I.
Executive Summary: Briefly
describe who you are (both the project members and the company you are working
with), explain what you are doing (proposing), why you are doing it and how are
you going to do it.
II.
Situational Analysis:
Brief Analysis of the company's existing business model. In this section assess the threat and
opportunities posed by the development of the Internet and e-commerce and
present the company's strength and weaknesses in the World Wide Web.
III.
Competitive Analysis: Assess
the business key online competitors. Try to answer the following questions:
·
What other companies
in the same industry have online presence?
·
What do their sites
offer?
·
How are they
marketing their products/services?
·
Is their site
effective or not?
IV.
Web Site Strategy:
In this section, present the site mission and objectives. Define the feel, look and functionality of
the Web site. List what improvements
might be added in the future.
V.
Web Site Marketing Strategy: Describe your target market. Present your competitive edge
and how you are going to make it stand out online.
·
How are going to
capture your target market attention?
·
What measures are you
taking to encourage them to return to your site?
·
How and where are you
going to market your Web site?
·
What is your online
customer service plan/strategy?
VI.
Development Requirement:
In this section describe the technologies/tools that you chose for developing
the site. (ASP, JAVA, FrontPage,
DreamWeaver, FreeMerchant, Yahoo Store, etc…).
Describe how they work and why you chose them.
VII. Privacy
Policy: You must include a privacy policy on your site similar to to the sample
policy at www.truste.com. DO NOT PUT THIS IN YOUR PLAN, BUT INCLUDE A
LINK TO IT ON YOUR SITE.