work, especially now after recover from the sickness.

It has been 1 year holiday for me. Now is time for me to chase back what i have loss for this one year. of course, i also getting older in term of aging, need to step another mile stone of live : Find SHE is the one. Well, i don't know when i will have a one. But hope that soon i will have a one as i saw so many my frenz, no matter is guy or ladies, most of them have already step to other mile stone of their life.

i will try my best to post as many post as i could.

比爾蓋茲的十一項人生建議

This is some of thing that i wanna share with you all, But it is in Chinese :

1. 人生是不公平的，習慣接受吧。
   
2. 這個世界並不在乎你的自尊，只在乎你做出來的成績，然後再去強調你的感受。
   
3. 你不會一離開學校就有百萬年薪、你不會馬上就是擁有公司配屬手機的副總裁，二者你都必須靠努力賺來。
4. 如果你覺得你的老闆很兇，等你做了老闆就知道，老闆是沒有工作任期保障的。
5. 在速食店打工並不可恥，你的祖父母對煎漢堡有不同的看法：機會。
6. 如果你一事無成，不是你父母的錯，所以不要對自己犯的錯發牢騷，從錯誤中去學習。
   
7. 在你出生前，你的父母並不像現在這般無趣，他們變成這樣是因為忙著付你的開銷、洗你的衣服、聽你吹噓你有多了不起。所以在你拯救被父母這代人破壞的熱帶雨林前先整理一下自己的房間吧。
8. 在學校裡可能有贏家輸家，在人生中卻還言之過早。學校會不斷給你機會找到正確答案,真實人生中卻完全不是這麼回事。
9. 人生沒有寒暑假,人生不是學期制，沒有哪個雇主有興趣幫你尋找自我，請用自己的時間來做這件事吧。
10. 電視上演的並非真實人生。現實生活中每人都要離開咖啡館去工作。
11. 對書呆子好一點，你未來很可能就為其中一個工作。
    

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE A CHINESE

This is one of the mail i receive from my friend and it is very meaningfull.

*HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE A CHINESE
28 + 4 WAYS TO KNOW IF YOU ARE ONE*

1. You unwrap gifts very carefully, so you can save and reuse the wrapping (and especially those ribbons).

2. When there is a sale on toilet paper, you buy 100 rolls and store them in your closet or in the bedroom of an adult child who has move out.

3. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.

4. You save grocery bags, tin foil, and tin containers. You use the grocery bags to hold garbage.

5. You hate to waste food:
a ) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them. (Your mom will give a lecture about starving kids in Africa)
b ) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.

6. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, take out containers, and jam jars.

7. You have a collection of miniature shampoo bottles that you take every time you stay in a hotel.

8. You wipe your plate and utensils or wash them in a small basin of hot water before you eat every time you go to a restaurant.

9. You own a rice cooker and a slow cooker.

10. You wash your rice at least 2-3 times before cooking it.

11. You fight (verbally) over who pays the dinner bill.

12. You have a teacup with a cover on it.

13. If you're under age 20, you own a really expensive walkman if you're over 20, you own a really expensive camera.

14. You're a wok user.

15. You only make long distance calls after 7pm.

16. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached-it means they're fresh.

17. You never call your parents just to say hi.

18. If you don't live at home, when your parents call, they'll ask if you've eaten, even if it's midnight.

19. Your parents tell you to boil herbs and stay inside when you get sick. They also tell you not to eat fried foods or baked goods because they're heaty ("yeet hay" in Cantonese).

20. You e-mail your Chinese friends at work, even though you only sit 10 feet apart.

21. You always cook too much.

22. You eat every last grain of rice in your bowl, but don't eat the last piece of food on the table.

23. You starve yourself before going to all you can eat buffet.

24. You know someone who can get you a good deal on jewelry or electronics, computers.

25. You own your own meat cleaver and sharpen it.

26. Your toothpaste tubes are all squeezed paper-thin.

27. You know why this list consists of only "28" reasons.

28. You take this message and forward it to all your Chinese friends.

There are four more indications that you need to add 8:-

*29 You wrap with napkins all the knives, spoons and forks of the airline that you fly on and put in your travel bag as souvenirs.

