ND e-commerceCarl Arrowsmith

Session 23Stages of Development

Last time• Investigate the stages of setting up an

e-commerce site

• Design and test a corporate identity or logo

• Create a design for a e-commerce site

Today's Objectives• Formulate the steps for e-

commerce development

• Decide what is involved with each step

• Describe the involvement of internet companies to the defined steps

E-commerce Stages of development• Requirements Analysis / Research• Develop Specification & Proposal• Design e-commerce Site• Register Domain / Find Internet host• Organise SSL certificate & online payments • Implement / Code / Create• Site Testing• Documentation• Public access enabled• Maintenance

Stages/Steps of development• There is no set model for e-commerce

development• The model used has been created from

the software development process, systems development life cycle and web development guides.

• Other models may be suitable for e-commerce development, it is not a specific requirement that the one described is used in assignments.

Internet providers/developers• In previous sessions we have looked at

the cost of using companies to provide online services.

• There are a vast amount of companies that provide services for everything from the first to final stage of development.

Internet Companies• Go through each stage of the

development process, find a company that offers a service relating to the stage

• A different company should be provided for each stage

• Once the companies are found, discuss if one company could be used for development and the benefits / disadvantages of doing so

Today's Objectives• Formulate the steps for e-commerce

development

• Decide what is involved with each step

• Describe the involvement of internet companies to the steps