A novel e-commerce web portal: a student led co-creation case within an SME and a Uni-versity of Applied Sciences
Uzun, Ali (2013)
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201303153337
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201303153337
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The purpose of this thesis project is to develop the required backend infrastructure for ShopThePlanet, a business-to-consumer e-commerce website, to fully function. The infrastructure is developed in corporation with a user interface development team. This project will also develop a site management tool which gives the ShopThePlanet administrators (or owner) the opportunity to be in complete control of the site content without requiring any IT skills. This is achieved through an administration panel where administrators can view, create, update, and delete the data which is used as website content.
Shoptheplanet.co.uk will be the first application completed under the company name Alpha Omega Marketing OY (TBC). Alpha Omega Marketing is owned by Mr. Francis Lynch, and an advisory board will be set up to assist in the initial growth of the company. Investment will be sought to further develop the company after initial company growth.
The project presented in this thesis based on theoretical research into best practices regarding how a website should be developed. The thesis also reports on the immediate implemen-tation of the findings which were required since this is the main product of the company. In order to achieve this, an action research methodology was followed during the project implementation.
By the end of project I learned a new framework (ASP.NET MVC) and a server technology (ISS), extended my knowledge on C#, MySQL and HTML, improved my research skills, where my knowledge was insufficient I conducted research and successfully applied the findings into the project.
Even though all the thesis objectives are delivered and functionally the project was successful, it cannot be regarded as a successful project since the customer decided not to use the web service.
Shoptheplanet.co.uk will be the first application completed under the company name Alpha Omega Marketing OY (TBC). Alpha Omega Marketing is owned by Mr. Francis Lynch, and an advisory board will be set up to assist in the initial growth of the company. Investment will be sought to further develop the company after initial company growth.
The project presented in this thesis based on theoretical research into best practices regarding how a website should be developed. The thesis also reports on the immediate implemen-tation of the findings which were required since this is the main product of the company. In order to achieve this, an action research methodology was followed during the project implementation.
By the end of project I learned a new framework (ASP.NET MVC) and a server technology (ISS), extended my knowledge on C#, MySQL and HTML, improved my research skills, where my knowledge was insufficient I conducted research and successfully applied the findings into the project.
Even though all the thesis objectives are delivered and functionally the project was successful, it cannot be regarded as a successful project since the customer decided not to use the web service.