Design and Development a website of Pharmacy

CHAPTER 1
Design and Development a website of Pharmacy’s in Oman

Name: Afnan Faisal AL-Mukhaiti
ID:16F15567
Date:19-11-2020

Outline
This chapter introduces the entire project, with the background of the study describing various pharmacies found within Oman. The problem statement captures the problem being addressed as its proposed solution is well identified. The scope discusses the projects impact to the affected parties. The duration of the project is also stated with its time span for a complete implementation. Costs to be incurred on the entire project are well described. Features of the proposed web application are listed which will be met upon its completion. Stakeholders are described and listed with their impacts and objective upon the web application operations. Various system requirements such as hardware, software and user interface are described. Aims and objective are clearly stated which will be measured upon completion of the project.

CHAPTER 1

⦁ Introduction
The importance of online pharmacies is crucial in today’s world. The everyday task has been taken over by smartphones, computers, tablets or other computing devices that ease our daily tasks. Smartphones are used more frequently in today’s life and it’s having a special importance in today’s growing society. Online pharmaceutical web applications have become a fast growing trend for facilitating online pharmaceutical products and services shopping. This fast growth has been attributed to by the market opportunity set forth by the billions of computing devices accessing the internet by people around the globe.
⦁ Background to the study
Background information of the project need improvement. You have to specify what are the services, what are the products and what are the main function of the system etc., and also you have to specify clearly the rationale for the project, what are the current problem in the company and why you were developing.
The pharmacy operations involve implementation of pharmaceutical s which involve interpretation and evaluation of medical s, drug administration, and dispensation of prescribed drugs from qualified medical practitioners. It also involves review of prescribed drug regimen, and correct storage of drugs (Sumaida, 2012). The Sultanate of Oman has quite a number of Pharmacies that supply drugs to the locals. These pharmacies have not embraced this fast growing business paradigm. The major pharmacies I am targeting include the following:
⦁ Aflag Pharmacy is considered the most trusted pharmacy in the Sultanate of Oman. It was established in 2012 but had started operating in 2008 when it was managing Balsm Pharmacy. It has several retail outlets in Al Ghubra, Azaiba, Mabella among others. Its purpose is to deliver quality pharmaceutical products and services to the people of Oman hence bring them quality healthcare services (Raj, 2020).
⦁ Muscat Pharmacy & Stores LLC was established in 1968 and has since undergone several changes. The latest change was in 2001 when it renamed its business name from Muscat Pharmacy LLC to Muscat Pharmacy & Stores LLC. It has several retail outlets in Al Ghubra, Azaiba, Mabella among others. Its purpose is to deliver the highest level of satisfaction to its customers by enhancing the standards of health and healthcare of people throughout the Sultanate of Oman. It has several outlets within Muscat with Al Hail, Al khuwair, Al Ghobra and Sohar among pharmacies providing 24-hour service in a week (History of Muscat Pharmacy & Stores LLC | Muscat Pharmacy & Stores LLC, 2020).
⦁ Al-Hashar Pharmacy established by the Late Sheikh Al Hashar and Dr Ali Mohd in 1972. Moosa, Al Hashar Pharmacy has been one of the pioneering organizations in the field of Pharmaceutical distribution and retail trade. It is committed to patient-oriented healthcare in the Sultanate of Oman. It provides pharmaceutical products, offers laboratory diagnostics and has several pharmacy outlets spread at various places throughout Salalah and Muscat (Al-Hashar Pharmacy, 2020).
⦁ Ibn Sina Pharmacy LLC is a pharmaceutical company established in 1974 with a mission to extend quality healthcare to micro interiors of the Sultanate of Oman. It has several pharmacy outlets like Adam, Haima, Thumrait, Mahout among others (IBN SINA PHARMACY – Good Health, Great Life!, 2020).
Even if these pharmacies have tried to harness the power of the internet they have not yet tapped the full potential of the market provided by the internet.
⦁ Problem Statement
Kindly specify the types of project you were trying to develop. Also you need discuss/explain the current problem or Issues Company facing. The problem definition is more specific and make it paragraph. Finally, you need to discuss how you were going to achieve or solve those issues using your proposed system.
Technological advancement has resulted in the need for constant upgrades by various pharmaceutical organizations such as pharmacies to keep up with the changes. With pharmacies currently using outdated methods in managing its data and offering services, it has resulted in time wastage and inaccuracy in its bookkeeping. This physical data is prone to lose and inconsistency which leads to redundancy and inaccuracy. In addition to that, customers cannot buy drugs and issue their prescriptions on the current pharmacy websites except for a majority few.
⦁ Proposed Solution
Developing an integrated pharmacy web application with the ability for customers to buy and submit their prescriptions online and get delivery of the same. This application will critically help to keep track of drug inventories with the ability to trigger an alert to the management once a certain drug has reduced in stock. Key statistics used to make critical decisions will be displayed in a graphical dashboard. It will feature a good database management system will be very important especially in performing efficient data management needs, analysis and organization. It will also enhance quality in decision making. This application will deliver accurate reports during bookkeeping and analysis anytime required.
⦁ Justification
There is a lot of time and money wastage when patients have to travel to a town to buy medicine or pharmaceutical products. Patients have currently the option of visiting the nearest pharmacy which might not be stocked with the prescribed medicine. By the use of this web application, a variety of medicine will be available for the customers/patients since several pharmacies’ products will be available.
This project will resolve the issue of data management and time wastage. This will be achieved through the use of a database management system used in the application. The application will also raise awareness of the pharmacy as websites applications are being used as digital marketing tools.
⦁ Scope
The project scope need improvement. The project scope should cover the following points such as need of the project, who are the stakeholder, main functionality of the proposed system, duration of completion of project, cost and what are the tools you were going to use to implement the system.
⦁ Impact of the project
A lot of people will benefit from this website application. This is by;
⦁ Students will gain knowledge and experience in developing websites.
⦁ Help employees in delivering their services effectively.
⦁ Help people acquire healthcare products and services easily.
⦁ Help fight counterfeit medicine and pharmaceutical products
⦁ Help lower cost of healthcare products
⦁ Offering healthcare to marginalized areas through delivery (Patil, Patil, More and Sankpal, 2020).
⦁ Duration
Full development and implementation of the web application is expected to take a maximum of six months.
Task
Remove detail task and task not required in scope.  Time Frame
Team review 1 month
Product backlog development 5 weeks
UX/UI design 4 weeks
Early planning 1 week
Web front end development 1 month
Web back end development 2 months
Quality assurance and testing 2 weeks
Review 1 week
Analysis 2 weeks
Hosting 1 week
Admin panel development 1 month