*30 You never forget to take with you all the unused bath and facial tissues when you check out from the hotel because you believe that you have paid it all.

*31 You will laugh at yourself when you read all of them

*32 And you will always proud because you're Chinese. If you are laughing, you should be proud being one.

Inference - A Management Story, Part 2

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for a walk.

Fox	:	"What are you working on?"
Rabbit	:	"My thesis."
Fox	:	"Hmm... What is it about?"
Rabbit	:	"Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat foxes."
Fox	:	"hat's ridiculous ! Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!"
Rabbit	:	"Come with me and I'll show you!"

They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After few minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and resumes typing. Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.

Wolf	:	"What's that you are writing?"
Rabbit	:	"I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves."
Wolf	:	"You don't expect to get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit	:	"No problem. Do you want to see why?"

The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow and again the rabbit returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.

Finally a bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?

Rabbit	:	"I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat bears."
Bear	:	"Well that's absurd ! "
Rabbit	:	"Come into my home and I'll show you"

Scene :

As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the bear to the lion.

Moral:

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS TOPIC IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHOM YOU HAVE AS A SUPERVISOR.

Management Lesson In the context of the working world:

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU OR NOT.

Inference - A Management Story, Part 1

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.

Fox	:	"Do you know the time, because my watch is broken"
Lion	:	"Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you"
Fox	:	"Hmm... But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your big claws will only destroy it even more"
Lion	:	"Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"
Fox	:	"That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches"
Lion	:	"Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed"

The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.

Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.

Wolf	:	"Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken"
Lion	:	"Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you"
Wolf	:	"You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV"
Lion	:	"Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"
Wolf	:	"That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches"
Lion	:	"No problem. Do you want to try it?"

The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.

Scene:

Inside the lion's cave. In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.

Moral :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A MANAGER IS FAMOUS; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

Management Lesson In the context of the working world :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

【人生】仇人與恩人

給辛苦的上班族分享!!
很有意思的管理故事：仇人與恩人

大學剛畢業的時候，某電視公司請我去主持個特別節目，
那節目的導播看我文章不錯，又要我兼編劇。
可是當節目做完，領酬勞的時候，
導播不但不給我編劇費，
還扣我一半的主持費。

他把收據交給我說：
『你簽收一千六，但我只能給你八百，因為節目透支了。』

我當時沒吭聲，照簽了，心想 【君子報仇，十年不晚。】
後來那導播又找我，我還 【照樣】幫他做了幾次。

最後一次，他沒扣我錢，變得對我很客氣，
因為那時我被電視公司的新聞部看上，
一下子成為了電視記者兼新聞主播。

我們後來常在公司遇到，他每次笑得都有點尷尬。
我曾經想去告他一狀，可是正如高中那位同學所說，
沒有他我能有今天嗎？
如果我當初不忍下一口氣，又能繼續獲得主持的機會嗎？
機會是他給的，他是我的貴人，他已經知錯，我何必去報復呢？

後來我到了美國留學。

有一天，一位已經就業的同學對我抱怨他的美國老闆【吃】他，
不但給他很少的薪水，而且故意拖延他的綠卡 （美國居留權）申請。

我當時對他說： 『這麼壞的老闆，不做也罷。但你豈能白幹了這麼久，
總要多學一點，再跳槽，所以你要偷偷學。』

他聽了我的話，不但每天加班，留下來背那些商業文書的寫法。
甚至連怎麼修理影印機，都跟在工人旁邊記筆記，
以便有一天自己出去創業，能夠省點修理費。

隔了半年，我問他是不是打算跳槽了？
他居然一笑： 『不用！我的老闆現在對我刮目相看，又升官，又加薪，
而且綠卡也馬上下來了，老闆還問我為什麼態度一百八十度轉變，
變得那麼積極呢？』

