Inquirer Outsource Project

Inquirer Project Overview

Inquirer is a web-based tool for creating and running online e-learning, test, examination and organizational commitment questionnaires. It consists of an intuitive wizard-style interface for drawing up questionnaires, tools to browse, analyse and publish results. The service has powerful online questionnaire management system. It allows complex multipage questionnaire with branches and custom graphics as well as a simple list of several questions. Also, the service can run in the learning mode, so users can be trained or teached on specifically designed questionnaires.

Technical features:

Target server platform:	Windows 2000/2003 Server, IIS 6.0 and more.
Target client browsers:	IE 5.0 and Fire Fox 1.0.
GUI Framework:	ASP.Net 1.1.
Data sources:	SQL server.
Data accesses:	ADO.Net.
GUI features:	DHTML, AJAX.
Localization resources:	resx files.

Business-logic features:

This tool allows to draw up a complex multipage questionnaire with branches and custom graphics as well as a simple list of several questions.
This service can run in the learning mode, so users can be trained or teached on specifically designed questionnaires.
Everything is done inside an Internet browser. No software downloads, no plugin installation required. It makes the service easy-to-use firewall-friendly and accessible throughout the world.
The strict privacy policy prevents unauthorized access to questionnaire data.

Managements and resources:

Time line: 2004 - 2005
Resources: 1 Manager, 3 Developers and 1 tester
Development methodology: adopted RUP