⦁ Cost
Cost breakdown not required in scope and mention the total cost of the system/application.
The overall cost in designing and developing this proposed pharmacy website is estimated to be around OMR 3000 which will cater for all expenses. The cost breakdown is as follows;
⦁ Domain web hosting 75 OMR
⦁ Website maintenance 200 OMR
⦁ Web design 180 OMR
⦁ Front end development 500 OMR
⦁ Back end development 800 OMR
⦁ Admin panel development 450 OMR
⦁ Product backlog development 200 OMR
⦁ Software
No need mention the explanation of of the software in scope and just mention the software’s
The system will be developed using:-
⦁ Laravel: which is a PHP framework used to develop dynamic web apps
⦁ Boostrap: which is a styling library used to make a responsive and appealing system
⦁ MySQL: which is responsible for database implementation and querying
⦁ jQuery: which is a JavaScript library used to make the system more interactive
⦁ HTML5
⦁ CSS3
⦁ Features of the application
Kindly review once again the feature of the application based on problem statement.
The web application will have the following features:-
⦁ Trigger feature to detect medicine running low in the inventory
⦁ Shopping Cart used to help customers to facilitate buying of pharmaceutical products
⦁ Geo-location tagging to help identify nearest pharmacies to help in reducing the price of delivery
⦁ Prescription submission feature to help the customer take a picture of their prescription given by the doctor and upload it to get the specified medicines
⦁ Pharmacy management subsystem to help manage different pharmacies that are enrolled in the system
⦁ Inventory management subsystem to help keep track of pharmaceutical products
⦁ Authentication subsystem to help identify and authorized different users into the system
⦁ Delivery management subsystem that helps to track and manage the delivery of pharmaceutical products
⦁ Stakeholders
⦁ Definition of terms
A stakeholder refers to a group, organization or person who is impacted by an outcome of any given project they have interest in.
Internal stakes are individual whose interest in any linked project comes through a direct relationship like an investment (Identifying and managing internal and external stakeholder interests, 2020).
An external stakeholder refers to individuals who do not have a direct relation to a project but are affected greatly by the outcome of the project (Identifying and managing internal and external stakeholder interests, 2020).
⦁ List of stakeholders
Stakeholder Type of stakeholder Impact
⦁ Internal Stakeholder Owner

