Sample E-Commerce Project
Tasks
ID Task Name Resource Names
1 Project Planning Phase 2 Project Initiation Process 3 Develop engagement letter & proposal for requirements analysis phase Project Management 4 Present requirements analysis phase proposal for steering committee review 5 Revise project proposal as needed and submit for final approval 6 Project Kickoff meeting Project Management 7 Project Start-up Processes 8 Identify Customer Project Management and Team Members Project Management 9 Identify Partner Team: Sales, Project Team members Project Management 10 Develop Client Communication Plan Project Management 11 Develop Contingency Plan Project Management 12 Prepare Work Environment Project Management 13 Prepare Project Binder Project Management 14 Project Control/Reporting Processes 15 Establish Change Control Process Project Management 16 Establish Issue Management Process Project Management 17 Establish Status Tracking and Reporting Process Project Management 18 Requirements Analysis Phase 19 Map out current and future Technology/Business Plan (Big Picture) 20 Client/Consultant team meetings to brainstorm plan 21 Graphic and textual visualization/documentation of key elements 22 Presentation of technology/business plan to project team
23 Modification of technology plan as needed and presentation to team for approval. 24 Approval of technology/business plan by project team 25 Define and document strategic e-business plan 26 Interview key senior business and IT managers involved in the e-business initiative 27 Assess and document strategic readiness 28 Identify transactions to be completed via e-commerce 29 Define and document critical success factors/measurements 30 Cost/.Benefit /Risk Analysis 31 Global strategy/Competition 32 Brand management/Portal strategies 33 Tax and monetary issues
34 Legal issues
35 Security issues
36 IT Staffing
37 Current systems review & gap analysis 38 Statement of business requirements, impacts and prioritization of initiatives 39 Document strategic e-business plan for steering committee review 40 Define scope of current project/product 41 Document current project, including budget, requirements, deliverables, timeframes, etc. 42 Define and document critical success factors/measurements 43 Define and document project acceptance criteria & ongoing support requirements 44 Assemble internal and external teams to launch project 45 Assemble needed GUI and system design expertise 46 Assemble needed business analyst and knowledgeable expertise 47 Assign individual(s) responsible for customer profiles 48 Assemble needed programming expertise 49 Select external implementation partners/outsourcing requirements 50 Identify tools, technical requirements and e-infrastructure
51 Review and document current network and application e-infrastructure Client 52 Review needed technology application, hardware, software and network requirements Consultant 53 Document Disparities between existing environment and recommended Consultant
54 Design & document e-infrastructure plans with varying scalability & availability options/projected growth 55 Present plan to XYZ Company and gather feedback to make needed changes. 56 Receive approval on infrastructure plan 57 Acquire needed application, network and/or hardware tools 58 Setup Development Environment 59 Create Development Environment Consultant
60 Build Development Database Consultant 61 Set up Development Workstation Consultant 62 Install ERP, Commerce Server, Dev tools & other needed applications Consultant
63 Prepare Software/Web Development Plan for Implementation Phase 64 Document current project, including budget, requirements, deliverables, timeframes, etc. 65 Define and document critical success factors/measurements 66 Define and document project acceptance criteria & ongoing support requirements 67 Implementation Phase
68 Design Process
69 Web Design & Deployment 70 Business process design 71 Map and document ideal business process XYZ would like to deliver 72 Capture and document important business events 73 Capture and document business objects and rules 74 Define customer profiles 75 Define knowledgeable schema 76 Identify and document application and networking services required
77 Identify and document required Instrumentation 78 Identify and document needed integration with the ERP & other applications 79 Create consolidated design/requirements document 80 Present preliminary design document for review and feedback 81 Modify design document as needed and present to project team for approval 82 Approval by project team of preliminary design document 83 Develop and iteratively review requirements and design document Consultant
84 Develop content plan 85 Initial storyboard 86 ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) Development 87 Develop Workflow models 88 Site analysis plan
89 Interface Design
90 Plan style elements 91 Define basic site requirements Consultant
92 Deploy content management tools and processes 93 Design and document screen configuration requirements Consultant
94 Incorporate e-commerce best practices
95 Final storyboard
96 Site prototype
97 Prototype end-customer interfaces and interactions 98 Prototype customer service interfaces and interactions 99 Site security plan 100 ERP Back Office integration 101 Review functionality of current pipeline components 102 Compare current functionality of application integration/pipeline components with current needs 103 Arrange with ERP consulting to make needed modifications 104 Review ERP specification requirements and proposed deliverables, budgets, timelines, acceptance criteria, etc. 105 Approve and begin ERP development project 106 Monitor progress of ERP development project and perform
