Cloud Storage Software Design Report

This assignment presents a comprehensive report on the design of a cloud-based storage software application. It delves into both functional and non-functional aspects of the software, outlining its features, capabilities, and the challenges encountered during its development. The report emphasizes the efficiency and accessibility provided by cloud storage through this software application.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Non-functional requirements...........................................................................................................3
Critical system qualities, system interfaces, and user interface requirements, and system
constraints....................................................................................................................................4
The features of the functional and non-functional requirements.................................................5
Cloud-based approach.....................................................................................................................5
Strength and weakness of the cloud platform..............................................................................5
Whether the cloud platform is secure or not when the third party is involved?..........................6
System development life cycle........................................................................................................6
Pros and cons of the predictive SDLC approach.........................................................................6
Pros and cons of the adaptive SDLC approach............................................................................7
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
My health record system is one type of software that is used to keep the records of the
patients as well as of the entire organization which is necessary to maintain for a better retrieval
of data as and when required by anyone belonging to that particular organization. The software is
necessary in order to maintain the information system which is very much important for any
organization to perform any types of activities. The software has several features that help the
patients and the other members of the hospital to access the details within less period of time.
This helps the Australian people to enhance their data record system in their respective hospitals
or healthcare (El-Hajjar & Hanzo, 2014).
The report that is mentioned below contains the necessary details about the actors,
stakeholders and the managers those who are involved in the process of accessing the software.
The software helps to get the emergency details of the patients as well. The report of this
software contains the dealers who are externally connected with the software through the entire
phase. As per Fry, et al, the stakeholders are considered as the hero for the software, and provide
the necessary information that is quite helpful for the patients as well as for the managers (Fry, et
al., 2014). The details of the software are different for everyone. The level of accessing the
details varies from each person. The patients are not allowed to access the details of the mangers
and the same applies to the other members of the organization. The access level is set for the
different levels of the members.
Non-functional requirements
For the better retrieval of the information out of massive amounts of data, an organization
needs the multi-talented web-based solution or else software which can manage the entire
information system of the hospital without showing any type of faults or errors (Grinspan, et al.,
2015). The software is the collection of the millions of numbers of data, program and services
management whose primary is to:
1. Streamline and advance the processing speed of the software for those who are visiting
the hospital and to provide the full basket of community and home-based care and
services.

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2. Programs and planning services that can appropriately address the emerging needs of the
clients.
3. Supports the human resource management.
4. Measure the performance or efficiency of the user while accessing the data through the
software.
Critical system qualities, system interfaces, and user interface requirements, and system
constraints
The critical system requirements are defined as the complex integrated requirements of
the system whose performance depends on the quality and efficiency of the larger system. As per
Hemsley, et al, the data that are stored in the hospital's database is huge, so it is important to
consider the hardware-related aspects as well as the obsolescence of the components. Therefore
my health record system software maintains the critical system while designing the software
keeping the priority on the number of tasks and on the components of it (Hemsley, et al., 2017).
The system interface of the software is highly reliable that helps to transform the input into the
output without taking much time.
The collection of the inputs and the outputs from the other sources are often defined as
the interface. The interface of this software is highly effective and user-friendly. The user-
interface is identified during the requirement phase regardless of the methodology. In my health
record system, the user interface has been considered while designing the software in the
requirement phase. The UI helps to give the detailed information about the software design,
details about the product as well as the implementation of the software (Lau & Haut, 2017).
With the help of the UI in this software, the database and the other program specifications
are properly maintained that enables the user to access the data in a better way. The system
constraints of this software help to filter the supporting capabilities like the group modulation,
refining and the explanatory on the large-scale information systems of the organization. With the
use of the system constraints, the software is capable of identifying the replication on the user
access and maintains the data competency against the storage requirements.

