E-Commerce Websites Development

Instructor:	John Sum, Institute of Technology Management
Time:	Wednesday 14:10-17:00 (2013 Fall)
Venue:	Room 322, CSSM Building
Email:	pfsum@nchu.edu.tw (for general enquiries)
	pfsum@yahoo.com.hk (for document submission)
URL:	web.nchu.edu.tw/~pfsum/WDM/wdm_index_13.html

PRE-REQUISITES

Able to read, write, speak and listen in English.
Skillful in using application software, such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel and etc.
Skillful in using IE or other browsers to access the Internet, and searching information on the web.
Knowledge in one of the following subjects: Principles of Computing, Computer Literacy, Introduction of Information Systems or Introduction of Information Technologies.

SYLLABUS

EC Firms and Technology Firms
Business Processes, IS and IT
Review of IT and IS
Evolution in BM & IM
Systems Development
- Overview
- Remarks (S1)
- Examples (S2)
Advanced Topics
- Service Systems & Engineering
- Further Examples on System Investigation
- Related Topics: OM & OD

OUTCOMES

After taking the course, student should be able to equip with the following skills.

Know the concepts regarding websites and information systems development.
Study the articles/literatures related to websites and information systems development.
Identify his/her roles/responsibilities in a development project.
Know the roles/responsibilities of other participants in a development project.
Differentiate the roles amongst CIO/CTO, COO, CFO and CEO in a development project.
Analyze and define the requirements of a website and an information system.
Analyze the productivity (profit/loss) of a website and an information system.
Analyze the business needs and design the corresponding business operations.
Understand that communication gap is one crucial obstacle hampering system development.
Manage a website or an information system and its development.

Furthermore, student should know how to analyze an existing commerce website and identify the behind business operations that it supports.

CLASS SCHEDULE (17 Weeks)

Course Introduction [1 week]
EC Firms and Technology Firms [2 week]
Business Processes, IS and IT [1 week]
Progress Report [1 week]
Review of IT and IS [1 week]
Evolution in BM & IM [1 week]
Progress Report [1 week]
Systems Development [3 weeks]
- Overview
- Remarks (S1)
- Examples (S2)
Advanced Topic [3 weeks]
- Service Systems & Engineering
- Related Topics: OM & OD
Final Report [1 week]
Review Lecture [1 week]
Final Examination [1 week]

ASSESSMENT

(10%) Written assignments [individual]
(10%) Readings and presentations [group]
(20%) Progress Report (Written report and oral presentation)
- Analyzing EC Websites [group]
- Business plan of a new E-Business. [group]
(40%) Final Report (Written report and oral presentation)
- Analyzing EC Websites [group]
- Business plan of a new E-Business. [group]
(30%) Mid-term/Final exams [individual]

EXAMINATION

Papers
- All questions will be written in English and students must answer in English.
- Examination duration is 3 hours.
Past Papers
- 2007 Mid-term Examination, Final Examination
- 2008 Mid-term Examination, Final Examination
- 2010 Final Examination
- 2011 Final Examination
- 2012 Final Examination
- 2013 Final Examination
Absence from examination
- There will have no supplementary exam.
- Student absence from exam must hand-in medical certificate (or alternative proof) within one working day for partial grading or alternative exam.
- Exceptional case will be handled in individual basis.

TENTATIVE TOPICS

Analysis on the Design & Architecture of XXX Website
Business Plan of a new dotcom company
Business Plan of a new business unit of a company

Here are some previous projects.

PROJECT PRESENTATION

Attendance
- Students have to attend all presentations.
- Student absence from presentation must hand-in medical certificate (or alternative proof) within one working day for partial grading.
- Student absence from presentation with no explanation about his/her absence will definitely hamper the grading of the group he/she belongs.
Schedule
- Presentation schedule will not be disclosed before the first day of presentation, and it is arranged in random basis.
- Special arrangement will only be handled in a very exceptional situation (with evidence proof please).
Dress Code
- Formal dressing is not mandatory, but is an advantage. Smart casual is recommended.
- Santos, short pants, hip-hop, T-Shirt and other informal dressing should be avoided.
- Informal dressing will only be allowed in rainy day.
Project Grading
- Group marks will be given in accordance with (i) project report plus [+] (ii) presentation minus [-] (iii) late submission penalty.

GROUP FORMATION

Member
- Each group should have about 4 to 5 members.
- Each group should have at least one female and one male member.
- One member should be the group leader.
Group Leader
- Group leader is responsible to co-ordinate the work done amongst each group member and make sure that the required documents can be submitted before due date.
- For any penalty (late submission and absence of any member in presentation), group leader will be double counted.
- Each group leader will have a mandatory 10 bonus marks added up to his/her total.
- In the end of the semester, each leader will need to submit a list of members' contribution and assign bonus to each member.

K.C. Laudon and C.G. Traver, E-Commerce: Business, technology and society, Addison Wesley. (Chapter 4 Building an E-Commerce Website)
A. Dennis and B.H. Wixom, Systems Analysis and Design, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Chapter 6 Process Modeling)
B.C. McNurlin and R.H. Sprague Jr., Information Systems Management in Practice, Prentice Hall, 2006.
Roger Pressman, Software Engineering, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2005. (Chapter 16-19 Web Engineering)
Ian Sommerville, Software Engineering, 8th edition, Addison Wesley, 2007.
On-line encyclopedia Wikipedia

READINGS

San Murugesan and Athula Ginige, Web Engineering: Introduction and Perspectives, in Web Engineering: Managing Diversity and Complexity of Web Application Development, San Murugesan and Yogesh Deshpande (ed), Springer Verlag LNCS 2016, 2005.
Selected articles, research papers or technical reports from commerce websites.
- CIO.COM
- IBM
- CNET
- IDC
- SUN Microsystems
- Microsoft
- WWW Consortium
- Software Engineering Institute, CMU
Selected papers from journals, magazines and Google Scholars.