iterative testing as feasible
107 Test and/or review ERP deliverables and documentation 108 Integration plan for other applications 109 Physical database model
110 Database schema
111 Design review and approval 112 System test plan 113 Content conversion and development 114 Content sourced, tagged and published 115 Web and application server installation 116 RDBMS installation 117 Code construction 118 Business rules construction
119 Unit testing
120 Code assembly
121 Integration code construction 122 Integration assembly
123 System testing
124 Define Success Criteria Project Management, Client 125 Design User Test Scenarios Consultant
126 Design Integration Test Scenarios Consultant 127 Design System Test Scenarios Consultant 128 Assess Test Environment: hardware & software requirements Consultant 129 Design process for tracking bugs found in testing Consultant 130 Design process to build test data Consultant
131 Review Systems & Integration Test Plan Project Management 132 Validation Process
133 Component Tests
134 Report Tests Consultant 135 Query Tests Consultant 136 Application Interface Tests Consultant 137 Web user tests Consultant 138 Back Office Integration Tests Consultant
139 Conduct System Tests Consultant
140 Review Testing Results Project Management 141 Test Support Operations Client
142 Final validation review Project Management
143 Site reports 144 Go-live plan 145 Site hosting 146 Data hosting 147 XYZ training 148 System documentation 149 Go Live 150 Coordinate go-live 151 Site administration and maintenance 152 Final data conversion 153 Port to production servers 154 Turn on Back Office Integration Consultant
155 Go Live
156 Post Go Live
157 Performance monitoring 158 Ongoing maintenance 159 User Support and Guidance Consultant
160 Change requests
161 Business review
162 Post mortem
163 Obtain Implementation Signoff. Project Management 164 Ongoing Project Management Phase 165 Manage Financial Information Project Management 166 Write Status Reports Project Management 167 Manage Project Plan & Actuals Project Management 168 Manage Change Control Project Management 169 Review and Maintain Issue Log Project Management 170 Maintain Risk Log Project Management 171 Conduct Project Status Meetings Project Management 172 Conduct Client Briefings Project Management 173 Conduct User Communications Project Management
174 Perform Day to Day Meetings and Issue Management Project Management
Resources
ID Name Group Max Units Peak Units
1 Project Management 100% 2,600% 2 Consultant 100% 2,100% 3 Training 100% 0% 4 Client 100% 200% 5 Senior Consultant 100% 0% 7 Project Management 100% 0% 8 Testing 100% 0% 9 Project Manager 100% 0% 10 Application Administrator 100% 0% 11 DBA 100% 0% 12 Technical Lead 100% 0%
Assignments
Task ID Task Name Resource Name
3 Develop engagement letter & proposal for requirements analysis phase Project Management 6 Project Kickoff meeting Project Management 8 Identify Customer Project Management and Team Members Project Management 9 Identify Partner Team: Sales, Project Team members Project Management 10 Develop Client Communication Plan Project Management 11 Develop Contingency Plan Project Management 12 Prepare Work Environment Project Management 13 Prepare Project Binder Project Management 15 Establish Change Control Process Project Management 16 Establish Issue Management Process Project
Management 17 Establish Status Tracking and Reporting Process Project Management 51 Review and document current network and application e-infrastructure Client
52 Review needed technology application, hardware, software and network requirements Consultant 53 Document Disparities between existing environment and recommended Consultant 59 Create Development Environment Consultant 60 Build Development Database Consultant 61 Set up Development Workstation Consultant 62 Install ERP, Site Commerce Server, Dev tools & other needed applications Consultant 83 Develop and iteratively review requirements and design document Consultant 91 Define basic site requirements Consultant 93 Design and document screen configuration requirements Consultant 124 Define Success Criteria Project Management 124 Define Success Criteria Client
125 Design User Test Scenarios Consultant 126 Design Integration Test Scenarios Consultant 127 Design System Test Scenarios Consultant 128 Assess Test Environment: hardware & software requirements Consultant 129 Design process for tracking bugs found in testing Consultant 130 Design process to build test data Consultant 131 Review Systems & Integration Test Plan Project Management 134 Report Tests Consultant 135 Query Tests Consultant 136 Application Interface Tests Consultant 137 Web user tests Consultant 138 Back Office Integration Tests Consultant 139 Conduct System Tests Consultant 140 Review Testing Results Project Management 141 Test Support Operations Client
Management 154 Turn on Back Office Integration Consultant 159 User Support and Guidance Consultant 163 Obtain Implementation Signoff. Project Management 165 Manage Financial Information Project Management 166 Write Status Reports Project Management 167 Manage Project Plan & Actuals Project Management 168 Manage Change Control Project Management 169 Review and Maintain Issue Log Project Management 170 Maintain Risk Log Project Management 171 Conduct Project Status Meetings Project Management 172 Conduct Client Briefings Project Management 173 Conduct User Communications Project Management 174 Perform Day to Day Meetings and Issue Management Project Management