他不但不高興，他作了『報復』，只是換了一種方法，
而且他自我檢討，當年其實是他自己不努力。

大概前五年吧！
我遇到個有意思的事。

一位老友突然猛學算命，
由生辰八字、紫薇斗數、姓名學到占星術，沒一樣不研究。
他學算命，當然不是覺得算命靈驗，而是想證明算命是騙人的東西。
原因是有一位非常著名的大師為他算命，算他活不到四十七，
他發誓，非打爛那大師的招牌不可。

你猜怎樣？
他愈學愈怕，因為他發現自己算自己，也確實活不長。

這時候，他改了，他跑去做慈善，說：
『反正活不久了，好好運用剩下的歲月，做點有意義的事。』
他很積極地投入，人人都說他變了，
由一個焦躁勢利的小人，變成敦厚慈愛的君子。

不知不覺，他過了四十七、過了四十八，而今已經五十三，
紅光滿面、生氣勃勃，比誰都活利健康。

「你可以去砸那大師的招牌了！」 我有一天開他玩笑。
他眼一亮，回問我： 『為什麼？』
又笑笑： 『要不是那人警告我，照我以前的個性，
確實四十七歲非犯心臟病不可，他沒有不準啊！』

各位年輕朋友！

你喜歡逞強鬥狠嗎？你總是心有不平嗎？
你有 【此仇不報非君子】的憤恨嗎？

一點心得
你要知道， 【敵人、仇人】…
都可以 【激發】你的 【潛能】，成為你的【貴人】。

你也要知道，許多怨仇、不平，其實問題都出在你自己。
你更要知道，這世間最好的 『報復』，就是運用那股不平之氣，
使自己邁向成功，以那成功和 【成功之後的胸懷】，
對待你當年的敵人，且把敵人變成朋友。

當 『冤冤相報何時了』的 【雙贏】 ，
能成為 【相逢一笑泯恩仇】的 【雙贏】 。

不是人生最大的成功嗎？
是不是：如果你是正確的，你的世界就是正確的？



給懂 〝珍惜〞的人

1. 遇到你真的愛的人時… 要努力爭取和他相伴一生的機會 …！
因為當他離去時 …一切都來不及了 ……！

2. 遇到可相信的朋友時… 要好好和他相處下去……
因為在人的一生中 …可遇到知己真的不易 … ！

3. 遇到人生中的貴人時… 要記得好好感激 …
因為他是你人生的轉折點 …！

4. 遇到曾經愛過的人… 記得微笑向他感激…
因為他是讓你更懂愛的人 …！

5. 遇到曾經恨過的人時… 要微笑向他打招呼 …
因為他讓你更加堅強 …！

6. 遇到曾經背叛你的人時… 要跟他好好聊一聊 …
因為沒有他的出現 ……今天你不會懂這世界 … ！

7. 遇到曾經偷偷喜歡的人時… 要祝他幸福唷 …！
因為你喜歡他時 …不是希望他幸福快樂嗎？

8. 遇到匆匆離開你人生的人時… 感謝他走過你的人生 …
因為他是你精采回憶的一部分 …！

9. 遇到曾經和你有誤會的人時… 要趁現在解清誤會 …
因為你可能只有這一次機會解釋清楚 …！

10. 遇到現在和相伴一生的人… 要百分百感謝他愛你 …
因為你們現在都得到幸福和真愛 …

To be a tolerance people

I just have a chat with my secondary friend and remind me to be tolerance in all kinds of situations, even a very simple thing in our life style. Most of us will have a thought that time is important in the life, but how about the harmony between the people? Tolerance can bring harmony to this world? Will anyone agree?

Some fight can be avoided if we can be tolerance. What for we win a fight? What will we get? Money? Proud? Think again. Does the money or the proud that we win after a fighting that hurt other people will make us invisible forever? Even after we death?

Being a tolerance people take a long time to build up. Even myself, i think is not enough tolerance. So, let's us be a tolerance to people around us for the peace of the mother earth.