Project Management Assignment: Lizzie Leather Web Portal Development

This project management assignment focuses on the development of a web portal for Lizzie Leather. The assignment begins with an introduction outlining the company's goal to expand its business through an online platform. It covers project scope, stakeholder analysis identifying key stakeholders like programmers, designers, and managers, and their responsibilities. The assignment details the chosen Agile methodology, incorporating Scrum, for project management, emphasizing requirement analysis and classification based on business and user needs. A high-level requirement analysis is presented, prioritizing key concerns such as market competition and data integrity. A detailed project schedule and communication flow are provided to ensure effective project execution. The assignment concludes by highlighting the benefits of online sales for business growth and includes a list of references.

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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Project scope..............................................................................................................................2
Stakeholder analysis...................................................................................................................2
Project management approach...................................................................................................4
Requirement analysis.................................................................................................................5
High level Requirement.............................................................................................................6
Project schedule.........................................................................................................................6
Communication flow..................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References:.................................................................................................................................9
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Introduction
Lizzie Leather belt Company wants to expand their business by developing a web portal of
their enterprise to step out into the online global market. The flow of communication should
be maintained between different working teams so as to build high level coordination
between team members and undertaken project processes (Pan, 2013).
Project scope
The purpose of this paper is to increase the sale of the Lizzie Leather belt Company through
the development of the online web portal for the firm. The efficient distribution of roles and
responsibility of the stakeholder helps in managing the delivery of the project on time and
within the estimated cost (Moertini, 2014).
Stakeholder analysis
Name of the stakeholder Position of the Stakeholder Responsibilities
Julie Coder and programmer Adding codes to the web
design to make it functional
Jeff Chief Web Designer Development of the web
design according to the
requirement specification
plan mentioned by the
project owner (Kodali, 2007)
Sophie Web Developer and
consultant
Assist the chief web designer
in the development of the
design
Having research marketing
feasibility
Feasibility study of the
market competitors
Jonathan Team leader Guiding the team members
about their core functional
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areas
Collecting report from
different department (Chung,
2014)
Merging the functional report
Developing a report on the
completion of the project
Ken Tester Testing the working
functionality of the web
portal with the demand
specified with the project
owner
MC Karl Managing Director Approving the scheduled
time of completing the
project
Selection of the best project
methodology
S Swaminathan Finance Director Approval and development
of the cost estimation plan
KV Raman Operational Director Checking requirement of the
project owner with the
functional module of the
online portal of the company
(Ofoegbu, 2014)
W Wuest Chief Accountant Developing the budget
according to the resources
required for completing the
project
L Wang Warehouse Manager He keeps the detail of the
inflow and outflow of the
product in the storehouse of
the company
M Chiang Marketing Director The market feasibility helps
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in estimating the demand of
the market and its associated
competitors
Helps in adding the new
modules in the portal to make
it unique
Project management approach
The development of the online web portal for the company was undertaken through the
incorporation of Agile methodology with the inclusion of scrum. The methodology begins
with the clear perception of the project goal by intensifying the need and requirement of the
project owner. With the completion of the time box, the meeting should be arranged with the
project owner to clarifies the requirement and the project done (Yamamoto, 2011). The
following diagram shows the working of the agile scrum project methodology for the
completion of the project.
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Requirement analysis
The marketing director, M. Chiang, and its team is chosen for collecting the information
related for the development of website. The team members help the web designer by
providing them the relevant information about the marketing competitors and the functional
modules incorporated in their website. The team members work forward during the
requirement gathering and analysis phase.
Requirement
classification
Requirement Description
Business Requirement Development of the web portal
background
Background of the website
should include the basic
details of the company forum
It opens the new opportunity
for attracting new customers
towards the company
To remain ahead of the
marketing competitors
User Requirement Easy availability The product of the company is
easily available at the door
step of the customer
Minimize the time of
marketing
Attracted towards the new
functional areas
Business rules Comply with the government
policies and standards
The web portal should follow
all the standard of
government, industries, and
corporate
Market Analysis Selection and study of the
marketing competitors and their
associative website
Addition of the new
functional module in the
website
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High level Requirement
Requirement Priority Major concern areas Solution
Development of the
web portal for the
organization
High Intensive market
competitors
Decreasing sale of
product
Limited space of sale
Want to be the part
of online global
market
Branding of the
product
Managing different
sites for the online
sale of the business
Development of the
distributed system for
the enterprise
Integrity and
accessibility of the
product
High Managing the
demand and supply
of the product in the
warehouse and
regional office of the
company in different
localities
Making data backup
and data entry table
for retrieving details
instantaneously about
the availability of the
product
Accuracy of the
information
High Matching of the
supply and demand
at the warehouse
Admin should have
the password for
feeding correct
information in the
system
Correct information
should be feed up in
the system for
clarifying the
availability of the
stock
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Project schedule
Project Phase Starting date Finishing date
Project Analysis Phase 20-03-2018 25-03-2018
Requirement specification
plan
26-03-2018 5-04-2018
Development of web design 06-04-2018 12-04-2018
Coding of the web design 13-04-2018 22-05-2018
Testing of the web design 23-05-2018 15-06-2018
Documentation of the project 16-06-2018 24-06-2018
Implementation of the project 25-06-2018 05-07-2018
Communication flow
Stakeholder
(Who)
Responsibility
(What)
Frequency Responsibility Feedback
Coder and
programmer
Program code High Develop the
functional
model of the
web design
Functionality of
the web design
Chief Web
Designer
Designing of the
website
High Develop the web
design
according to the
project owner
requirement
Confirmation
from the project
owner
Web Developer
and consultant
Assisting the
chief web
developer by
analysing the
market strategy
Medium Compatibility of
the web design
Analysis report
of the market
Team leader Management of
the team
High Proper
functioning of
the team
members
Completing the
project on time
and within the
approved budget
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Tester Testing of the
program code
according to the
user requirement
Low Functioning of
the web portal
Matching the
project owner
requirement and
the final product
Managing
Director
Specification of
the requirement
plan
High Clarity in the
project
specification
plan
Matching the
project owner
requirement and
the final product
Finance Director Approval of the
budget
Medium Project
specification
Approval of the
budget
Operational
Director
Management of
the team
High Proper
functioning of
the team
members
Completing the
project on time
and within the
approved budget
Chief
Accountant
Development of
the budget
specification
Medium Project
specification
Approval of the
budget
Warehouse
Manager
Management of
supply and
demand of the
product
Medium Stock detail Stock
availability
Marketing
Director
Marketing plan High Marketing
analysis report
Making unique
functional
module in the
web portal
Conclusion
The online sale of leather belts helps in improving the profit of the company to the large
extent by making it popular among the new and existing customers.
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References:
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Kodali, S. (2007). The design and implementation of an e-commerce site for online book
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universities in Nigeria. 1st ed. [ebook]. [Accessed 18 Mar. 2018].
http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-0914/ijsrp-p33103.pdf
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[Accessed 18 Mar. 2018].
https://minerva.leeds.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/orgs/SCH_Computing/FYProj/reports/0304/Pan.pdf
Yamamoto, G. (2011). Marketing activities in leather industry. 1st ed. [ebook]. [Accessed 18
Mar. 2018]. https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/marketing-activities-in-the-leather-
industry-comparative-country-analysis-.php?aid=13582
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