Customer

Employees

Project developers Should direct the strategies, make major decisions and retain control of the pharmaceutical business operation
Should be able to obtain a range of pharmaceutical products and services offered
Should be able to receive high quality of customer services
Should be concerned with salary, working conditions and job security
Should manage time and resources effectively in to meet the user defined requirements
⦁ External Stakeholders Government

Competitors

Suppliers

Community Should be able to receive tax revenues
Should control pharmaceutical operations so as to ensure they lie within the legal requirements
Should be able to offer stiff competition
Should be able to supply wide range of pharmaceutical products and services
Should be able to receive payment after delivery
Should be able to gain from the job employment opportunities created by the business

⦁ Interfaces
⦁ User interface
Review the interface….are you developing mobile application or web application?
⦁ The pharmaceutical system should have a user interface that is simple and clear so as to enable the users to figure out how to interact with the system.
⦁ The system should have a user interface that has a consistent layout and color scheme
⦁ The system should have a user interface that is compatible with multiple platforms such as Android, iOS, Linux and Windows web browsers such as Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome
⦁ The system should have a user interface that is responsive in several devices
⦁ The system should have a user interface that provides relevant feedback to its users. (Fadeyev, 2020)
⦁ Hardware interface
⦁ Since the web application is expected to operate online, the hardware components such as mobile devices, employee computers should have a good internet connection (REBox – Requirement Engineering Box – Wiegers-Template, 2020)
⦁ Software interface
⦁ The web application system should be able to communicate with the inventory subsystem to help in determining product price, quantity and description.
⦁ The web application system should be able to communicate the delivery subsystem so as to identify the delivery methods, payments and tracking of purchased pharmaceutical products and services.
⦁ The web application system should be able to communicate with the government tax systems so as to calculate and validate pharmaceutical product taxes.
⦁ The web application system should be to communicate with customer relationship management system so as to offer relevant customer service support. (REBox – Requirement Engineering Box – Wiegers-Template, 2020)
⦁ Aims and objectives
⦁ Aim
The purpose of this project is to design and develop an online pharmaceutical web application.
⦁ Objectives
Objectives of your proposed system are not clear and kindly rewrite it. You have to rewrite major goal of your project as well.
⦁ To display pharmaceutical products and services
⦁ To enable customers to purchase pharmaceutical products and services
⦁ To enable customers to submit their prescriptions online
⦁ To enable customers to get delivery of purchased pharmaceutical products
⦁ To enable the management to track the quantity of pharmaceutical products and services
⦁ To develop a good database management system
⦁ Contributions
This web application system will have the following contributions to various stakeholders:
⦁ This web application system will increase my development skills as a student in software development.
⦁ It will enhance my automation of pharmacy operations as it will enable sales of pharmaceutical products and services and also ensure delivery of products and services.
⦁ This web application will enhance community development as it will be environmental friendly and will ensure employment opportunities.
⦁ This web application will increase tax revenue for the government
⦁ The automation of pharmacy operations will increase profit for various pharmacies since there is a wider market rich.
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References
Patil, A., Patil, R., More, S. and Sankpal, S., 2020. Web Application for Online Pharmacy. International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET), [online] 06(04), pp.1499 – 1502. Available at: < https://www.irjet.net/archives/V6/i4/IRJET-V6I4319.pdf > [Accessed 27 Oct 2020]
Sumaida, D., 2012. Pharmacy inventory control ing web application. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 30(34_suppl), pp.330-330.
Fadeyev, D., 2020. 8 Characteristics Of Successful User Interfaces. [online] Usabilitypost.com. Available at: < https://usabilitypost.com/2009/04/15/8-characteristics-of-successful-user-interfaces/ > [Accessed 28 Oct 2020]
Muscatpharmacy.om. 2020. History Of Muscat Pharmacy & Stores LLC | Muscat Pharmacy & Stores LLC. [online] Available at: < https://www.muscatpharmacy.om/about-us/history-of-muscat-pharmacy/ > [Accessed 31 Oct 2020]
Al-Hashar Pharmacy. 2020. Home – Al-Hashar Pharmacy. [online] Available at: < https://alhasharpharmacy.com/ > [Accessed 3 November 2020]
Ispoman.com. 2020. IBN SINA PHARMACY – Good Health, Great Life!. [online] Available at: <http://ispoman.com/> [Accessed 10 November 2020]
Health Knowledge. 2020. Identifying And Managing Internal And External Stakeholder Interests. [online] Available at: < https://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/public-health-textbook/organisation-management/5b-understanding-ofs/managing-internal-external-stakeholders > [Accessed 17 November 2020]
Raj, S., 2020. About Us | Aflag Pharmacy In Oman | Muscat | Open 24 Hours. [online] Aflag Pharmacy. Available at: < https://aflagpharmacy.com/about-us/ > [Accessed 17 November 2020]
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CHAPTER 2
Design and Develop Web Application for Pharmacy’s in Sultanate of Oman

