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XEROX Inter-Office Menl0randum . To Dave Liddle Date 20 October 1977 From Tim Townsend Location EI-Segundol A3-49 Ext.: 2603, 2007 Subject Progress Report for Requirements Organization SDD/SD and Planning Period 9/15 - 10/20/77 Filed on: ProgressReportl 0-20-77 Janus-I. -2 Requirements A revised draft of requirements for the Janus first and second release has been published and is currently being reviewed within SO. We intend to give these documents exposure outside SD in draft form by November 4th. Current schedule for the programming release of the Janus-I requirements revision in 1/78; Janus-2 requirements is 4/78. Our objective is to create an explicit statement of requirements in areas previously treated vaguely. A further revision of these documents will occur in late November. These revisions will include exact information on software/hardware configuration rules and limitations. D. Reil1y and V. Engstrom are both working towards additional requirements and design definition. D. Reilly is providing detailed font/ROS requirements. V. Engstrom is specifying the interfaces to foreign media. Prototypi ng Our efforts in user interface prototyping continues. The efforts have been invaluable for people to use for evaluating proposals and alternatives. This is especially true where a lot of qualitative judgement is needed. C. Irby describes the progress to date in his status report. My plan is to give more exposure to these efforts at regular intervals for individuals in planning and marketing. I will also request the group to prototype specific models to help resolve some of the more global Janus issues (required display resolution, mouse dependency, editing key use, etc.). Also, during the first half of next year, additional emphasis will be placed in prototyping training models. Meetings, Contacts. Plans \Ve have established a good working relationship with Messrs. F. Haney, R. Johnson and other personnel in planning. They will be given periodic demonstrations of prototyped models and encouraged to work with our requirements people. . Contacts and exchanges of information between technical personnel in SO and xes have commenced. Presentations on the DO. Mesa, and tools have occurred. Presentations on xes software user interfaces and interMals are scheduled. Fred Haney and I have started to review objectives for an integrated Janus/lAS environment. Contacts with Planning and B. Bebb's organizations started over the last few weeks for the purpose defining specific requirements in the Janus/ROS interface. Progress Report for Ucquirements and Planning; Period 9/15 - 10/20/77 2 I have. scheduled a meeting of SO/TPO/EOO technical personnel to review