Project: Employee Management CRUD System Date: July 27, 2025 Author: [Your Name]
1. Purpose & Background
The Employee Management CRUD System aims to provide a simple web-based interface and REST API to manage employee records efficiently. It fulfills the need to maintain essential employee data such as ID, name, department, and salary with complete create, read, update, and delete functionalities.
This product will be used internally by HR staff and managers to maintain an up-to-date employee database with easy access to employee details.
2. Objectives & Goals
Enable users to list all employees in a readable tabular format.
Allow users to add new employees with required fields (name, department, salary).
Support editing employee details with a pre-filled form.
Provide a read-only detailed view of individual employees.
Allow deletion of employees with user confirmation.
REST API endpoints should support all CRUD operations for integration or future enhancements.
The UI should be intuitive with responsive, clear action buttons (View, Edit, Delete).
3. Stakeholders
Stakeholder
Role
Responsibility
Product Manager
Oversees requirements & scope
Define features and priorities
Frontend Developer
Implements HTML + Axios views
Build UI pages and integrate API calls
Backend Developer
Develops REST API
Implement API endpoints for employee data
QA Tester
Quality assurance
Test functionality and user experience
HR Users
End users
Use product to manage employee records
4. User Stories
As an HR user, I want to see all employees listed, so that I can find and review employee info quickly.
As an HR user, I want to add a new employee, so that I can keep records of newly hired staff.
As an HR user, I want to edit employee details, so that I can update information if there are changes.
As an HR user, I want to delete an employee, so that I can remove records of former employees.
As an HR user, I want to view detailed employee information, so I can get a focused read-only snapshot of an individual’s record.
5. Functional Requirements
ID
Requirement Description
Priority
Notes
FR-01
The system shall display a list of employees with fields: ID, Name, Department, Salary.
High
See listing.html
FR-02
The system shall allow adding a new employee with Name, Department, Salary.
High
add.html form submission using Axios
FR-03
The system shall allow editing existing employee details via a pre-filled form.
High
edit.html with PUT API call
FR-04
The system shall allow deletion of an employee with a confirmation popup.
The system shall provide a read-only details page to view employee records individually.
Medium
details.html showing employee details
FR-06
The system shall expose the following REST API endpoints: GET /employees, GET /employees/{id}, POST /employees, PUT /employees/{id}, DELETE /employees/{id}.
High
Backend API support required
6. Non-functional Requirements
Requirement Description
Notes
The system should be responsive and load employee data quickly.
Performance: API responses under 2 seconds
Data should be validated on client and server-side.
Name and Department non-empty, Salary positive number
System should handle concurrency safely (no data conflicts).
Backend-managed
Security: API endpoints to be secured with authentication (future scope).
Currently internal use
7. User Interface / UX
Tables with borders and clear labeling for readability.
Action buttons for View, Edit, Delete placed on each row.
Modals or confirm popups for delete actions to prevent accidental deletions.
Forms for Add and Edit with required field validation.
Navigation links to switch between listing, add, edit, and details pages.
8. API Specification
Method
Endpoint
Description
Request Body
Response
GET
/api/employees
Retrieve list of all employees
None
Array of employee objects
GET
/api/employees/{id}
Retrieve one employee by ID
None
Employee object
POST
/api/employees
Create a new employee
JSON with name, department, salary
Created employee object
PUT
/api/employees/{id}
Update employee by ID
JSON with fields to update
Updated employee object
DELETE
/api/employees/{id}
Delete employee by ID
None
Success status
9. Success Metrics
100% of employee records can be created, viewed, updated, and deleted successfully without errors.
User confirmation for delete reduces unintended deletions by 90%.
UI loads employee listings and details pages within 2 seconds for up to 1000 records.
Positive user feedback from HR team on usability (survey post-release).
10. Timeline & Milestones
Milestone
Target Date
Notes
PRD Approval
[Date]
Finalize product requirements document.
Design & UI Mockups
+1 week
Design review for all pages.
Backend API Development
+3 weeks
REST API endpoints complete.
Frontend Development
+4 weeks
Integrate UI with API and build views.
QA Testing
+5 weeks
Functional and usability testing.
Deployment
+6 weeks
Release to production environment.
11. Constraints & Assumptions
Current version targets internal HR users only.
Authentication & authorization to be added later.
Backend API under development or assumed ready to accept calls as described.
UI will be web-based, supported in modern browsers.
12. Appendix
Sample UI HTML files: listing.html, add.html, edit.html, details.html
Axios usage examples for API communication.
API specification document (Swagger/OpenAPI recommended for future).
