[Certified Project Management]

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PROJECT PROCEDUREIII

NOVATOR SYSTEMS LTDIV

Introductioniv

Company Presentationiv

Virtual Retailer (VR)v

Novator Systems Ltd. - New Model: Standard Web Site Creation Processvi

PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERVIEWVII

Standard Web Site Creation Processvii

Prerequisite Conditionsviii

Quality Assurance (QA) is to be automatedx

PROJECT INITIATION (WEEK 0-1)X

Staff Projectxii

Hold Kick-off Meetingxiii

Utilize Task Ticketing Systemxiii

REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS (WEEK 1 - 2)XV

Determine Features/Functionalitiesxv

DESIGN & SOLUTION SPECIFICATIONS (WEEK 3 - 4)XVII

Create User Interface Specifications Documentxviii

Create Content Matrixxxi

Create Mockupsxxii

INTEGRATION RAPID PROTOTYPING (WEEK 3 - 9)XXIII

Test Protocols and Data Setsxxiii

Load Production Data into VRxxiii

PERSONAL ACCOUNTS & STATIC PAGES BUILD, QA, AND UAT (WEEK 5 - 6)XXV

HOME PAGE & CATALOG BUILD, QA, AND UAT (WEEK 7 - 9)XXVI

CHECK OUT BUILD, QA, AND UAT (WEEK 10 - 12)XXVII

INTEGRATION TESTING, PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, & UAT (WEEK 13 - 16)XXVII

Conduct Performance Analysisxxviii

Perform Final UATxxviii

CONCLUSIONXXIX

Nature of the e-commerce industry must be changedxxix

Standardizexxx

REFERENCES1

Project Management Workbook

Project Procedure

This project was initially to be done in a seven step process, as outlined in Figure 9. The topic of research was determined during initial meetings with Professor Fox. With the topic confirmed, a more specific objective and the scope of the project were developed, as well as the expected outcome. Once the outline of the project was formalized, literature reviews were completed to understand the two most important aspect of this project: electronic commerce, and project management.

The knowledge and information obtained through literature reviews provided the fundamental basis in understanding the topics surrounding this project and were applied both directly and indirectly to this project. It was originally planned to model the current “New Client Project Management” at Novator to analyze and identify the key components in improving the current model. However, as the outline of the new process, “Standard Web Site Creation Process”, was given, it was found, and agreed by Professor Fox, that it would not be useful in spending time to document the current process. Having the outline of the new model allowed me to go straight into completing the new model, directly applying the information as they were gathered and analyzed.

Novator Systems Ltd

Introduction

This chapter includes a brief introduction of Novator Systems Ltd. and the e-commerce platform Virtual Retailer that Novator uses.

Company Presentation

Novator is one of the leading e-commerce solutions providers in the industry. Not only does it provide a highly specialized e-commerce platform with a wide range of software and technology, but also offer strategic retailing services of proven success. These attributes are ideal for those businesses seeking services in both technology and online retailing expertise. Novator is built on continuous improvement and expertise gained through years of experience since 1994. Novator values the growth of its clients to maintain long-term relationship and success of both parties. On the technical aspect, Novator creates an online e-retail website for its clients. With the team of experts in web design and software developers, Novator is capable of uniquely customizing both the interface and functionality of a web site to fit the needs and wants of each client. Novator boldly recognizes and understands the need of continuous improvement for the web site to ...