Bejeweled Inc Expansion; Cmgt 410/Project Planning
Bejeweled Inc Expansion
Tim Barker
Jonathan W. Brown
Cecilia Martinez
Ruthann McKenzie
University of Phoenix
CMGT 410/Project Planning & Implementation
Dr. Terance Carlson
Background Bejeweled Inc is a well known jewelry store which has locations in Florida, Georgia, and New York. Bejeweled Inc in addition to their stores also provides the jewelry to a few local jewelry stores in the New York area. Brian Leach Owner of Bejeweled Inc opened his first store in February 1995. The first store to open was the store located in Atlanta Georgia, within two years he opened another in Savannah Georgia and another in Brunswick six months later. In In June 2000 Brian opened up two stores in Miami and in March 2008 opened a store in Manhattan New York. Brian is very interested in opening up an E-Commerce where consumers can order online from the store directly. Known for their exquisite fine jewelry and precious gems Bejeweled Inc is increasingly becoming very popular and trying to communicate between shops with all the orders coming in is becoming harder and harder and Bejeweled Inc really needs a better IT solution in order to keep up with the demand. Statement of Need Now that Bejeweled Inc has “taken off” and Brian would like to expand their business and upgrade the current network. The objective is to be able to expand their services by attaining better operations by getting the offices in sync with each other rather than them being just another store with the same name. . In conjunction with expanding their operations section Bejeweled Inc envisions increasing profitability via E- Commerce. E-Commerce will allow people to carry out business without barriers of time or distance (Education). One can simply log on at anytime and purchase anything from the site with just a click of a button. Bejeweled has a small marketing department so getting their input will be crucial for the web designers. Standing up the Bejeweled website
Tim Barker
Jonathan W. Brown
Cecilia Martinez
Ruthann McKenzie
University of Phoenix
CMGT 410/Project Planning & Implementation
Dr. Terance Carlson
Background Bejeweled Inc is a well known jewelry store which has locations in Florida, Georgia, and New York. Bejeweled Inc in addition to their stores also provides the jewelry to a few local jewelry stores in the New York area. Brian Leach Owner of Bejeweled Inc opened his first store in February 1995. The first store to open was the store located in Atlanta Georgia, within two years he opened another in Savannah Georgia and another in Brunswick six months later. In In June 2000 Brian opened up two stores in Miami and in March 2008 opened a store in Manhattan New York. Brian is very interested in opening up an E-Commerce where consumers can order online from the store directly. Known for their exquisite fine jewelry and precious gems Bejeweled Inc is increasingly becoming very popular and trying to communicate between shops with all the orders coming in is becoming harder and harder and Bejeweled Inc really needs a better IT solution in order to keep up with the demand. Statement of Need Now that Bejeweled Inc has “taken off” and Brian would like to expand their business and upgrade the current network. The objective is to be able to expand their services by attaining better operations by getting the offices in sync with each other rather than them being just another store with the same name. . In conjunction with expanding their operations section Bejeweled Inc envisions increasing profitability via E- Commerce. E-Commerce will allow people to carry out business without barriers of time or distance (Education). One can simply log on at anytime and purchase anything from the site with just a click of a button. Bejeweled has a small marketing department so getting their input will be crucial for the web designers. Standing up the Bejeweled website
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