Life Cycle and Task List of e-Business Application Implementation

2005-04-25

The phases in a life cycle of e-business project includes: Strategic Planning Requirements Gathering Customization Installation Integration Data Conversion Testing Training User Support Strategic Planning Identify high level business problem that e-business applications will solve; Choose a technical architecture that can smooth the integration of e-business applications with existing information systems; Conduct feasibility study, ROI analysis. Prioritize sequence of implementations if the project is feasible. Requirements Gathering Break down strategic business requirements into detailed functional requirements; Design interview questions; Interview domain experts and end users within organization; Document functional requirements. Customization Identify functional requirements that the standard enterprise software systems don't support; Design the customized modules for your organization; Custom development using API provided by e-business application framework Unit test and component test the custom modules. Installation Prepare environments for installation, such as hardware acquisition, system initiation; Install standard e-business application; Install custom business modules. Integration Prepare legacy systems for integration; Prepare e-business systems for integration; Install interface software or middleware for integration; Data Conversion Define data requirements for new systems; Prepare data for conversion; Conversion historic data into the format the e-business systems can process; Test e-business systems. Testing Perform regression testing; Perform system testinf for throughputs, salability, stability and etc; Perform user acceptance testing; Training Write user training manual; Conduct end user training; Post Implementation Review Conduct post implementation interview for all parties participated in the implementation; Conduct end user interview to collect user feedback; Compare the original plan with the system actually implemented. User Support On-going user support; Accumulate user knowledge database; Related Topics Overview of E-Business Project Management