Vision and Scope Document

for

Tour Assistant (My TGuide)

Prepared by

Ayesha Kashaf Noor

Ayeza Baseer Awan

Kainaat Arshad

Copyright © by Karl E. Wiegers. Permission is granted to use, modify, and distribute this document.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents................................................................................................................ii
Revision History..................................................................................................................ii
1. Business Requirements..................................................................................................1
1.1. Background............................................................................................................1
1.2. Business Opportunity.............................................................................................1
1.3. Business Objectives and Success Criteria..............................................................1
1.4. Customer or Market Needs.....................................................................................1
2. Vision of the Solution....................................................................................................1
2.1. Vision Statement....................................................................................................2
2.2. Major Features........................................................................................................2
2.3. Assumptions and Dependencies.............................................................................2
3. Scope and Limitations...................................................................................................2
3.1. Limitations and Exclusions....................................................................................2
4. Business Context...........................................................................................................2
4.1. Stakeholder Profiles...............................................................................................2
4.2. Operating Environment..........................................................................................3

Revision History

Name Date Reason For Changes Version

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1. Business Requirements
My TGuide is a free tourism-guide application (with built-in features which can be purchased)
for the people who love travelling. It will provide them with several features which are missing
in the present tourism application ranging from live location access, continuous weather updates,
exploration of new/hidden places, sharing of the stories, re-planning, planning of trips as per
their interest and chat area within the application.

1.1. Background
Travel apps that are available on the internet just plan the trips. No interest-based searching is
facilitated through these apps, you must find the place where you want to go all by yourself.
Secondly, if any calamity occurs like landslide, heavy-rain, or road blockage, etc. These apps
will just notify you that you must cancel the trip. Furthermore, the travel apps available act as
static apps, they do not grow their destination spots. The travel apps do not address the issue of
finding hidden/new places and yet they remain hidden. Many apps available in the market don’t
allow where people can chat with users and ask about their experiences with the app or their
tourism experience that will help them decide to go on a particular venture or not. In these apps,
weather updates are given at a specific time like before the trip. Often, weather conditions keep
changing so when you do go there; travelers experience a lot of difficulties.

1.2. Business Opportunity

The system proposed in this project is a real-life problem solver for the travel interested people.
It will allow travelers to have fun touring and finding out new destinations. They can share their
stories with others and find out places and people of their interests easily. The planning features
will solve the problem of spending a lot of time in planning and finding destinations according to
their interests. The Artificial Intelligence-based system will match the interests of users of the
app and will suggest like-minded people and places. In case of any disaster, it will also re-plan
for the same user. With its live location feature, travelers can easily share and follow each other
on their journey and thus decreasing the possibility of tourists scattering and all-time updates on
each user’s location. Users can access the app from any mobile phone. Our system will also
allow the app user to chat on the same platform thus minimizing the switching platform
difficulty and further provide recommendations for their next tour. It will also enable them to
collaborate with other travelers in the community, maintain their profile, and share their travel
experience. The user will add the hidden places that they found on their journey and will add this
to the newly found places category. Throughout the trip, weather updates will be provided so that
any change in weather is handled priorly. The tourists will be kept updated about the news and
events happening around the area.

1.3. Business Objectives

BO-I: Reduce the percentage of cancellation of trips by 50% following the initial release.

BO-2: Reduce the percentage of deviation of trip plan(due to weather conditions) during its
progress by 40% following its initial release.

BO-3:Increment the business opportunities for the drivers and involved people in trips by 30%
within 6 months following its initial release.
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BO-4: The contribution in the tourism industry of the country will increment by 1% within 6
months following its initial release.

1.4. Success Metrics

SM-I: The average rating on the application satisfaction survey will increase by 1 on the scale of
1 to 5 within three months of its initial release.

SM-2: 50% of the travelers who used application once three months following its initial release
will use it at least once a month within one year of its initial release.

1.5. Vision Statement

For individuals who love travelling and are facing certain difficulties in the presently existing
applications, the My TGuide is a smart phone based travel assistance application that will allow
the travelers to relish additional features like live location access, continuous weather updates,
exploration of new/hidden places, sharing of the stories, re-planning, planning of trips as per
their interest and chat area within the application. Unlike present tourism applications which do
not offer previously mentioned features, the My TGuide will allow them to enjoy all the missing
features and will increment their chances of opting for My TGuide as their tourism assistant.

1.6. Business Risks

RI-I: The tourist guides may gather up to form a resistance to this application as it will lead to
the loss of their jobs by replacing their roles.

RI-2: Too less tourists may know the application resulting in the least ROI.

RI-3: The drivers may not agree to offer their driving services in the locations at the end
moment.

RI-4: The internet service of the user may be affected leading them to not savor the possible
functionalities of the application.

1.7. Business Assumptions and Dependencies

AS-1: The drivers will be available 15 min prior to the requested trip timings.

AS-2: Trips will be scheduled at least 24 hours before.

AS-3: The application will have an aesthetically good interface for the user to be able to access
it in a suitable manner.

DE-1: The My TGuide will be linked with the Google Maps hence must be able to communicate
with the app bidirectionally.

DE-2: If the driving service chosen is the one other than the application’s own service, the My
TGuide must be able to communicate with the third party app accordingly.
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2. Scope and Limitations

2.1. Major Features

FE-I: Create and share travel stories.

FE-2: Share hidden and explored places.

FE-3: Find the destinations and plan the trips according to their interests.

FE-4: Find the like-minded people and places.

FE-5: Replan the trip in case of disaster.

FE-6: Access live location.

FE-7: Share and follow other tourist’s location.

FE-8: Chat within the same platform.

FE-9: Collaborate with other travelers.

FE-10: Receive continuous weather updates.

2.2. Limitations and Exclusions

LI-1: Some of the places and destinations available on the destinations catalogue may not be
feasible to go to at that moment.

LI-2: The My TGuide application can only be used within the premises of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan.

3. Business Context

3.1. Stakeholder Profiles

Name Description

Tourist Tourist requests the planning of trips. He setup his account on the
application. He uses the application at least once a month to update his
travel profile. He may request the replanning of trip at any moment.
Application will improve their usability and reduce the frustration level
compared to the current applications.
Drivers Drivers access the app to setup their profile on it. They respond to the
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travel requests of the tourist. He can cancel the trip as well (with certain
consequences). Application will allow them to make offer them a platform
to earn.
Restaurants Restaurants can post their menus and up to date dishes on the app. They
can collaborate with the application as per a specified contract.
Application will provide them with streamlined business processes.
Customer Customer support is responsible for addressing the queries and
Support complaints of the tourists, drivers, and restaurants. Application will
Officials provide them the automation of previously manual tasks.
Medical Staff Medical staff can setup their official profiles on the application so that
Officials they can be contacted in case of any emergency or unexpected incident.
Application will allow them to offer their services at the time of need.

3.2. Deployment Considerations

App will have to be developed for Android smartphones and tablets as part of the first release.
And for the iOS with corresponding apps for Windows Phone and tablets to follow for the
second release. Any corresponding infrastructure changes must be in place at the time of the
second release. Videos of no more than five minutes in length shall be developed to train users in
app-based versions of My TGuide.