The technical evaluation of this phase will focus on two
key elements: The first is the front-end view and the second is the
backbone system. The front-end view represents the initial and
subsequent interactions that the client will have on the site. The
backbone system refers to the analysis of the applications, the
database, the e-mail support application, the security architecture and
the infrastructure to be able to recommend enhancement and improvements.
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Analyze the initial business requirements.
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Review the Site to determine functional
specifications and Review initial capabilities.
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Review and analyze the infrastructure environment to
include the selection of system software, hardware, middleware,
networking, server utilization and capacity.
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Evaluation and Determination of Objectives, Wish
list and Critical Success Factors
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Analysis of the Core and Related Processes and
Process Steps
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Process Triggers Evaluation
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Existing Data Integrity Evaluation
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Data Flow Modeling
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Process Flow Modeling
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Documentation of the Data Stores and Their
Relationship to Entities
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Identification of all External Triggers and Events;
Time-Based Events
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Documentation of Business Rules and Logic Conditions
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Critical Path Analysis and Process Improvements
Recommendations
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Review and Analyze the data model, physical design
of the database and measure the performance.
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Review and Analyze Application Security Mechanism.
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Review and Analyze the look and feel of the site and
the Navigation Mechanism.
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Determine and Recommend security architecture and
Mechanism.
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Review Scalability of the Application and Recommend
Enhancements
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Design and Develop application payment system.
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Review Web Site Traffic analysis.
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Review Application Reports Architecture.
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Recommend additional functionalities to be included.
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Analyze Search mechanism.
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Analyze the core infrastructure.
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Analyze system robustness.
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Analyze the need for Personalization and Value
Proposition Tracking.