What are the functional and non functional requirements to set up a social network website?

Answer 1

The following are the core requirements of Project OnlineSocial Networking Forum.

· Sign upform, so that users can join in to become members

· Allowingmembers to join existing forums and create new forums. Forumsshould have owner

· and moderators to handle the forum (delete messages, ban members, delete members, invite members)

· Allowing members to post messages in forums. Messages should have limited set of emoticons (icons) that can be included in the messagetext.

· Allowing members to search other members based on profiles (name, nick, e-mail, country, city …), allowing members to search forums based on forum profile (title, description,country, members …)

· Allowing membersto accept/reject friend requests by other members.

· Should track the network of connected people, friends, friends of friends etc. Searching

· members shouldalso be supported within network of friends

· Rating ofmembers by other members.

· Members can sendprivate messages to other members.

· Members can send shared messages to other members which can be shared to any member according to the accessrights.