Introduction:

i. Analysis and design for an e-commerce site occur in an iterative fashion through prototyping. Here, the requirements of the organization and users of the system are defined and translated into a design from which the system can be built.

ii. Analysis and design phase is followed by implementation phase, where writing the program, building the databases, testing the system, etc. occurs.

iii. Following diagram illustrates the relationship between the three phases:

Diagram:

Description:

i. Analysis for e-business can be defined as “using analytical techniques to capture and summarize business and user requirements”.

ii. Analysis consists of workflow management which is a key part for managing time based information flows. Workflow helps manage business processes by ensuring that the tasks are prioritized to be performed as soon as possible, by the right people in the right order.

iii. Process modeling is an important section of analysis, which is used to analyse information flows to optimize business processes. Information storage analysis is done through data modeling.

iv. Design phase basically specifies how the system should be structured or how an information system will operate.

v. Various architectural design like Client-server model, three tier client servers, etc. are considered in this phase. The main target in this phase includes developing a user-centred design, i.e. optimizing user experience according to all factors.

vi. In addition to this, information architecture, page design, security design etc. are considered here.

vii. Implementation includes activities such as testing and review. These activities occur after the analysis and design during prototyping.

viii. These activities also occur before the system becomes live in final implementation phase.

ix. Consider the diagram given below which summarize the sequence of activities in the form of a Gantt chart.