E.Com Exercise of Chapter 4

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ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Assignment title: Chapter #4 Assignment#: 02 Submitted To: Sir Muhammad Junaid Submitted By: Ayesha Bibi Registration# FA09-BBA-040 Date: 10 - April - 2012 1. Name the six main pieces of the e-commerce site? * Organizational Capabilities * Hardware Architecture * Software * Telecommunications * Site Design * Human Resources ------------------------------------------------- 2. Define the system development life cycle and discuss the various steps involved in creating an e-commerce site. SDLC (System Development Life Cycle) is a methodology for understanding the business objectives of any system and designing an appropriate solution. The five major steps include: * System Analysis/Planning * System Design * Building the System * Testing * Implementation ------------------------------------------------- 3. Discuss the differences between a simple logical and simple physical Website design. Logical is the dataflow diagram that describes data flow, processing functions and databases to be used. Logical design also includes security and backup features along with controls. Physical Design translates the logical design into physical components (i.e. specific server or software to be used) ------------------------------------------------- 4. Why is system testing important? To ensure the system is functioning properly since there are thousands of pathways to a typical ecommerce site. Name the three types of testing and their relation to each other. * Unit Testing-testing of each module * System Testing –testing the way a typical user would interface with the site * Acceptance Testing-Verify

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