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	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
142	Final validation review	Project 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