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The features of the functional and non-functional requirements
The non-functional requirements of the software describe the functioning of the software
with the help of the usability, reliability, performance, and supportability. The usability of this
software is very high as the number of data is more.
The functions are properly tested on eth usage patterns. The reliability of the software can
be trusted as the information are always in the backup state for long years without changing the
system that helps in better software performance (Li, et al., 2014). The performance of the
software is usually high that releases the stress of the user while accessing the system. The
software "my health record system" is highly cost-effective and maintains diverse levels of
documentation.
According to Linares-Flores, et al, the functional requirements of the software deal with
the description of the system and whereas, the functional requirements of the system describes
how the system really works (Linares-Flores, et al., 2015). The functional part covers the records
of the client management, case management, client delivery system, about the scheduling
functions and human resource management. The functional part covers the performance,
usability, reliability, and accuracy of the software.
Cloud-based approach
Strength and weakness of the cloud platform
From the last few years, the cloud computing has been emerged as one of the dominant
factors in the IT infrastructure, in case of the hospitals and healthcare, educational institutes and
much more. It offers the flexibility, cost-effective and on-demand access to the users to a wide
pool of resources and functions. Leveraging it varies from the type of services, diverse user
communities as well as adopts the cloud paradigm that offers the low-cost burden to the user and
reduces operational complexity (Muñoz, Cowling & Birt, 2016).
The cloud platform is used as it provides the unlimited storage, best backup, and recovery
to the data, cost-efficient, automatic software integration, easy to access the information and
faster deployment. The disadvantages of the cloud platform are like the technical issues, the
security system on the cloud platform and the platform are prone to attacks. The entire

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connection of the cloud services are based on the internet, so the services suffer from frequent
downfall or slow speed which is not at all reliable for the business.
Whether the cloud platform is secure or not when the third party is involved?
The mental health data which are generally massive in number can be stored in the cloud
platform. Despite the rise in the public cloud platforms, the entire data of the organization are
stored in the cloud. Building the own energy-hungry data centers are always time-consuming and
expensive on part of the managers of the organization. So, it is quite difficult to manage the
hundred software application of the software "my health record system" (Nazi, 2013).
Therefore, the organization can outsource the data to the third party who can expand the
services by reducing the level of risks and fulfill the demands of the users by saving money as
well as time. The cloud provides the best services in managing the risks and controls the data to
someone else by using the various data centers (Phillips, et al., 2015).
System development life cycle
As per Willers, the SDLC approach is used to create the hardware, a software system or
the combination of the both by using the six phases of the life cycle. The system is defined as the
integration of the whole which can be used for various industries (Willers, 2013).
The phases of the software are integrated with the other components of the software to
create the whole system. Without a proper SDLC approach, it is quite difficult to design software
as the work will be divided into teams where each team has some specific work to do. It includes
the planning, designing, testing, coding, and maintenance.
Pros and cons of the predictive SDLC approach
The predictive approach helps to know the parameters in designing the phase that is
known to the developer. It also focuses on the parameters so that they will not change throughout
the process. The precise and detailed outline highlights the functionalities of the resources
include the non-functional and functional elements. It also provides the legal guidelines and
procedure to follow the implementation of the procedure while developing the software for the
storage and access of the data (Zhang, Kong & Yu, 2016).

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The sequential approach helps to maintain the framework without any deviation. The
multiple forms of the predictive modeling like the decision analysis, optimization, transaction
profiling, modeling as well as the predictive search helps the managers to influence the sales,
development of the software and manufacturing optimization.
Sometimes the data-driven approach needs to have the access to the substantial data from
a wide range of data, and sometimes from the big data set that is difficult to do. The human
behavior and algorithms fail to consider the variables and might influence the customer
accessing process. The software needs a regular update with the predictive approach otherwise
the behavior of the software will change.
Pros and cons of the adaptive SDLC approach
The adaptive approach carries the necessary task and activities as per the demand of the
project. The process is quite flexible and easily adopts the changes in the requirements (Phillips,
et al., 2015). The process generally divides the implementation process into steps that help in
faster execution and reduces the development stress and time. The approach helps to reach the
final step of developing the software within a short period of time if the steps are properly
executed and maintained throughout the project.
The approach needs the resource-intensive model and the estimation of the timeline is not
easy as it takes time when the changes are introduced in between developing the software. The
process is not acquainted with the sudden changes in the environment (Linares-Flores, et al.,
2015).
Recommendation
Both the models are useful in the respective fields, but for developing the software "my
health record system" predictive method is feasible and relevant. The approach considers the
existing the model and easily make the changes that are introduced in the architectural design. It
also helps to resolve the prevailing problems that are faced during the designing of the software.

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Conclusion
The report presents the detailed knowledge about the software, its storage capacity as
well as the approach used while designing it. Both the functional as well as the non-functional
areas have been covered that provides the necessary information about the cases and issues
raised while developing the software. The main intention of the software is to show the
efficiency when the storage is based on the cloud platform and the accessibility of it through the
software application.
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