CIS443 Agile Project Management Assignment 3

Agile Delivery Framework

My company plans on building an e-Commerce website that would handle all business transactions ranging from marketing, selling, to consumer feedback considerations. With the advancement in technology, business models are shifting to online platforms for most of activities needed to run a business. Therefore, in my company, I would mainly focus on establishing a business that primarily has most of its functions done through the various online platforms at disposal. Building an e-commerce website is a process that through the Agile Delivery Framework should consider various aspects. In this respect, the various aspects to be put into consideration would include elements such as plug in and redirecting links to popular social media platforms so as to maximize the target market.

Building an e-Commerce Website

The process of building an e-commerce website would begin by first take into consideration about the target market. The Agile delivery framework is structured such that tasks are done in a collaborative manner but instead of delivering complete final project, it allows for building incrementally. Thus, for the building of the e-Commerce website, it will entail tasking members of the project team to specific duties throughout the process of developing and implementing the website (Lee, 2016). In the first instance, the process will entail meeting with all project team members to brainstorm on the ideas that will be the making of an efficient e-commerce website. This process will involve contribution from members based on their various points of views regarding the project and how the final product should be realized.

Product vision and Business Strategies

The company will be focused on achieving its product vision through the efforts of each project team member. The product vision would be to ensure that quality and timely delivery of products remain the priority of the company. To sure that quality of products and timely delivery of our products, the process of designing and selling our products will have a cycle that specific team members will be involved. In this regard, the strategic plan is that there will be establishment of departments that will include; procurement & accounting, marketing, information technology, delivery, customer service, and administration. Through the six departments, the company would focus on the acquiring of raw materials, designing of the products, marketing of the products, and delivering the products to the consumers. Each of the six departments has strategic plans that are all aimed at achieving common goals of the company.

Main Roles of Agile project team

The roles of the Agile project team will be well defined in each department of the company. In this regard, the procurement &accounting department will handle the procurement process of all materials needed for the operation of the company. The head of department will be in charge as a team leader with other people assigned to the department working with him as part of the project team. The head of procurement & accounting department has the key responsibility of authorizing all payments made to the company, as well as by the company. Also, the staff at that department will be working under the supervision of the manager to ensure that they work towards achieving similar goals as a department (Bauknecht et al., 2006). The information technology department is the most important in this project. The product manager will be the head of the information technology department. To ensure success of the project, the product manager should be an individual from the IT-field as the department shall spearhead the others in realizing the objectives of the company in the project. The role of the product manager will be to coordinate the six departments, and equally lead the IT department in establishing strategies that the project would embrace to enhance realization of a common goal.

Marketing manager will be the head of the marketing department and is equally important in this project. In this regard, the marketing manager will be responsible for all marketing strategies that the company would utilize to ensure that the products find easy way to the market. The product delivery department will mainly focus on how products are delivered to the consumer in the market. It is this department that shall ensure that all products are transported and delivered to the retail shops and supermarkets as sought by the marketing department team. Therefore, the product delivery department will work closely with the marketing departments, as well as the procurement & accounting department. Lastly, the customer service department is another important unit in the company that will work in collaboration with the other departments to enhance the overall goal of the project (Abrahamsson, 2005). The manager of the customer service department will be mandated to leading his team to ensure that customer needs and complains are addressed in a timely manner.

How iteration works in the project

The iteration works in this project entails a timebox, which showcases the progress within the framework in which the project will be implemented. In this regard, the project will take 3 weeks to be fully implemented. Thus, the first week of the project will entail planning for the various tasks that will be needed for the success of the project. For instance, in the first few days, the project manager will be focused on coming with the development of departmental structures that are mainly aimed at steering the realization of an e-commerce website that works as the main platform for company’s transactions and business. The second week will entail the creation of the website and the incorporation of the various functions from the six departments of the company to ensure realization of the projects goals. The third week will mainly involve testing of the various components of the website, as well as the functionality of each department towards achieving the goals of the project.

Stories in Agile delivery framework

Lastly, the project will utilize user stories throughout the project in its agile framework. It is important to acknowledge a story can be described as the smallest work unit in an agile framework (Krebs, 2009). In this regard, it is a software requirement, which is usually expressed in just short sentences and relies on non-technical language. In this project, the project manager will ensure that in the website has user stories that has few sentences there are in simple language outlining the desired outcome of the program. The project manager will sketch out the user stories and then the project team will collectively decide the more detailed requirements.

References

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