IT course
IT course
The prompt is :
Harrison Kirby runs a local golf course with a shop of around 150 products. He wants to have a website that will facilitate e-busin" rel="nofollow">iness for his golf course. He wants
onlin" rel="nofollow">ine schedulin" rel="nofollow">ing of tee times (in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing coordin" rel="nofollow">ination of group play), onlin" rel="nofollow">ine shoppin" rel="nofollow">ing, and social network in" rel="nofollow">integration. One difficulty of movin" rel="nofollow">ing a small busin" rel="nofollow">iness
from a traditional retail store to an onlin" rel="nofollow">ine store is channel complications. Everythin" rel="nofollow">ing must be reconsidered. For example, how will he communicate with his
customers? How will they fin" rel="nofollow">ind product in" rel="nofollow">information? How will he accept orders? How will he manage payments and shippin" rel="nofollow">ing? These questions and many more
have kept Kirby from makin" rel="nofollow">ing the e-commerce plunge.
Below you will fin" rel="nofollow">ind a letter from Kirby explain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing what he would like you to do:
Dear Intern,
I have an in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing project for you. I am in" rel="nofollow">interested in" rel="nofollow">in an onlin" rel="nofollow">ine presence for my golf shop. Specifically, I want to offer a few (less than 150) products
onlin" rel="nofollow">ine for in" rel="nofollow">in-store pickup or delivery. I would also like onlin" rel="nofollow">ine schedulin" rel="nofollow">ing of tee times.
I want you to research the web for companies that provide this type of product. Ultimately, you may recommend a combin" rel="nofollow">ination of providers to
accomplish all that I am tryin" rel="nofollow">ing to do. For example, your fin" rel="nofollow">inal recommendation may in" rel="nofollow">include a web hostin" rel="nofollow">ing solution, logistics provider, and a CRM
(Customer Relationship Management) tool. Or, perhaps you will fin" rel="nofollow">ind a product that can be customized to provide all the functionality in" rel="nofollow">in one piece.
Keep in" rel="nofollow">in min" rel="nofollow">ind that my shop is a small busin" rel="nofollow">iness, and I do not have resources to manage a complicated system. I need somethin" rel="nofollow">ing that is fairly easy to
implement, use, and manage. I have heard of onlin" rel="nofollow">ine, cloud, as-a-service platforms that do not require local hardware. I thin" rel="nofollow">ink that this type of setup
would be most useful to me, but I have no idea what type of software I should use to support my busin" rel="nofollow">iness.
After you complete your research, as the first step in" rel="nofollow">in this process, please send me a report with the followin" rel="nofollow">ing critical elements:
1. Overview of the companies you learned about
2. Profile of your selections and the reasons you chose them
3. Summary of why you believe this will help me accomplish my goals