2.1 Introduction

Today, many businesses are changing from having a presence within a specified physical location to having a presence online. Now more than ever, being able to be in touch with clients and potential clients at their comfort and taking services to them via various methods online has become one of the biggest business strategies in use. With good computing devices such as smart phones become cheaper, it has opened the world up to a previously non-existent market.
A website is now a primary way in which many people looks for information about products and services. Investing in the development of a website that will not only provide information but allow clients to purchase products or services is a good strategy to not only keep a business afloat but reach new clients. This is the decision that a pharmacy in Oman has decided to take.

2.1.1 Providing Background
Are you developing this project for Alfah pharmacy only or all the pharmacy at sultanate of Oman.  Please clarify during online session.
Making medicine available to people as easily and efficiently as possible is the goal of any pharmacy. This task further falls on making sure that the medicines available are not fakes that are a danger to the health of those that purchase them.
Alfah is a pharmacy located in Oman that seeks to not only provide their clients with the convenience to browse through their catalog and medication without physically visiting the location of the pharmacy but to also to get more clients even from outside Oman. Currently, they have been leveraging the use of existing social media platforms to raise awareness of their services and products, but they have been encountering the following issues:
⦁ Lack of flexibility: Social media platforms are not allowing the pharmacy to properly showcase their catalog without constantly repeating older posts which at times spams the news feed of their clients.
⦁ Lack of proper customer data: They are unable to properly monitor s from customers since s and queries get mixed up.
⦁ Customers still have to visit the physical location of the pharmacy to check the availability and current cost of medicines they need.
⦁ Not having a website keeps off investors since having a professional website gives confidence of authenticity to investors and clients.
Countering these problems among others that are in the existing system will be the main focus of this project. Therefore, the main goal of undertaking this project will be to ensure that Alfah gets a website that will bridge the gap between them and their clients as well as potential clients

2.1.2 Outlining the Structure

Development of this website will be necessary if the pharmacy wishes to increase its client base and therefore get a larger revenue stream. The drawbacks of using social media platforms instead of an official website have been costing them a lot in terms of investor confidence and client flow. Therefore, the development of this website shall be beneficial to the business.

2.2 Similar Work

Since the writing and execution of the first software on June 1948 by Tom Kilburn (Yost, 2020), the development of software for many different applications has been growing continuously both for desktop applications and applications that run on the web. Software that helps manage pharmacies is no different as it has also been changing over time.

Article one review
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Article Title: Catch more clients with the net by Kamal Mahasuria
There is the likelihood that they might be coordinated to a contender’s site, which could bring about the deficiency of that client. A site will permit you to elevate your administrations to a more extensive crowd and is less expensive and more adaptable than print publicizing. Before you can begin assembling your site you should pick and enlist an area name. It is essential to choose a name that individuals will utilize while looking for your business it is a smart thought to utilize your pharmacy’s name if conceivable. Be that as it may, this is at present simply accessible to pharmacys enrolled in the United States and the enlistment cycle is convoluted and costly. Numerous online administrations will give space and site facilitating, permitting you to construct your website. In any case, most pharmacy proprietors won’t have the opportunity or capacity to embrace this sort of undertaking. Pharmacy store is an inventory and muddled business so any supplier that you pick should get this and have a piece of decent information on the calling. You ought to request to see instances of pharmacy websites that the supplier has just constructed and watched that it can offer limitless progressing help to guarantee that your site is consistently refreshed and specialized overhauls are introduced. You will likewise have to think about online security and guarantee that your facilitating administration incorporates a reinforcement office for your site.

