Project Proposal and Plan _ New

Project Proposal and Plan Introduction: The Widget Company attributes its marketplace success to innovative procedures and customer responsiveness. Widget is an early adopter of technology innovations that have been thoroughly proven in the industry . In the past two years, the CEO and VP of marketing have been increasingly enthusiastic about the use of the world wide web to expand their customer base and reduce the cost of doing business. They’ve eagerly watched the trends of online ordering and changes from traditional EDI. During the last executive meeting, customer requests for additional services were discussed including: on-line ordering, wireless devices for inventory management, use of industry business to business exchanges and portal technology applications. The CEO has requested that the IS department develop proposals for several technology projects.

To provide online services to customers, we have identified two main projects. -

Development of online ordering portal- This is an interface where customers can come and experience the products and also order products. Wireless inventory management- It is required for a real time tracking of inventory, for this we require software and hardware equipments.

Development of Online Ordering Portal: The online portal requires a Web framework for user interaction, Modules for user registration, Product management, Product search and display, Content management, Customer management system like customer support through chat, Selling activities, payment gateways to make online payment. After sales activities, Admin and Feedback systems. Technical Documentation:

Document CRM User Guide Product Management user Guide Shopping Cart user Guide Installation user guide Refund /cancellation policy

Summary This document is created to help technical peoples who are using CRM module This document is created to help technical peoples who are using product management module Document is created to help technical persons on shopping cart module Guide to help in installation of software packages Helps customer service executives to understand the policies so that they can serve customers better

Hardware Required: Monitor Keyboard Mouse CPU (tower) Modem Network card Database Server Software Required: Multi Tier, Client – Server Web Application. HTML,DHTML, Style Sheets, Ajax, Client Scripting, Images & Graphics PHP Technology / ASP.Net & Other .Net Technologies My Sql Server, Oracle Apache, Windows server / Apache, Linux, MySql, PHP combination.

Type Front End Technology Middle Tier Technology Database Management System (DBMS) Hosting

Training Materials: -

Manuals related to different modules required to train maintenance team User manuals required to train operation team how to manage day to day operations

Estimated Duration: Life Cycle Stages Requirement Gathering UAT Demo

Time Required 1 weeks 4 weeks

Production Total Time Required

2 weeks 7 weeks

Resources Required: Skill HTML Developer Technology Developer PHP/ASP SQL / PLSQL Developer Testing Engineer Senior Designer or Architect

Experience 3+ Years of Experience. 3+ Years of Experience. 5+ Years of Experience. 5+ Years of Experience 5+ Years of Experience

Major Activities Meeting & documentation Design & Coding to implement the requirements. Plan Hosting, Integration Testing.

Wireless Inventory management: Wireless Inventory management automates the process of tracking inventory, it consists of a set of hardware and software tools. Various technologies like barcode system, online tracking through handheld devices, ERP systems, softwares like Passport, Ordoro are used now a days for effective inventory management. Inventory management has to do with keeping accurate records of finished goods that are ready for shipment. This often means posting the production of newly completed goods to the inventory totals as well as subtracting the most recent shipments of finished goods to buyers. When the company has a return policy in place, there is usually a sub-category contained in the finished goods inventory to account for any returned goods that are reclassified as refurbished or second grade quality. Accurately maintaining figures on the finished goods inventory makes it possible to quickly convey information to sales personnel as to what is available and ready for shipment at any given time. Technical Documentation:

Document User Guide for Inventory management software User Guide for Item Location mapping software User Guide for Item Motion Control software Manual of equipments

Summary User guide to help in installation, operation and maintenance of Inventory management software User guide to help in installation, operation and maintenance of Item Location mapping software User guide to help in installation, operation and maintenance of Motion Control software Thi manual contains a list of all the equipment, software, their version and technical specifications

User guide for database

This User Guide contains guidelines how to use the database server

Hardware Required: Barcode Scanner Mobile Computer Barcode Printer Barcode Label Database Server Software Required: Inventory Software like Passport , Orodo Motion Control software like CODE (Cimetrix Open DevelopmentEnvironment) Item Location Mapping software DBMS like Oracle Training Material:

Estimates of Duration: Type Requirement Gathering Bidding

Duration 1 Week 1 Weeks

Procurement

2 Weeks

System Setup Training Total Time Required

2 Weeks 1 Weeks 7 Weeks

Resources Required: Skills Marketing executive Sales Manager Senior Architect Technical Support (site Engineer) Software Engineer Database Administrator

Experience 5+ Years of Experience 7+ Years of Experience 7+ Years of Experience 5+ Years of Experience 5+ Years of Experience 5+ years of experience

Major Activity Meeting and Documentation Tender documentation, Short listing of Suppliers Awarding contracts, Payment Settlement and Delivery of products Software Installation and Testing For hardware and software systems

Project Schedule and Gantt Chart The Project can be divided into 3 phases as shown below Phase Analysis

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Design

Implementation

Activity Data gathering

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Data flow and decision analysis Proposal preparation

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Development

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Integration

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Implementation

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Evaluation

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Sub Activity Conduct interviews. Administer questionnaires. Read company reports. Introduce prototype. Observe reactions to prototype. Analyze data flow

5 4 5 7 3

Days required

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Perform cost/benefit analysis Prepare proposal Present proposal Prepare functional specification Develop Preliminary software Review Functional specification Integrate different modules & test Incorporate modifications(if any) Hosting of online ordering system Technical document handover Training client staff Feedback on system performance

5 3 3 7 14 3 14 4 10 3 7 7

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Further each activity is divided into multiple sub activity, the relationship between activities (predecessor, successor tasks) are given in the below table.

A B C D E F G H I J K

Activity Code

Activity Conduct interviews. Administer questionnaires. Read company reports. Introduce prototype. Observe reactions to prototype. Analyze data flow Performance cost-benefit analysis Prepare proposal Present proposal Prepare functional specification Develop Preliminary software

None A None B, C D B,C F E, G H E,F,I J

L M N O P Q R S

Review Functional specification Integrate different modules & test Incorporate Modifications Training client’s staff Document handover Hosting of Online ordering system Feedback on system performance Project Closing

K L M M N N Q R

Gantt Chart

Predecessor activity