Project

Project plan

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Overview

This section of the information system and ecommerce website project plan provides an overview of the whole project. The project has multiple components and phases that have to be completed and functional for the ecommerce website can run effectively.

Purpose

The purpose for the project plan is to clearly plan out deliverables and the requirements of the system into a scheduled plan. The plan enables the project managers to run multiple functions that contribute to the progress of the overall system development. It also assists in making sure no items were left out on the development process because all the required activities to build are listed on it.

Scope

The project plan only describes the processes and the budget for the development and maintenance of an ecommerce system. It also describes the time required to have the system running efficiently.

Objectives

The objectives for developing an e-commerce website are quite lengthy as listed below:

1. To Reduce administrative costs associated with personnel management of both orders and shipment manifests

2. To Eliminate order errors caused by manual ordering processes

3. To Increase the number of customers making orders by making the system autonomous

4. To Offer more customizable products

5. To Increase more revenue for the supermarket

6. To Create and improve the brand created by the ecommerce site

7. To Improve local SEO

Deliverables

The developments of the above project comes up with some deliverables that can be seen by the clients behind the project idea. These are

1. Web design deliverables. The design of the site has to be both attractive in order to ensure

2. Functional prototype

3. Full training, maintenance and support

4. Revenue flow through the system

Risks

Risks involved in developing the system are typical to computers and electronics. They are outlined as follows:

1. Data breach

Security of the data and processes within the system are a major threat one of the major threats that Ecommerce website may face. As reported, losses due to computer attacks is estimated at about $ 2.7 million, therefore, the security of the system must be ensured (Gartenberg, 2004). This will involve the parent company in employing cybersecurity analysts and making use of cyber-security tools to ensure no such action take place.

2. Fraud

This is a serious threat on ecommerce websites and if caught could consequences would be a minimum hefty fine and some time served in incarceration. The company would be vulnerable to these attacks if the attacker is well skilled by being able to completely makes or hide their identity online. On far much serious cases, the attacker goes uncaught and profiting in fraudulent orders that go unnoticed. This vulnerability can be mitigated by having the website as for verification for purchases done through Visa, Amex or Mastercard .

3. Chargebacks and disappointed customers

Issues such as double billing of a product or an incorrect transaction are some of the internal process issues that could result to a drop in the business as well as their dependability in the vicinity ("Top 3 E-Commerce Risk Categories", 2018). This also can cause the abuse of the office in actions like defective products and in accurate orders.

Schedule

The schedule will be a plan of the following activities stretched out on a 5 month time. Each activity was allocated enough time depending on the broadness of the subject. This was implemented in order to allow the growth and discovery of more information that could be added to the activity to improve its functionality.

The planned activities are:

1. Requirement phase –

This phase involves the gathering and collection of requirements and functions the new system is expected to have. It also involves collection of the already existing resources in order to play them out and discover a way to integrate them in the new system.

· Map out current and future plan

· Define strategy

· Define scope of project

· Collect tools and technical requirements

Set up development environment

Prepare plan for implementation

2. Implementation

This phase is the lpngest phase in the development process. It involves the development of all the different components and sections that the system would have. At the end of this phase there is an already existing prototype to prove the functionality of the new system.

· Build business design

· Interface design

· Prototype

· Integration plan

· Database schema

· Design review

· Test prototype

· Code construction and server installation

· Integration code construction

3. System testing

· Design integration scenario s

· Review systems and test plan

4. Validation process

5. Run tests on all system applications

6. Launch

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