Online Auction management system is a web based application which will help users to
buy or sell item; they can trade anything they want by posting ad. This application will
allow users to post their products for auction; bidder can register and can bid for any
available product. There are some existing applications that allow users for bidding but
the product is not available in your local area, you cannot do inspection of the product
that you are going to buy. By online Auction application user will be able to bid for
product that is available in his local area.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Information
1.2 Problem Statement
1.3 Objectives of the project
2.1 PROJECT SCOPE
PROJECT PURPOSE
OVERALL DESCRIPTION
4.1 Product perspective
4.2 Product function
4.2 User characteristics
4.4 Constraints
4.5 Assumptions and dependencies
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
5.1 External Interface Requirements
5.2 User Interface Requirements
5.3 Hardware Interface Requirements
5.4 Software Interface Requirements
5.5 Development tools
5.6 Communication Interface Requirements
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
6.1 Bidder/Seller Login
6.2 User Registration
6.3 Browsing & Database Search
6.4 Chat Option
6.5 Sell Product
6.6 Application Maintenance
NON – FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Interactive and Good Performance
7.2 Security
7.3 Reliability
FEASIBILITY STUDY
8.1 Introduction
8.2What the system will do
8.3 Problem statement
8.3 Modules
LEGAL COPY RIGHT
9.1 Declaration
9.2 Individual Contribution
METHODOLOGY
10.1 Introduction
10.2 System development methodology
PROTOTYPES
11.2 Use case Diagram
11.2 State transition Diagram
TEST PLAN
12.1 Test Scenarios
12.2 Test tools
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
Roles & responsibility
Project timeline
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Information
The internet has become a very important aspect of life today. More than 3 billion
people of the world have an access to the internet, which is relatively 45% of the world
population. This has increased from 778 million users in the past 15 years which is a
great and rapid growth. The number of users is anticipated to reach 60% by the year
2020. With this in mind, the rate at which this large population is seeking to buy items is
also on the rise, as many people are seeking advanced and ideal routes of trading
services (Clearwater and Xerox, 2010). Some people spend a lot of money on
transportation, using a lot of time of which at the end of the road they might lack to get
the desired items which they opted for.
It is open that most people are seeking to buy items every day in most cities and towns,
both locally and abroad, desperate if they might get a solution, or a right person to
deliver a solution to them. These people end up settling at items or service providers
who are conmen or who sell illegal and fake items to the desperate buyers.
On the other hand, there are legit business people and store owners who have quality
items in the locality of the auctioneer, but they do not meet for business because the
auctioneer is not informed about the items available. This is a great frustration in deed!
This project shall handle this issue by creating an online platform where a user will be
able to post items online for auction. The items will accompany item name, selling price,
and a picture presentation for the bidder to see (Dutta, and Ramamoorthy, 2009). The
bidder, if interested in the item, will auction for the product and will be able to inspect
the item physically to approve the product then complete the business with the seller.
This is important since the auctioneer does not necessarily need to make a physical
consultation with the seller for him/ her to get the required services (). The auctioneer
will have a provision to chat with the seller and consult with him about the details of the
product. This chat will be confidential only between the buyer and the seller, ensuring
the buyer’s confidentiality. The customers will be assured of getting the right products,
since they will take their time to analyses and compare a range of listed items and
choose appropriately according to their need or desire. This will save time that buyers
take in search of items and therefore they will save themselves from worsening of
conditions which may lead to wastage of time conditions. This will also save money that
is spend around travelling and bidding for the undesired items. Bidders will at the end
of the day have a reason to smile with this online system.
This system will run on the internet since of the dynamic nature of the internet, and
anybody can access it from smartphones, computer