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Article Title: Creating a website for pharmacy by check domain
You without a doubt need to contemplate the structure of a web designer. Be that as it may, understudies additionally prefer to utilize the web designer of check area for their site, which is at last planned in a layman-accommodating way. So you can construct your site as an entrepreneur or recruit a more youthful partner from your group. If you have a little information on HTML, you will comprehend the foundation somewhat better and could even make further individualizations. In any case, these are not important to utilize the web designer all in all and to fabricate a decent landing page. It is sufficient to think a little into the activity. You will most likely find numerous conceivable outcomes to make your site brilliant and exceptional. With this unmistakable thought, you can undoubtedly make your site for a pharmacy: You don’t need to dispose of something after dabbling with the manufacturer and revamp it once more. You will surely need to plan a site “About our Pharmacy”. Maybe you might want to have a short starting book composed for every classification; your clients may likewise be keen on specialized clarifications.

 

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Article title: website design and development by krify
On the off chance that your clients’ are not utilizing the site, at that point, you can be sure they are utilizing the opposition. There should be a successful web-based promotion which is needed to guarantee your pharmacy site rises nearer to the highest point of the Google rankings. After all these the best pharmacy web applications on the planet figures in vain if your clients can’t find you. To support your pharmacy website, the highlights to be coordinated are: List of services: Here, you can list the administrations that you give to the clients. Medication audits: The client can give a survey of the medication Health check subtleties: The client can check all the wellbeing registration subtleties Specialist administrations: Here, the client can see all the administrations that are given by a trained professional. Extra services: Here, the client can see every one of the extra administrations that they give to the clients. Rundown of branches: Here the client can see all the parts of the pharmacy Private solutions: The client can list private remedies here. Online stock administration: Here, the administrator can deal with the whole medication stock that is in. Here are the things that should be incorporated while building up the pharmacy website advancement is: Patient consideration through pharmacy site: The pharmacy web architecture and improvement permit patients to go on the web and deal with their prescription in complete wellbeing. Accomplish results with advertising strategies: Search motor advancement, email showcasing, and online media exercises are portions of computerized promoting instruments that help to drive the pharmacy site improvement to more noteworthy statures.

2.2.1 Describing Similar Applications
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There are quite a number of software that has been developed for the same functions as the website to be developed for Alfah. Some of them include:
⦁ MedicoInfra: It is a full pharmacy management system that has a web version accessible via a browser as well as a version for computers that runs on the Windows operating system. The software supports multiple electronic payment methods. Pharmacies that use this software pay a monthly subscription to the company that develops and maintains the software (“MedicoInfra Pricing, Reviews, Features – Free Demo”, 2020).
⦁ Enterprise Pharmacy System: It is a healthcare product created by PDX Inc. It is designed for both small and large pharmacies that wish to make their services mobile and easy to use. It also includes the implementation of multiple electronic payment systems in addition to providing various reports as needed. The product also promises the ability to handle many prescription requests without failing or showing any signs of down-time (“Enterprise Pharmacy System™ (EPS™) | PDX, Inc.”, 2020).
⦁ Rx30 Pharmacy System: It is another top-shelf pharmacy management system that incorporates many of the basic workflow management tools that are necessary for a pharmacy to run but with more functionality like a patient adherence module that reminds patients to either go for medicine refills or checkups. It is also available on the web and there are versions for mobile devices as well (“pharmacy management solution”, 2020).
From this existing software, it is evident that the most sensible software for any business to have that interacts with clients should be available on the web.

2.3 Literature Review

A website is important to have since it creates a platform where a business can interact with its clients and stakeholders (IEEE Staff, 2016). Access to the internet is becoming cheaper and faster as more advanced computing devices are continuously being produced every day as servers that host these sites and as computing devices that are being used to access these online resources.
Having a website that is easy to find using search engines is also very important. This is because it makes it easy for potential clients are able to access information about the business and services or products that you offer. According to Shah (2020), a business that has a website will be able to get direct feedback from clients, have better tools for analyzing their sales made through their website, and thus help in boosting sales.

2.4 Feasibility Analysis

All projects will have a cost in terms of time and money used in the development of this website. Feasibility analysis seeks to ensure that undertaking the project will make sense in line with the time and financial constraints of the project.

Financial Feasibility
Is it financial feasibility study is different of economic feasibility study?
The website will need to be based on the current needs of the pharmacy which will first be to hold information about the pharmacy and the services and products it offers and secondly allow clients to browse through its catalog for medicines they want to purchase. This will call for outsourcing the labor to develop and test the website before its deployment. This will also include a security check to ensure the security of the data which will be collected by the website.
In total, it should cost a total of OMR 2700. Considering how much further the services of the pharmacy will be accessed via the site, it should take an estimated four months to recover the total amount used on development. The pharmacy will be able to maintain the hosting and maintenance of the website monthly which should not cost more than OMR 117 per month.

