System Requirements Survey

[Nur]

Nurtel CEO Visit To Somalia 2001-2002

 

 

Fact Finding Trip Report for jump starting Somalia System V 91.0

 

 

Somalia V. 91.0 had crashed beyound repair, for the last 12 years unqualified technicians and engineers have attempted to treouble shoot the system, but with no result, today users are running their applications on smaller systems written to run essential applications, required by users.

 

By far the most stable of the new systems is Somaliland 2002, specially after the first smooth log-on and password change of the new system Manager to replace the last system manager. Somaliland 2002 supports the following applications

 

1. Peace and security ( Foreign ASP Application Service Provider supported)

2. Education

3. Industry and commerce

4. Spiritulity (Coordination with Foreign ASP requirements)

5. Healthcare ( with add on application)

 

After examining the system at the main terminal ( Hargeisa Airport), I could not believe how efficient the system works, it is too scary when you think about how smoothely the system handles peace and tranquillity application. Recently the system has shown some cracks when it failed to run Tranquillity and peace application in Las Anod, a disputed site wher two systems are competing for users.

 

Another application that replaced Somalia 91.0 is the puntland 2002, a robust system remotely controled via wireless from a main frame in a non native environment, Puntland 2002 worked efficiently for the past ten years, but the system was designed to support exisiting Commercial applications.

 

Lately though the system crashed couple of times, but the system manager restored operation back to normal in record time. Some users have tried to run some spirituality applications on Puntland 2002 with no successs, System managers decided not to run any spiritual application on the Puntland 2002 system. In my last trip to Galkaio, engineers who declined to be named confided to me that the reason the Puntland system does not support Spirituality application is because on a daily basis, a non standard interface connecting the system to a non-native host system database in Addis Ababa,. The Host System was not designed to support spirituality applications.

 

When I visited Mogadishu, the HQ that housed Somalia 91.0 system, I was amazed how resourceful the local residents were . Theirs is a system that everyone can log on in Mogadishu and vicinities, Called CHAOS 2002. The sytem allows multiple access, no passwords are required to access the system, and everyone has access to the source code if they can invoke a Clan allegiance password.

 

What surprised me in the Chaos 2002 was that it actually runs well if you adjust your pull down menue buton to ( Personal security very low to insignificant) mode, while touring the HQ, I could hear loud sounds and the system engineers assured me that it was a periodic system crashs caused by two subusers belonging to the Father-of-Camels Clan, Engineers spent four days to run the ( tranquillity application) The engineers later told me that the Little-Orphans subClan are not compatible with the Good-News-Reporters subClan, but a temporary solution was found, the Engineers were more worried about another system inconsitency affecting other system users such as the Happiness Clan and their cousins.

 

The strength of Chaos 2002 system is that it is a distributed system, humming within the HQ environment, it could be down in Medina but working fine in Laba dhagax, users are used to fatal errors, they believe that at any time the system can crash, those not affected carry on and live goes on.

 

South of Mogadishu, I was told , that in Kismaio the CHAOS 2002 is working fine and the Jubba lands are connected to Addis Ababa via sattelite where foreign engineers are maintaing the system to make sure that if any integrated systems is placed in Mogadishu, that the system should support the Applications Service Providers current applications, specially the Tigrenya Security and Fisq applications.

 

After this quick tour, I thought about the idea of developing a new system that can accomodate all users who were using the Somalia 91.0 and here is my initial plan:

 

 

Phase one: Gather requirements of the system ( From Somalinet audience) Here I need your input, what would you like the system to do?

 

User groups can be : 1. Tribal, Color, Sex, Religious preference, Anarchists, etc.dreamers, ..

 

Their requirements can be: Peace, food, faith, health care, education, fun, sports etc.

 

The outcome possibilities are result of the matrix of the above two lines. but to filter them to workable sets, we need to analyze the requirements which brings us to next Phase.

 

Phase Two: Analyze requirements of different user groups for conflict. Developers are worried that some users requirements may critically impair other users or put them out of business. So a delicate job is to weigh the requirements by a fair benchmark, This will lead us to set up a Standard and a Benchmark to accomodate all groups, or as much s possible.

 

Phase Three: Agreement on common standards acceptable to all: After studying the standards issue, our developers have come to a difficult standard: Here is their Motivation:

 

If we select any groups standatd, the other will refuse, because each standard protects the group that has endorsed it, so to be fair we looked for a standard by an outsider. Here we found two choices.

 

1. Terrestial

2. Extra terrestial

 

after a long debate, the Developers agreed to adobt the Extra Terrestial Benchmark standard. Again Developers found many Standards that claim to be Extra terrestial, after careful examining of all the Standards, the Developers selected ISLAM as the best fit solution for the Somali Users of the sytem, since virtually all Somalis accept this standard, a unanimous deceision was reached to Adobt Islam as the Standard on which to base the Sytem requirements.

 

Phase Four: Conflict resolution based on Standards : Once the Islam Standard is established, A developer team will carry out a Conflict resolution project to narrow down conflicts and bridge concerns, one ancient remedy in this regard is to have each Clans representative marry from its rival to cement love and affection. Other ideas are still flowing and yours is needed.

 

Phase Four: Technical Requirements of the system ( technical Team) Here, A technical team will meet to sift through the heaps of documents collected in other phases, and will meticulously lay down a unified list of requirements for the system, to be presented to Sytem designers.

