e-commerce website development project plan
In this assignment, you will be creating a Work Breakout Structure (WBS), GANTT Chart and Network Diagram for your project using the software application that you have selected. Please include:
Duration/Dates
Predecessors
Resources
A Critical Path
ProjectManagementDocs.com
Project Charter Plan
The Blue Candy
Candy Clouds LLC.
9871 Caramelo Drive
Culver city, California 90232
11/03/2019
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
3
Project Purpose/Justification
3
Business Need/Case
3
Business Objectives
3
Project Description
4
Project Objectives and Success Criteria
4
Requirements
4
Constraints
5
Assumptions
5
5
Risks
6
Project Deliverables
6
6
Summary Budget
7
Project Approval Requirements
8
Project Manager
8
Authorization
9
Executive Summary
The company Candy Clouds has been selling its products through a traditional physical store in California. The company aims to target a broader market by focusing on e-commerce opportunities. The company ordered an e-commerce website displayed in several languages, which includes a user-friendly interface, a database for the products available, and future products to develop, secure payment methods, and a content management system (CMS) to manage the website and products.
Project Purpose/Justification
Business Need/Case
The project has been created to launch the companys candy products on the web market through an e-commerce website.
The business goals are multiple:
Help the company reach the worldwide candy market by targeting five mains worlds areas: North America, South America, Europe, Australia, and the middle east.
Display the mission and vision of the company through the website, which is to offer organic candies that respect eco-friendly operations, including productions and packaging.
Offer an ergonomics and secure web showcase.
Business Objectives
The objectives of the project are in support of the vision and goals of the company and its strategic plan, which include the following:
Create a fast and ergonomics website within 30 days.
Develop a secure website, including database and payment methods.
Develop different payment methods and languages for the website.
Project Description
The new company Candy Clouds wants to develop and launch an e-commerce website that offers different ranges of candies produced by the company. The project consists of developing an e-commerce website that encompasses a variety of functionalities that allow visitors to order and buy sweets, subscribe to the weekly newsletter, and manage a personal profile. The project will be developed with the latest technology web available.
Project Objectives and Success Criteria
The goals which support the milestones and deliverables for this project have been identified to accomplish success on the e-commerce website project. The following objectives must be reached within the set time and budget.
An ergonomic and responsive interface.
A flexible and secure database.
Secure payment methods.
Requirements
Project Requirements are the following:
The website must be responsive.
Secured payment methods must be implemented and tested prior to production deployment
An optimal database must be developed to adapt to the size of product ranges and tested prior to production deployment.
The content management system of the website and database must be simple and tested without disrupting the website development.
Additional requirements may be added as necessary, with the client’s approval, as the project moves forward.
Constraints
The following constraints are involved in the website project development:
The website must be developed within the set time and budget.
The database must be compatible with Oracle database.
The website must respect web standards.
Assumptions
The following are a list of assumptions. Upon agreement and signature of this document, all parties acknowledge that these assumptions are true and correct:
This project has the full support of the project sponsor, stakeholders, and all departments.
The project manager will provide additional resources if necessary.
The progression of the project will be informed and communicated to all stakeholders by the project manager.
Preliminary Scope Statement
The project will include the design, security, testing, and delivery of the created website. The project team developers’ members will manage the software resources. The database analysists and developers will manage the database software resources. All project activities will follow the set schedule. The required testing will be done by the project team members. All project funding will be managed by the project manager. Any additional financing necessitates the approval of the client. This project will be completed within 30 days after the production deployment is tested; the CMS documentation is completed and distributed to the client.
Risks
The project manager will engage in risk analysis to generate a risk mitigation plan. The following risks for the website project have been identified:
Potential security test failures.
Potential database test failures.
Potential unclear documentation.
Potential budget and schedule errors.
Project Deliverables
The following deliverables must be met upon the successful completion of the website project. The client must approve any changes to these deliverables.
Fully developed and launched the website.
CMS documentation for managing the website.
Summary Milestone Schedule
The project Summary Milestone Schedule is presented below. As requirements are more clearly defined, this schedule may be modified. Any changes will be communicated through project status meetings by the project manager.
Summary Milestone Schedule List key project milestones relative to project start.
Project Milestone
Target Date
Project start
11/25/2019
Complete website template creation
12/11/2019
Complete Database creation
12/08/2019
Complete functionalities development
12/19/2019
Ending modules testing
12/20/2019
Ending security testing
12/22/2019
Deployment to production
12/26/2019
Adjustment to production and testing
01/02/2020
Project Complete
01/06/2020
Summary Budget
The following table contains a summary budget based on the planned cost components and estimated costs required for the successful completion of the project.