Time Feasibility
The website should be developed within a good time frame that will see it implemented as soon as possible. The website will be worked on by a good team that will develop and deploy in three to four months. This will allow the development team to fully understand the needs of the Alfah pharmacy and therefore create a website that fully meets those needs. It will also ensure that there is time for proper testing of the website both in terms of functionality and ease of use but also in security to ensure that all transactions and data are safe and secure.

 

 

2.4.1 Business Objectives

Business objectives define where a company/business wants to be in its niche within a specified period of time. Alfah, a pharmacy in Oman seeks to develop a website that will help them to attain the following business objectives:
1. Customer Satisfaction: Moving their services to their website means that they will be able to serve more clients with their specific needs without the need for long queues at the pharmacy’s physical location or long messages on their social media platforms. Customers will be able to search the site for what they want and it comfortably.
2. Growth: Putting their business online in this way, Alfah will be able to serve clients well beyond Oman which will, in turn, enable them to grow exponentially. More clients will automatically mean more flow of revenue hence it will seal the financial future of the business.
3. Revenue: As stated earlier, with proper management; it will be possible for Alfah to generate a lot of revenue through sales made on its website. More revenue will mean that the business can also begin to diversify to other fields or choose to remain and dominate its current market.
4. Efficient Workflow: With digital records of transactions, logistics will become easier to keep track of. This will improve the efficiency of their service delivery, especially if on the website there is an option of pre- ing medication that has not been cataloged before. It will keep the pharmacy on its toes and abreast with the medications that are commonly ed by clients hence ensuring a steady flow.
The main objective is to make profits from the website, maintain a good relationship with clients, and expand the reach of the pharmacy’s services.

2.4.2 Technical Feasibility

Technical feasibility is an assessment of how the delivery of a product is to be done. In this case, it is the delivery for a website for Alfah, a pharmacy in Oman. In website development, the tasks will be divided into planning, designing, development, testing, and finally, deployment.
The software will be developed using an open-source language for both the interface and the back end which will be running on the server. There will be a need for an open-source server o which the site will run therefore meaning that in terms of software to be used, there will be little to no spending.
The hardware requirements will include computers for doing the actual programming of the website, a server where the site will be hosted for testing, and finally, the end server where the site will be deployed.

Software’s to use explained in tabular form:
Few more software is missing.
Software How it is used
Photoshop It will be used to design the graphical representation of the Webpage’s.
Ms Word Will be used to keep the report of the project progress.
Star UML To design the unified modeled diagrams which include the use case diagrams and activity diagrams.
Visual Studio code Its where the actual coding will be done.

Ms PowerPoint Will be used during project presentation.

Hardware’s involved in completing the project:

Hardware Task description
Laptop computer Will be used to execute all tasks related to design, planning and development
Flash disk A medium of data exchange while transferring
Mobile Phone Will be used for communications between project members

2.4.3 Operational Feasibility
In addition to this here you have to list & explain all the functionality/operations of your project.
Operational feasibility describes the sustainability of the project commercially after it has gone through development and successful deployment. There are several factors to consider before arriving at the operational costs of running the website. They include:
1. Hosting: This is a service that ensures that your website is always available over the internet. Different hosting companies offer different financial packages for hosting sites with each package differing on downtime, number of users that can be supported at a go, and storage space for data. It can go up to OMR 117 per month or more depending on the hosting provider.
2. ing a domain name: For the site to be accessible over the internet, it must have a domain name. This can be bought online for as little as OMR 5.77 which is renewable annually.
3. Maintenance: There will inevitably be a need for changes to the site over time but this will be only on demand. For example, when a new feature needs to be added or removed. That is when they will bring in a developer but otherwise, updating content on the website can be done by the pharmacy’s employees. However, training of new employees will be important for them to fully
The operational costs of keeping the website up and accessible will be significant in the beginning due to the initial cost. After four months of proper management, the website’s operational costs should be overshadowed by the profits it will bring in for the pharmacy. Even so, maintenance of a website today is quite affordable compared to when the technology was only accessible to a select few.

