Learning objectives and graduate skills tested
This assignment relates to all of the course objectives but more specifically to your practical understanding and evaluation of the key issues in relation to the development of the infrastructure and functionality for a digital e-commerce enterprise.
Assignment 4 specifications
This Assignment 4 builds on the analysis and investigation conducted in Assignment 2.
Assignment 4 consists of THREE tasks.
TASK 1
In this task you are required to maintain a journal of the activities and research associated with Assignment 4 and to submit the completed journal with this assignment.
TASK 2
Develop and populate the prototype e-commerce website for which you prepared a strategic analysis and preliminary prototype e-commerce website using Joomla in Assignment 2.
Your e-commerce website should contain, at a minimum, the following functionality:
1. An aesthetically pleasing, easy- to-use interface
2. A product catalogue
3. A shopping cart
4. An order form and payment interface
5. Customer registration
6. Discussion forum
7. Business policy statements on security, privacy, confidentiality and refunds and returns
Study the online guide, Joomla! Beginner's Guide available from the CIS8100 StudyDesk and any other related Joomla! resources which are made available on the course StudyDesk or ones you identify as relevant for completing this assignment.
Task 2 will be assessed for completeness and working functionality based on an inspection of your e-commerce website (you are required to provide the URL of the site that was assigned to you for Assignment 2).
TASK 3
You are required to provide a business case for the e-commerce strategy you have adopted for your organization and reflect on your experiences and insight arising from the development of the accompanying e-commerce website in terms of the following:
1. Describe the e-commerce website features and functionality implemented in Task 2. (500 words approx.)
2. Describe how you have addressed security and privacy issues in your website (400 words approx.)
3. Describe how you would address backend integration and legacy system issues associated with your e-commerce website (400 words approx.)
4. List and briefly describe the hardware and software required to establish your e-commerce website as a live and fully functional entity, and provide a table of the estimated costs (hardware, software, human resources, ongoing maintenance, etc.) (400 words approx.)
5. Provide a site map of your e-commerce website in the form of a diagram.
6. List any additional features incorporated in your website over and above the specified requirements (400 words approx.)
7. List any essential features not implemented and any major deviations from your original plans as described in Assignment 2 (400 words approx.)
8. Briefly describe the challenges encountered in using Joomla! and the development environment (400 words approx.)
9. Describe the features that are likely to be implemented in your e-commerce website in the next phase of the development process to further enhance the usability and functionality of the site, and why and how you would use the Joomla CMS to facilitate this (400 words approx.)
10. Provide and justify a plan for a live implementation of your proposed e-commerce web site including a prioritised timeline in a table (400 words approx.)
11. Identify and describe the expected benefits that will arise from implementing your website (400 words approx.)
12. List and briefly describe any links and resources that you have used to research and build the site for this assignment (400 words approx.)