Summary Budget List component project costs
Project Component
Component Cost
Labor Resources
$8,500
Security outsourcing
$2,000
Hosting
$200
Total
$10,700
Project Approval Requirements
The success of the website project will be accomplished when the functionalities and database are tested in the production and the technical aspects of the CMS documented and delivered to the client within the set budget and schedule indicated in the charter. Also, this measure of success must include the opportunities created by the project to the company and future improvements and threats that might impact the website functioning. Project success will be determined by the client represented by Mr. J. Smith, who will also provide authorizations of the project completion.
Project Manager
Yasmine Ben is the project manager for the duration of the development and launch of the e-commerce website. Ms. Ben’s responsibility is to manage all project activities, scheduling, and communication regarding the candy e-commerce project. Her team consists of two web specialists, one database analysist, and one web and database security expert. Ms. Ben will coordinate all resource requirements of the project in collaboration with the accounting manager. Ms. Ben is authorized to approve all budget expenditures up to and including the allocated budget amounts decided with the client. Any additional financing must be requested through the client executive manager Mr. Smith. Ms. Ben will provide weekly updates to the executive manager Mr. Smith.
Authorization
Approved by the Project Sponsor:
Date: 11/ 03/2019
J. Smith
Candy Clouds Executive manager
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Project Plan
Table of Contents
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Work Breakdown Structure
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Gantt Chart
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Network Diagram
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References
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Running head: PROJECT PLAN 1
PROJECT PLAN 2
Work Breakdown Structure
Below is the work breakdown structure of building a C919 airplane, and some of the information was referenced from Cohen (2018).
Figure 1. Work breakdown structure of building a C919 airplane
Gantt Chart
The Gantt Chart of the C919 project was create with Monday.com project management online too, and screen shots of details in this chart are shown below in Figure 2 a and b.
This C919 project contains four phases: strategy, design, development and execution. The strategy phase includes:
1) Build a project team
2) Hire brilliant engineers
3) Company SWOT analysis
4) Purpose and scope specification
The phase 2, Design includes:
1) Brainstorming meetings
2) Write a knowledge base
3) Stakeholder analysis
4) RASCI matrix generation
5) Communication plan
6) Collaboration plan
7) Requirements by type
8) Requirements elicitation plan
9) Process and solutions to reach requirement
10) Risk criteria and assessment
Phase 3, development phase includes,
1) Organize teams and delegate tasks
2) Product meetings
3) Quality test
4) Build functioning prototype
Phase 4, execution phase includes,
1) Air frame
2) System software
3) Fire control
4) Data display and control
5) Facilities training
6) Service
7) Engineering data support
8) Management data
9) Test equipment
10) Measurement equipment
11) Handling equipment
12) Construction
13) Equipment acquisition
14) Initial repair
15) Quality test
16) Build a sales team
17) Reach out to customers
a
b
Figure 2. Screenshots of a and b shows details of Gantt Chart of C919 project plan.
Network Diagram
Table 1 below shows information like activity name, duration in days and predecessors for each activity.
Table 1 List of each activity, time in days and predecessors.
References
Esther Cohen, March 2018. What is WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) in Project Management? Retrieved from https://www.workamajig.com/blog/guide-to-work-breakdown-structures-wbs#:~:text=%E2%80%9CA%20work%20breakdown%20structure%20defines,single%2C%20easy%20to%20understand%20chart..
PhaseActivityTime (days)Predecessors
1)
Build a project team
8
2)
Hire brilliant engineers
15
3)
Company SWOT analysis
3
4)
Purpose and scope specification
7
1)
Brainstorming meetings
6A4
2)
Write a knowledge base
6
3)
Stakeholder analysis
3
4)
RASCI matrix generation
3
5)
Communication plan
2
6)
Collaboration plan
2
7)
Requirements by type
9
8)
Requirements elicitation plan
5A4
9)
Process and solutions to reach requirement
7A4
10)
Risk criteria and assessment
8
1)
Organize teams and delegate tasks
7
2)
Product meetings
7
3)
Quality test
3B9
4)
Build functioning prototype
19
1)
Air frame
20B8
2)
System software
11B9
3)
Fire control
15B10
4)
Data display and control
26B11
5)
Facilities training
19B12
6)
Service
30B13
7)
Engineering data support
25B14
8)
Management data
16B15
9)
Test equipment
20B16
10)
Measurement equipment
22B17
11)
Handling equipment
23B18
12)
Construction
17B19
13)
Equipment acquisition
15C3
14)
Initial repair
15
15)
Quality test
10
16)
Build a sales team
4
17)
Reach out to customers
30
1 (A)
2 (B)
3 (C)
4(D)
