Architecture Constraints

General Constraints

Setup Campaign without programming

To setup a campaign, no programming shall be necessary. Configuration in various forms is allowed. 

Implementation based upon Java 

MaMa-CRM shall work on a recent Java runtime (>1.6)

Use Oracle(tm) as database

InDAC holding company has negotiated a favorable deal with Oracle Inc. considering license and maintenance fee, therefore Oracle-DB has to be used for data storage.

Software Infrastructure Constraints

• Linux operating system (preferably RedHat Enterprise Linux, as there exist hardened editions certified by several security organizations.
• Open source frameworks with liberal licenses are possible (esp.: GNU and FSF licenses not allowed)
• Code generation / MDSD preferred for development
• Use of (UML) modeling tool recommended
• InDAC prefers iterative development processes but does not impose them.
• Sound technical documentation: InDAC emphasizes long-lasting, robust and cost-effective software systems and therefore strongly requires maintainable, understandable and expressive technical documentation (part of which you are currently reading).

Operational constraints

• Every MaMa-CRM instance shall be operable in its own virtual machine
• MaMa shall run in batch/background mode to minimize operation overhead
• Complete configuration shall be possible from custom Eclipse plugin (alternatively: via browser)