Milestone 1

Customers

• Commuter Students

  • Students who use a car, motorcycle, or other licensed vehicles to commute to Stevens and park on campus

• Faculty and Staff

  • Faculty and staff members who use a car, motorcycle, or other licensed vehicles to commute to Stevens and park on campus

• Visitors for Events

  • Visitors who need a daily pass for campus tours, events, and other activities 

• Stevens Transportation and Parking Department

  • Assisting the department with open spot tracking during high-capacity events

• Stevens Police Department 

  • Alleviating the need for police officers to check the Stevens parking garages for parking passes, overnight parking violations, and other improper parking practices, allowing them to focus on more critical tasks

Needs

• Real-time and accurate updates for parking spot availability 

• Reliable user-friendly application

• Unobtrusive installation by integrating software with existing camera system

• Minimize time spent looking for available parking spots

Requirements 

• The system shall detect open spots using either the original camera system or a different camera system

• The system shall detect if there is a vehicle in a parking space and return a simple "yes" or "no" response

• The system shall have an app that can show how many open parking spots are available

• The system shall monitor all parking spots continuously to determine occupancy status

• The app shall use the parking spot numbers and allocate each car to a parking spot

Needs-Requirement Mapping