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PVF Web Store Implementation and Maintenance Plan
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PVF Web Store Implementation and Maintenance Plan
It is vital to first review important business features within Pine Valley Furniture (PVF),
their objectives, and the prevailing business environment to settle on a specific transition plan.
PVF straddles the boundary between small-sized businesses at the cusp of turning into a mid-
sized enterprise presently hiring 50 workers. It operates from a single physical location but
functionally subdivided into three areas: orders department, accounting department and payroll
department. The company aims to formulate a unified web store application to merge its
disparate department-based programs through an internal software development team. Despite
recent rapid upsurge of grow, PVF face stiff competition from rivals especially specialized and
no-specialized online furniture stores. This paper covers the implementation and maintenance
plan for the project tasked with bringing the goal of a company-wide software to fruition.
Implementation plan
Installation Strategy
The installation strategy involves system conversion, which is the exercise of switching
to a new or modified system from an old system. The need for the switch at PVF furniture web
store is because the existing system is outdated and it ca not serve user needs effectively
anymore. There are several available system conversion strategies, and individual business
situation analysis is prime at finalizing on the optimum approach (Rusare & Jay, 2015). There is
no universal blueprint appropriate in all cases. Therefore, it is important to evaluate each
installation plan and relates it to PVF’s business model, goals, and prevailing business position.
There are four chief system conversion game plans including, direct changeover, parallel
PVF Web Store Implementation and Maintenance Plan
Name
Department, Institution
Course Code: Course Code
Instructor
Submission Date
, 2
PVF Web Store Implementation and Maintenance Plan
It is vital to first review important business features within Pine Valley Furniture (PVF),
their objectives, and the prevailing business environment to settle on a specific transition plan.
PVF straddles the boundary between small-sized businesses at the cusp of turning into a mid-
sized enterprise presently hiring 50 workers. It operates from a single physical location but
functionally subdivided into three areas: orders department, accounting department and payroll
department. The company aims to formulate a unified web store application to merge its
disparate department-based programs through an internal software development team. Despite
recent rapid upsurge of grow, PVF face stiff competition from rivals especially specialized and
no-specialized online furniture stores. This paper covers the implementation and maintenance
plan for the project tasked with bringing the goal of a company-wide software to fruition.
Implementation plan
Installation Strategy
The installation strategy involves system conversion, which is the exercise of switching
to a new or modified system from an old system. The need for the switch at PVF furniture web
store is because the existing system is outdated and it ca not serve user needs effectively
anymore. There are several available system conversion strategies, and individual business
situation analysis is prime at finalizing on the optimum approach (Rusare & Jay, 2015). There is
no universal blueprint appropriate in all cases. Therefore, it is important to evaluate each
installation plan and relates it to PVF’s business model, goals, and prevailing business position.
There are four chief system conversion game plans including, direct changeover, parallel