 

Phase five: System Design this phase will employ all talents available to translate the requiremens into a working system. Your resumes are needed so that we can use your skills where they are neede best.

 

Phase Six: System Testing: Developers will test the system in selected sites, depending on the application mostly used and needed

 

Final Phase: Soft Launch of the system, without any fanfare, the system will be launched quitely and Developers will be on the highest allert to respond to any failures. A Call Center will be set up to learn dynamically the problems, log histories, follow up repair and assign jobs to the most qualified technicians on the pool. A CRM system will be employed to work with the Call center. The Call center will be managed by System specialists who have helped in the development, later , the most experienced Developer will be propmoted to become Chief System Manager, He will not be a human, he will be a SONY assembed ROBOT with artificial intelligence.

 

Nur

 

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[Faheema.]

A well detailed project plan. I can see you’ve analysed the system very well. However, as you are aware this system has gone through the testing and implementation stage, and it was running efficiently for some time, till that is, the main operating system was updated, from then onward various applications proof to be incompatible and countless users were finding it difficult to operate the system leaving them displeased and exasperated. :mad:

 

I would say giving the history updating this system will only create more errors. Thus, you’re better of leaving its custom build applications run as his has been.

 

Salaamu Alaykum

[Nur]

Huda sis

 

You write :

 

" I would say giving the history updating this system will only create more errors. Thus, you’re better of leaving its custom build applications run as his has been"

 

 

As I pointed out, this was an old report i wrote 2 years ago, after returning from a fact finding trip. The objective of the post was to solicit a techno jargon approach in pinpointing the massive system breakdown, devise a solution path arount the mess ( Huda Path) and come up with an out of the box solution, leaving a problem take its toll on next generation is an expensive option in the longer run, and that may not have been your intention, any more thoughts to calrify your remarks is appreciated sis.

 

 

Nur

[Caano Geel]

What! what are you people talking about, what system? sounds interesting but please give more backround i.e. what is somalia 91.0 and what happened to all the 90 ver's before, is this a joke?, very confused

[nuune]

^^^ lol caano geel

[Faheema.]

Brother Nur.

 

My main concern is that, if for instance Somalia V 9.1 merged with the Somaliland 9.2 there would be major conflict and as you have stated in your initial findings, Somalia v9.1 is at a critical stage. Furthermore, users who are currently content with the stable and well functioning system (Somaliland v9.2) would not be willing to let the two systems integrate, why because these users have lost valuable data, a data which can not be recovered even if the main system was to be formatted, thus the element of trust has been lost.

Somalia V 91.0 is still unstable and it could crash anytime, now tell me which user/s would be willing to risk losing their data again? Talk about being suicidal. :eek:

 

As a system analyst I would say let this System (SL v9.2) with its custom build application run, they have proofed their success so far and is not like they haven't tried the old way, now let them give it a shot using their method/s.

 

Note: Many of these users have witnessed the old system and are now cautious and sceptical to say the least, as they say “once bitten twice shy”

 

P.s. If and when Somalia V 91.0 is stable and users are free of error/system overload. Who is to say they can’t communicate and share data?

 

Caano Geel The Project Manager (Nur)will explain in good time. I'A

[Nur]

Walaalo Huda

 

I thinak if you re read my proposal that the new system that I am proposing has passed testing, and in reality has been operational for the most part of the past 14 cenruries. The system is not a terrestial system, it came down in patches for 23 years, it was applied in Arabia were similar problems like ours existed, were many users of the Shirk 657 system were at odds in Madina, the Khazraj and Aws were in conflict all the time when an extra terrestrial system came down, and immediate;y, when the system was installed, the two groups joined a new cluster called Ansaar cluster, the Ansars later on took their new sytem to Makkah were the Shirk Usres abandoned their obsolete system and agreed to subscribe to Islam super system.

 

I am very sympathetic to their plight of the Northern birds of our country, but I know that we have more in common than European Community and the USA, acknowledging system failure should not mean accepting failure, our contribution to this life will be measured of how many failures we troubleshoot, diagnose and devise a solution path around the problem, because when we are given good minds, the tax is to help solve problems for those who created the problems for lack of good minds,.

 

A problem can not be solved at the same level that it was created ( Albert Einstein)

 

So, Huda Sis, if you are not part of the solution, you will remain to be part of the problem, and that is a waste for such a brilliant mind!

 

 

Nur

[Faheema.]

Now that a new Operating System A-Y v.’04 has been appointed and approved by the majority of stakeholders. Do you think it will restore and eventually replaced the existing tailor-made mini systems? How will it tackle the current bugs/viruses? What makes it different and unique from the previous ones and what should the end users expect?

 

Moreover, how does it plan to deal with its main rival SL v9.2 ? will it run parallel or simply phase out?

 

Lets hope this system is user friendly and does not crash and burn as soon as the field testing begins, I sure wouldn’t want to see another disheartened and disappointed users.

[Nur]

Faheema sis

 

Are you still around? or you have moved back to Gabiley?

 

I think Somalia is heading for mini- systems, I plan to join the Azania System which promises its users to hear Azan ( Daily Prayer Calls ) , Establish Prayers, Enforce payment of Zakat, Poor Due, uphold the Sharia Law and declare Allah as the Head of the State, the Holy Quraan as the Constitution and Prophet Muhammad as the example to emulate in all aspects of our life.

 

 

Nur