 

 

 

 

2.4.4 Cost-Benefit Analysis
To determine the benefits of deciding, a cost-benefit analysis must be carried out.
The direct costs of developing the website which will include an e-commerce section shall amount to roughly OMR 2700. After development and testing shall come the deployment of the website which will raise the total cost to OMR 2822.77. Other overhead costs such as the power consumed while the developers worked and the time it took for implementation could bring the total cost of OMR 3500.
After deployment of the website, it is estimated that it will take four months to recover the development costs. There is the option of subscribing to an existing product but the downside of that is the absence of freedom to adjust the product to your changing needs.
The advantage of this analysis is that it helps in defining the competitive advantage of a product and helps find ways to increase profits through the product.

Software costs:

No Used Software QUANTITY COST
1 Microsoft OFFICE 2010 520 OR
2 MS Project Free
3 star UML Free
4 Visual Studio2010 Free
5 Photoshop 20 OR

Hardware costs:

NO Used Hardware Quantity Cost
1 Laptop costs 315 OR
2 Flash 7 OR
3 Hard disk 25 OR
5 Mobile Phone 320 OR

2.2.5 Ethical and Legal Feasibility

The goal here is to ensure that the product can be delivered within the legal constraints that govern where it is being developed for. Data security is one of the major issues that face the development of software like the website being developed.
Constraints on the kind of medication that will be accessible to clients depending on age and or previous health records could be considered during its development.
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3.1 Methodology
The methodology is vital in the performance and corporation of tasks, its miles the purpose for advancing and reaching the preferred goal efficaciously. As well as every project should follow the method within the management and fulfillment of the task and the sustainability of the mission. And follow the stairs exactly with the intention to recognize all the tasks and the proper time. The cause of the method is to control the undertaking tool.
And we are able to talk approximately the successful methodologies with the intention to be used within the project
3.1.1 Prototyping method
Prototyping is a system development methodology which is first of all constructed, examined and formulated in keeping with the end result to be perfect. The gadget and the product can be completely advanced. Where this version works for a facility in which the necessities of the task aren’t acknowledged. It’s an iterative and experimental system that takes place between developers and users.
Prototype model has the following steps:
⦁ Decide the specified device necessities in greater detail.
⦁ Consists of interviews with customers representing all departments and elements of the system.
⦁ Create a brand new prototype.
⦁ Create the preliminary design
⦁ The first model is evaluated with the aid of customers and that they evaluate strengths and weaknesses.
⦁ Wherein the developer collects an evaluation about the notes served by the customers.
⦁ The step is repeated as important till the consumer is satisfied that the prototype is higher and represents the very last product.
The advantages of using a prototype method are;
⦁ Customers are able to give their feedbacks easily and quicker
⦁ Users get better statistics and expertise of how the product works.
⦁ Errors are able to be identified at an earlier stage
⦁ The prototypes may be reused in more complicated projects.
There is also a greater disadvantage while using this method which is
⦁ It consumes a lot of time and resources.

3.1.2 Waterfall method
This method of software development is frequently used in software program development and development is made inside the form of static chunks. Beginning from the evaluation wherein the requirements are amassed to examine the issues, which is a complicated and fragmented manner into small elements so that it will solve and apprehend the issues and desires. Then design: its miles a technique that contains specific activities inclusive of arranging to obtain goals. The construction and publish-testing system is a system of checking out the product to achieve the younger girl with the necessities which have been studied. Then manufacturing, implementation and eventually maintenance. The waterfall model is used whilst requirements are clear and when resources and expertise are available. It is right for initiatives that contain constant necessities and considerable resources.
While using the waterfall method, it follows these steps and they must not be replaced by others, that is,
Gathering the requirements
Problem analysis
System Design
Actual coding and development
Testing of the product
Maintaining the product

Fig 1 Waterfall model
The advantages for using the Waterfall method are many which includes
⦁ It is divided into small projects on the way to be clean to recognize.
⦁ all of the stages are handled one by one
⦁ the method is easy to understand and work with it
⦁ it is considered an clean control model

The method also has its shortcomings which are
⦁ it involves a lot of risk while using the method
⦁ it is not applicable in large complex projects
⦁ it is a poor method for long and projects that do not have other alternatives
⦁ It is not suitable for initiatives because of the large quantity of requirements and the massive quantity of risks.

