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PROJECT CHARTER
GENERAL SUPPLIES E-COMMERCE WEBSITE

12/07/2015
General Supplies
41, SPRING HILL PKWY SE,
SMYRNA, GA-30080

Project Charter
Project Name

: General Supplies E-commerce Website

Focus Area
online business

: Creation of E-commerce website for the successful operation of

Prepared By

Document Owners

Organizational Roles

Rob Wade

Business Analyst / Project Manager

Josephine

Architect

Prashaanth

Developer

Gayathri

QA Tester

Chuchu

Support Specialist

Project Charter Version Control

Version

Date

Author

Change Description

12/07/2015

Rob Wade

Primary Scope and

Project Charter

Project Charter
Table of Contents
1. Project Charter Purpose
2. Project Executive Summary
3. Project Overview
4. Project Scope
4.1 Goal and Objectives
4.2 Statement of Work (SOW)
4.3 Project Deliverable
4.4 Project Estimated Costs & Duration
5. Project Conditions
5.1 Project Assumptions
5.2 Project Risks
5.3 Project Constraints
6. Project Structure Approach
7. Project Team Organization Plans
8. Approvals

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1. Project Charter Purpose
The project team will determine and identify the required steps for developing an
e-commerce website that covers the combination of business models. Our website will
establish the process of buying the products of General Supplies company online. We
will examines the business model and incorporate it onto the website. The project team
will discover possible solutions for the new e-commerce business. The project team will
become knowledgeable on how to develop an e-commerce website

2. Project Executive Summary

Project Goal : Creation of new e-commerce website for General Supplies
company that will be successful and generate revenues
Objectives
: To create and maintain a high revenue e-commerce website to
capture the business potential of selling General Supplies products online
Scope
: Deliver a quality e-commerce website within the time, cost
and project requirements set by the project team
Assumptions : There are lot of e-commerce websites that have been
successful in generating the revenues. The e-commerce business has also
witnessed growth in the last 5 years
Risks
: Identify and research possible risks starting up new ecommerce website
Costs
: Deliver the website within the allotted money for the project.
Costs would be considered for website specifications such as human resources,
training and other expenses that might arise
Timeline
: Develop a reasonable timeline by researching other ecommerce websites and determine time taken to complete the entire project.
Approach
: Project Manager will conduct weekly project meeting The
project manager will be responsible for delegating work and assign project
duties. The project manager will communicate via email, phone and
conference calls.

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Organization
as follows

: Star Associates. The organizational structure of this project is

Rob Wade
Josephine
Prashaanth
Gayathri
ChuChu

: Business Analyst / Project Manager

: Architect
: Developer
: QA Tester
: Support Specialist

3.Project Overview
Our Project's mission is to develop a new and successful e-commerce website for
General Supplies company. The site will feature the products of General Supplies
company and will enable online purchase of selected products. We will examine the
possible methods to develop the e-commerce website into premium online business for
General Supplies company

4. Project Scope
4.1 Goals and Objectives
Goals
Enable General Supplies
company to sell their
products online.
Gather requirements for the
website
Develop website to increase
the revenue through online
sales
Develop the website within
allocated cost, time and
resources

Objectives
Create an e-commerce website
selling their products online
Research many e-commerce
websites to develop ideas and
actions point to incorporate
onto the developing website
The project team will research
the best model and design for
generating revenue through
online sales
Complete the website within
$275,000.00 before 11/30/2016
with 5 resources

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4.2 Departmental Statement of Work
Statement of Work

Responsibility

Due Date

Business case

Business Analyst,
Architect

01/14/16

Planning

Business Analyst

02/25/16

Design

Business Analyst,
Architect

03/25/16

Build

Developer

05/26/16

Quality Assurance
Testing

QA Tester

07/18/16

Implementation

Business Analyst,
Architect

07/26/16

Project Website Soft

Launch

Developer, Business
Analyst

08/17/16

Hard Launch

Developer

08/18/16

Handover

Business Analyst,
Architect

08/25/16

Online Support

Business Analyst,
Support Specialist

10/14/16

4.3 Project Deliverables

Milestones
Sign off Project Schedules and
contracts

Sign off business case

Deliverables
Audit E-Commerce objectives
Develop project schedule
Budget, Risk and Change
control planning
Contracts and Cross functional
requirement
High level requirement
Business Assessment
Technical Specification

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Milestones
Sign off Planning

Sign off Design

Deliverables
Requirement Gathering
Content Outline
Website Page layout
Visual Element Design
Create Prototype template
Design Review

Sign off Development

CSS & HTML Coding

Module Integration
Content Population
Unit Testing
Security Implementation

Sign Off Testing

Site Testing
Cross Device Testing
Performance Testing
User Experience Testing

Sign off Soft Launch

Configure production Server

Verify Production Server
Transfer files to Production Server
Final UAT & copy proofing

Project Closure

Completion of Project

4.4 Project Estimated Cost and Duration

Project
Phases

Due Date

Deliverables

Cost

Business Case

01/14/16

High Level Requirement

Business Case Assessment
Technical Specification

$64,655.00

Planning

02/25/16

Requirement Gathering
Content Outline
Website Page Layout

$25,103.25

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Project
Phases

Due Date

Deliverables

Cost

Design

03/25/16

Visual Element Design

Create Prototype Template
Design Review

$34,280.00

Build

06/25/16

CSS & HTML Coding

Module Integration
Content Population
Unit Testing
Security Implementation

$41,700.00

Quality
Assurance
Testing

07/18/16

Site Testing
Cross Device Testing
Performance Testing
User Experience Testing

$32,584.00

Implementati
on

07/26/16

Prepare Launch Schedule

Register with search
Engines
Check DNS Entries

Project
Website Soft
Launch

08/17/16

Configure production Server $14,680.00

Verify Production Server
Transfer files to Production
Server
Final UAT
Final copy proofing

Hard Launch

08/18/16

Hard Launch

Handover

08/25/16

Complete Project
Documentation
Prepare User Manual
Site training

$6,940.00

Online
Support

10/14/16

Go Live Support 1

$19,640.00

$12,360.00

$800.00

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5. Project Conditions
5.1 Project Assumptions
Creation of E-commerce website for General Supplies company
incorporates all the General Supplies products available in their retail store
Develop alternate revenue generation for General Supplies company by
selling their products online
E-commerce business has has been successful and grown in the last 5 years
and alternate mode of selling develops General Supplies company business
initiatives.
5.2 Project Risks
Risk Areas

Likelihoo
d /Impact

Risk Owner

Mitigation Plan

Scope Creep

High

Project Manager

Contact project sponsor to

determine future project
requirements; no more
changes to current project.

Custom Coding
Overruns

High

Project Manager

Strict guidelines around

scope creep, updates on
project documents.

5.3 Project Constraints

Budget : The requirement to complete the project under the estimated
cost of $275,000.00
Time : Client requires to launch the website before November
30,2016.

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6. Project Structure Approach
Project Manager will conduct weekly project meeting. The project manager will be
responsible for delegating work and assign project duties. The
project manager will communicate via email, phone and conference calls.

7. Project Team Organization Plans

The constraints of the project are the cost and the time. Hence the team decided to
include the associates from India , Prashaanth Developer and Gayathri- QA tester and
ChuChu from Philippines for Online Support
Project Team Role

Project Team Members

Business Analyst

Rob Wade

Architect

Josephine

Developer

Prashaanth

QA Tester

Gayathri

Support Specialist

ChuChu

8. Approvals

Approved By

: ---------------------(Project Sponsor : Mr. John Smith)