E-Commerce Payment System Implementation Plan

By Sunil Sharma

Though it seems straightforward, enabling your web site to accept payments for various products and services involves a number of steps to be taken. These include not only planning and development but also selecting various e-commerce components and off-course rigorous testing. Use this project plan to ease your e-commerce payment system implementation. Covered in the plan are:

Initial Project Planning
Business Requirements Identification
Security Requirements Identification
Legal Issues Specification
Interface and Integration issues
E-Commerce Components Selection
- Merchant Account Selection
- Shopping Cart System Selection
- Payment Transaction Software Selection
- Secure Connection Method Selection
- Component Integration Requirements
Code Development
Systems Documentation
Testing
Training
System Installation