 

3.1.3 Spiral model
This method was created for the purpose of identifying errors and issues within the development of the undertaking. It is a template used for device evaluation. The concept of this model guides. It includes a fixed of publications in each route overlaying a set of ranges of application development. The elements are chosen in step with importance.
To implement this model, the following steps must be carried out
⦁ Requirements gathering
⦁ Analyzing the problem
⦁ Solutions Proposal
⦁ test specifications
⦁ Execution
⦁ testing the solution
⦁ release the product
⦁ check for errors

Fig 2 Spiral model (image from GeeksforGeeks)
In conducting the steps above, the following stages must be put into practice
⦁ Exploration phase: a stage associated with setting desires.
⦁ Evaluation phase: on this section, you determine the maximum risky tasks inside the course.
⦁ Evaluation and strategy planning stage: and on this level a complete cycle ends.

The advantages of the spiral model are that
⦁ It does not cost a lot of money
⦁ It is suitable for big projects
⦁ gives early risk indicator
⦁ less possibility of prevalence of dangers
⦁ The potential to add at any time

The disadvantages of the spiral model are that
⦁ It is a complex version to implement
⦁ It takes a long term to evaluate and plan
⦁ It calls for experts to evaluate the risks

 

3.2 Justifying selected methodology
After i have read and studied the sorts of models, charts, and the device that each model follows, and the professionals and cons of every model. I have opted to use the spiral method that I’m able to comply with to design the pharmacy website. Who will be in making plans my project in a first-rate manner. It combines this model with the waterfall model. There are numerous reasons why I might select this method for this project since it has the capability to feature other requirements if vital. In this version, any task risks may be averted and this model solves design problems which can useful resource in designing this software. And there can be some additions that I will add to my project. When I observe this model in my challenge, I avoid making mistakes and test the levels little by little. This improves the layout and is complementary to the project’s hobby and makes my assignment strong.

3.3 Project Planning
3.3.1 Introduction
A project plan is a method that describes the mission machine so one can reap the objective of the assignment. Through defining the term and developing a project plan that clarifies the undertaking desires and plan and providing details of this challenge to make sure the achievement of the undertaking. The start line of the venture and who’re the humans centered for the undertaking have to be decided. With placing some tremendous and terrible expectations. The venture plan is the primary feature of the branch thru which to outline desires, and develop plans and options that enable us to attain the favored purpose.

3.3.2 Resource Plan
It’s far critical to apply it for the venture and it guarantees the fulfillment of the project and the knowledge of the services supplied to the assignment, the basic obligations and the value, and it’s far from this inevitable achievement for the achievement of the project.
And right here in these tables he lists the obligations, gadgets and packages which are the purpose for the fulfillment of the challenge.
Hardware and softwares required
Resource Used for
Laptop Complete chapter and work the Application
MS project Implement the project plan and do Gantt chart
Star UML Designer UML diagram, use case diagram .
Windows 10 Management the System
Microsoft WORD & PowerPoint Write report and chapter
Print Print document
Hard disk Save the information for the project and save data.
3.3.3 Acceptance Plan
Reputation testing plan is essential to benefit customer reputation approximately what is being produced to be honorable and beneficial. This profits patron confidence and improves the very last made from the project. It gives a clean plan for accepting customers in this assignment.
What is required during acceptance plan
⦁ achieving the specified goals
⦁ The design is distinct and of excessive great
⦁ The app is handy to work with
⦁ The utility serves all individuals of the community
⦁ It consists of all of the critical and required factors of the project
⦁ finish the task on time

3.3.4 Gantt Chart
Is used to show the time estimate that will be taken to complete the whole project

Fig 3 Gantt Chart

3.4 Data collection and analysis
3.4.1 Questionnaires
The questionnaire that I presented to various pharmacies in Oman were to get the views on what requirements that may want to be included in the website that I will develop
The questionnaire questions are attached in the appendix.

Results explanation
The first question I visited 20 shops in Oman and I was able to get the result displayed below

3.4.2 Interviews
I conducted interviews on random individuals so as to get how viable the pharmacy website will be. The interviews I conducted were because it became clean its miles crucial to create an utility that supports small establishments to prepare parties and occasions inside the increase of their enterprise. A number of the questions that talk about this utility in assist in their initiatives and what are the gain of this utility inside the carrier of their tasks? Consequently, the mission concept became recommend and authorized, and recommended to complete it, and they may beautify its development within the future.

3.5 Data Flowchart

 

 

 

 

Appendix

Appendix 1: Questionnaire
Question 1 Do you have a website for your pharmacy shop?
Ans ________________________________________________
Question 2 How do you advertise the products you have in this pharmacy?
Ans ____________________________________________________________
Question 3 How do you track your sales?
Ans ___________________________________________________________________
Question 4 Do you get clients from other places apart from Oman?
Ans ____________________________________________________________