PROJECT (PROTOTYPE) & REPORT

CIS8100 Assignment 2 PROJECT (PROTOTYPE) & REPORT Description Marks out of Wtg(%) Word limit Due date Assignment 2 100 30 Approx. 3000 19 December 2014 Learning objectives and graduate skills tested This assignment relates to your understanding of the key issues in relation to the infrastructure and functional requirements of a digital business and to allow you to demonstrate your ability to research, synthesise and specify the infrastructure and functional requirements of an e-commerce website in a report. Assignment 2 and the subsequent Assignment 4 require you to plan and develop an e-commerce strategy including building a prototype website of your choice to facilitate your proposed online business. You will be required to design, install, configure and populate your proposed e-commerce site using the Joomla content management system using a URL in cloudaccess.net that will be supplied to you by the Course Leader. Assignment 2 specifications Assignment 2 is made up of THREE tasks: TASK 1 – Assignment 2 Journal Maintain a journal of the activities and research that you have engaged in in the completion of this assignment. The journal must document the progress that you have made from start to the conclusion of this assignment. Use the Journal Template provided in the CIS8100 StudyDesk. The journal entries will include, in date order, the following: ? Date of project/research activity ? Project/research activity ? Duration ? Description/Discussion of the project/research activity ? Follow up task arising from this activity (10 marks) TASK 2 – Preliminary analysis of proposed online business and e-commerce strategy For Task 2 you are required to conduct a preliminary analysis of a proposed online business and develop an e-commerce strategy and prototype web site for the business. You will be randomly assigned a particular business model and category in the first week of the course. You are required to ensure that both your Assignments 2 and 4 meet the criteria to...