44212: Web-site Development Review & Assignment 2 Requirements Ian Perry Room:C41C Extension:7287 E-mail:[email protected] 2/44212_WSD

44212: Web-site Development

Review & Assignment 2 Requirements

Ian Perry

Room: C41CExtension: 7287

E-mail: [email protected]://itsy.co.uk/ac/0809/Sem1&2/44212_WSD/

Ian Perry 44212: Web-site Development: Review & Assignment 2 Requirements Slide 2

Remember a Web-siteshould support a Web

Presence i.e. the necessary interaction between an

organisation and those in the Internet/Web community they wish to do business with.

Organisation

Intranet

Internal

E-Business

CustomersInternet

Business-to-Customer

E-Commerce

Suppliers Extranet

Business-to-Business

E-Procurement

Both up and Down the E-Business Supply Chain:


Design Decisions?

Define your Business Goals: decide which business processes

are best supported (or replaced). Be clear why you are creating this

site: by deciding what you want your Web-

site to Be and Do. Make sure that you:

Know your Audience!


Remember your Audience?

You are NOT designing for yourself: design is no substitute for functionality.

Make it easy to find what matters: snail-mail addresses and telephone numbers

should not always be easily found! Have realistic expectations:

even if they are modest ones. Start small, but design for scalability:

Web-sites suit a phased development, but “Under Construction” notices are BAD!


Things NOT todo on a Web Page!

Don't crowd images. Don't be inconsistent with structure. Don't have too much information (data?)

on a single page. Don't leave the important stuff for the

bottom. Don't violate white-space balance. Don't forget other platforms & browsers. Don't forget to make the title of each

Web-page very descriptive.


“Keep it Simple”

And your Web-site will be: easier to build;

consistent structure, common ‘look-and-feel’, easier navigation, etc.

easier to maintain;no Web-site is ever complete, they are always

‘under construction’, so NEVER say so!

And remember that “less is definitely more”:

except when it comes to testing!


Use your Web Development Plan!

1. Business Analysis; What business processes/problems does the Case

Study organisation have?

2. Competition Analysis; How have other, similar, organisations used the Web

in order to support their business processes.

3. Content Decisions; Which business processes might be best supported,

and which problems might best be solved, by an Internet/Web solution?

4. Site Map; How will the Content be organised, i.e. what shape

will the Web-site be?


How to Build a Web-site?

Name all files on the ‘Site Map’. this will save a lot of anguish later!

Develop the ‘standard’ Web-page: most (all?) Web Pages will look like this. make the major navigation ‘work’.

Use copies of the ‘standard’ Web-page: for a consistent ‘look-and-feel’. adding the Page Content as required:

from existing documents if possible?

Test, test, test!


Name ALL Files on Site Map

flights.htm

Home Page

Flights Accommodation Car Hire Travel Insurance

Booking Request

Annual

Single Trip

index.htm

accomm.htm

car.htm insure.htm

annual.htm

single.htmbook.htm


Develop the ‘Standard’


Use the ‘Standard’

Open the ‘standard’: save (immediately!) with a new file name, i.e.

refer to the names on your ‘Site-Map’. Add the ‘Page Content’:

utilising existing text and images where ever possible.

Examine the Results: and make any necessary adjustments.

Repeat for all Web-pages: using the same ‘standard’.


Look at all of your Web-pages

using Internet Explorer


Take Your Time &“Keep it Simple”

Spend quite a lot of time developing your ‘standard’ Web-page: you don’t want to have to change the ‘standard’,

having already used it to build several Web-pages with the original ‘bad’ version.

Make sure that you only work with files that are located in ONE folder: or work only on a floppy disk; as that is what you

have to hand in. And remember that “less is definitely more”:

except when it comes to testing!


WSD Assignment 2 NB. Deadline = 20th May 2009

Web-site Implementation & Evaluation 70% of Web-site Development Marks

What is required? Implement an appropriate ‘Web-site’ for the

case study organisation;based on your submission for Assignment 1, i.e. your

'Web Development Plan'. The Home Page MUST;

have the file name index.htm The Whole Web-site MUST;

fit on, and work from, a single 3.5” Floppy Disk, i.e. the total size of ALL files MUST be <= 1.38Mb.


The GIC Case Study

The General Insurance Company (GIC), is based in Manchester, and was originally set-up in 1997 by David and Jane Cowper, who had just completed their undergraduate degrees.

Since then the company has experienced modest growth, and they now employ a staff of 6 Insurance Clerks (based at the Head Office in Manchester) and 12 Insurance Advisors who deal directly with Customers in one of 4 Regions of the UK.

GIC offer a range of general insurance products, including Motor, Home, Travel and Life Insurance, which are sold to Customers by one of the Insurance Advisors for the Region in which they live.


The GIC Case Study (continued)

The 4 Regions of the UK, and the number of Insurance Advisors operating in each Region are as follows: Region Advisors The South-East 4 The South-West 2 The Midlands 3 The North 3

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The GIC Case Study (Problems?)

GIC are having particular problems with the following areas of their business activity:

Building up their customer base – they want more people who require general insurance to know they exist and what they have to offer.

Supporting new and existing customers with information – to help them decide on the right type of insurance to match their requirements. Insurance Advisors often spend a great deal of their time, travelling to visit customers, and answering the same, predictable, questions.

Capturing the data for insurance calculations – some of the data that needs to be gathered before an Insurance Quotation can be calculated is quite extensive, and often involves filling in quite complex Insurance Forms.

Calculating insurance quotations – which often requires a number of quite time-consuming, and hence error prone, manual calculations to be performed.


Assignment 2: Web-site ImplementationDeadline: 20th May 2009 (70% of Marks)

1. Robustness (15 Marks) The extent to which your Web-site has been

fully tested, so that there are no broken hyperlinks, no missing images, and that both spelling and grammar are accurate.

It will be difficult (IMPOSSIBLE?) to give you very many (ANY?) of the rest of the marks for this assignment if the Web-site does not function.

2. Consistency (15 Marks) The consistency of the Web-site as a whole,

the chosen Navigation Method(s), and the structure of individual Web-pages.


Assignment 2: Web-site ImplementationDeadline: 20th May 2009 (70% of Marks)

3. Creativity (15 Marks) The elegance, ingenuity and downright style

of your Web-site.

4. Business Relevance (40 Marks) The extent to which your Web-site is

‘appropriate’ for this business – i.e. how well it supports specific business processes.

5. Web-site Evaluation (15 Marks) A critical evaluation of the ‘appropriateness’

of the Web-site you have produced.


No more Lectures!

There will be NO more Lectures in support of the WSD Module.

There will, however, be TWO more Workshops, i.e.: 1st May, 2009 & 15th May, 2009

You MUST have begun to implement a Web-site for the General Insurance Company; in order for me to help you during these Assignment

Support sessions.

Remember, the Assignment 2 Deadline is; Wednesday, the 20th of May, 2009.

Good Luck!

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44212: Web-site Development Review & Assignment 2 Requirements Ian Perry Room:C41C Extension:7287 E-mail:[email protected] 2/44212_WSD