# Unified Attendance & Absence Management System (UAAMS)

## Core Value
- Single platform that unifies attendance capture, leave management, scheduling, alerts, analytics, and integrations for Khatwat campuses.
- Designed to support both student and employee journeys while honoring school governance and compliance requirements.

## Key Feature Areas

### 1. Personas & Secure Access
- Tailored workspaces for Super Admins, HR teams, Teachers, Students/Employees, and optional Parent guardians.
- Role-based navigation, KPIs, and priorities ensure each persona sees only the tools and insights they need.

### 2. Attendance Intelligence
- Supports manual, QR, RFID, and face-recognition check-ins with geolocation validation for mobile entries.
- Dashboards highlight presence rates, chronic absentee flags, and device health across departments.
- Automation storyline covers anomaly detection, supervisor inboxes, and configurable policy windows.

### 3. Leave Lifecycle Automation
- Guided intake forms expose policies, quotas, and blackout dates per role.
- Rules-based routing assigns approvers, tracks SLAs, and exposes balance insights.
- Downstream syncing keeps calendars, payroll, and notifications aligned after decisions.

### 4. Smart Scheduling & Calendar Sync
- Template library for classes, shifts, and events with conflict checks and substitute assignments.
- Integrates holiday feeds, make-up suggestions, and live sync to Google/Microsoft calendars and mobile channels.

### 5. Communication & Notification Hub
- Omni-channel alerts for absences, approvals, warnings, and crisis broadcasts.
- Weekly digests, parent acknowledgements, and role-aware inboxes maintain engagement.
- Channel health metrics cover delivery success, escalation speed, and compliance readiness.

### 6. Analytics & Reporting
- Real-time KPI monitors for attendance rate, variance, engagement, and intervention success.
- Cohort breakdowns, trend analysis, and predictive forecasts surface risk and opportunity.
- Export center promises Excel/PDF packs and API feeds for BI tools and leadership reporting.

### 7. Integration Readiness
- API suite, webhooks, payroll connectors, and calendar sync detailed for ecosystem alignment.
- Highlights single sign-on, data pipelines, sandbox tenants, and security safeguards.

### 8. Delivery & Governance Narrative
- Executive dashboard pulls together hero metrics, workflow counts, and operations feed for daily awareness.
- Proposal-aligned cards describe technical blueprint, success metrics, and implementation pedigree for stakeholder assurance.

## Suggested Journey for Stakeholders
1. Select a persona workspace to view relevant KPIs, tasks, and navigation.
2. Explore attendance, leave, scheduling, communication, reporting, and integration modules to understand system breadth.
3. Review executive summaries and delivery cards for a holistic picture of UAAMS value and readiness.

## Next Steps Toward Production
- Prioritize feature threads (attendance data ingestion, leave approvals, notifications, scheduling engine) for iterative build-out.
- Layer in live data sources, workflow automation, and integration endpoints to transition from concept UI to operational platform.
