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This document provides an overview and plan for managing an e-commerce project. It discusses how an e-commerce project manager must plan periodic site upgrades, address customer requests and feedback, and keep track of different tasks and verticals. It states that the objective is to create an Android application to allow online shopping at an existing store. Key tasks will include providing full web support and implementing a web application to enable the online shopping experience. Project scope includes allowing orders 24/7 and home delivery to compete with large online retailers. Tools and techniques for effective project management of frequent changes in e-commerce will also be discussed.

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Project Management For E-Comeree

This document provides an overview and plan for managing an e-commerce project. It discusses how an e-commerce project manager must plan periodic site upgrades, address customer requests and feedback, and keep track of different tasks and verticals. It states that the objective is to create an Android application to allow online shopping at an existing store. Key tasks will include providing full web support and implementing a web application to enable the online shopping experience. Project scope includes allowing orders 24/7 and home delivery to compete with large online retailers. Tools and techniques for effective project management of frequent changes in e-commerce will also be discussed.

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Project management plan for e-commerce

Name id
Belay sirak 1207391
Danial mola 1102663
Kidist werata 1109272
INTRODUCTION
Project Management, as the name suggests is the art of managing a project. Be it
software development, government or any engineering project, the basic concept
and approach of project management applies to all. In order to handle the
deliverables properly, every project manager scrutinizes the different tasks in
hand, communicates with the team, weighs different tasks, provides realistic
estimates and finally assigns them to respective team members. in order to avoid
any slippage. All the above-mentioned responsibilities are owned by the project
manager and are summed up as project planning

Proper planning is an art. Overestimation leads to slacking and in extreme cases


can even impact ROI of the business, while aggressive estimation can lead to work
burden, slippages and can even jeopardize crucial release. So, it is the duty of a
project manager to find the sweet spot while planning. But what should a project
manager do when new tasks and requests get added every day or hour? Yes, such
frequent changes are a common sight for e-commerce applications.

In an e-commerce application, a project manager has to plan periodic site


upgrades which would contain new features and also cater to the requests of
wholesalers who want to sell their product on the e-commerce platform. That's
just the tip of the iceberg. Every customer request, feedback, inquiries, usability
suggestions and technical improvements, site vulnerabilities, to name a few needs
to be taken addressed from time to time. How can a project manager keep 6 track
of all these different verticals while planning? What should be the right approach
for managing the overall process of such e-commerce behemoth? What tools
should be used to make a project manager's life easy?

In this paper, we would dig deep and try to focus on the common hurdles faced
while managing an e-commerce business. In order to clear all such hurdles, a
project manager has to keep a cool mind and prioritize the items based on their
necessity and severity. As we move ahead, we would discuss the different ways
any e-commerce business should be handled and the deliveries planned. We
would talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each project management
technique and narrow in on the most effective one.

Apart from planning, there are a number of project management tools available
in the market which can make lives of a project manager easy. Such tools can be
used to keep track of regular tasks and to get a rough estimate of how the overall
team's progress is. Such initiative would not only save time but also increase the
overall productivity of the team members. Going forward we would enlist few
such tools and talk about the noteworthy features provided by them. After going
through the paper, you as a project manager would be able to find out different
ways which can help your streamline your e-commerce business process thus
polishing the rough edges of prevailing practices

1.1 PROJECT OBJECTIVE:


The objective of the project is to make an application in android platform to
purchase items in an existing shop. In order to build such an application complete
web support need to be provided. A complete and efficient web application which
can provide the online shopping experience is the basic objective of the project.
The web application can be implemented in the form of an android application
with web view.

1.2 PROJECT OVER VIEW:


The central concept of the application is to allow the customer to shop
virtually using the Internet and allow customers to buy the items and articles of
their desire from the store. The information pertaining to the products are stores
on an RDBMS at the server side (store). The Server process the customers and the
items are shipped to the address submitted by them. The application was
designed into two modules first is for the customers who wish to buy the articles.
Second is for the storekeepers who maintains and updates the information
pertaining to the articles and those of the customers. The end user of this product
is a departmental store where the application is hosted on the web and the
administrator maintains the database. The application which is deployed at the
customer database, the details of the items are brought forward from the
database for the customer view based on the selection through the menu and the
database of all the products are updated at the end of each transaction. Data
entry into the application can be done through various screens designed for
various levels of users. Once the authorized personnel feed the relevant data into
the system, several reports could be generated as per the security.

1.3 PROJECT SCOPE: Online Shopping System Department of Computer Science,


CUSAT Page 13 This system can be implemented to any shop in the locality or to
multinational branded shops having retail outlet chains. The system recommends
a facility to accept the orders 24*7 and a home delivery system which can make
customers happy. If shops are providing an online portal where their customers
can enjoy easy shopping from anywhere, the shops won’t be losing any more
customers to the trending online shops such as flipcart or ebay. Since the
application is available in the Smartphone it is easily accessible and always
available.

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