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Project Proposal on

“Online Auction System”

Submitted to:

LA Grandee International College

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) Program

Submitted by: Roll No:

Bishal K.C 2016-1-53-0198

Deepika Mulmi 2016-1-53-0199

Sooraj Sigdel 2016-1-53-01-0233

Contents
1) Introduction: ......................................................................................................... 3
2) Problem Identification: ........................................................................................ 4
3) Objectives: .................................................................................................................. 5
4) Methodology: ............................................................................................................. 6
I. Problem Identification: ........................................................................................ 6
II. Requirement Analysis: ..................................................................................... 6
III. Programming design: ....................................................................................... 6
IV. Coding: ............................................................................................................. 6
V. Testing and debugging: .................................................................................... 6
VI. Implementing: .................................................................................................. 7
VII. Maintenance: ....................................................................................................... 7
VIII. Documentation:.................................................................................................. 7
5) Project Gantt chart...................................................................................................... 8
6) Deliverables:............................................................................................................... 9
 1) Introduction:

This project “Online Auction system” is an online auction method which makes bidding
easier and faster. An auction is a process of buying and selling goods by offering them the up
for bid, taking bids and selling the item to the highest bidder. Auction can be performed of
various things like real-estate, antique items, arts and other rare items. Participants bid
openly against one another, with each subsequent bid required to be higher than the previous
bid.

Generally an auctioneer is the individual that starts the auction and records the purchase of
the objects by the seller. The buyers are known as bidders or customers.

The main theme of this system is to achieve higher amount of money for the purchase of
things like antiques, auto-mobiles and real estate. There will be the limitation of the time for
the auction to last.
 2) Problem Identification:
These are the problems faced in a real time auction system:

 Only manual process of auction are seen.

 Lack of a well experienced auctioneer.
 Loss of time for participants.
 No good market for second hand antique products.
3) Objectives:

The main objectives of implementing this system management are:

• To provide a systematic and digitalized bidding system.

• To sale the goods and stuffs to highest bidder.
• To maintain privacy of the buyers.
• To implement the concept of PHP language for project implementation.
3) Methodology:
In order to develop an Auction system we are likely to use Waterfall model in PHP. Firstly,
we go through problem identification and then requirements are analysed.
After the analysis program design is done and coding is started after its completion. Then the
program is tested and debugged and finally delivered. Waterfall model includes the following
steps:

I. Problem Identification:
Various antiques and arts are available in the market. But due to the lack of
market for those products the collectors aren’t able to achieve it. Likewise, some customers
don’t want to show their identity as well. Only traditional methods of auction are available.

II. Requirement Analysis:

We are still working on requirement analysis and till now we have decided to make
program based on PHP. So we need to have knowledge on that and then we will need a pc for
coding, we will be using .PHP in order to code. We will also need some paper work for
designing purposes.

III. Programming design:

In program design we will design our project using different programming tools
(algorithm, flow chart, D.F.D and so on). We will not start our coding before we finish
program design. In program design we will be defining our module, functions and many
more for the reference of the program.

IV. Coding:
In this phase, we will start our main phase i.e. programming in PHP and use MYSQL
as database in backend. We will implement as many key words and also we will be making
different functions (user-defined function) and use library file. This phase will take so long
because it is the most complicated task.

V. Testing and debugging:

In this phase we will be using different test and check if our program is error free. If any error
committed and will be debugged.
VI. Implementing:
After the completion of program testing and debugging, then the project will be ready and we
are able to start the program and check it as per required.

VII. Maintenance:
Maintenance refers to the modification of our program. And also debug the program if
any committed in future. And we will try to give updates for our project.

VIII. Documentation:
This phase will start from problem identification and will be last up to implementation phase.
This will be the future references and helpful for the maintenance.
 4) Project Gantt chart

Gantt-chart is useful for scheduling, budgeting and resource planning. A Gantt-chart is a

special type of bar-chart where each bar represents an activity. Here the time allocated for
each activity is presented. The figure below shows the Gantt-chart representation for our
project.

Task 2019
June July August

Problem
Identification
Requirement
Analysis
Program Design

Program Coding

Testing and
Debugging
Documentation
 5) Deliverables:

Deliverables of our project after completing its development are listed below:

 Private bidding facility for users.

 User friendly web page.
 Usable page or Antique stores and Art galleries.
6) Reference:

Khan, T. (2016, December 21). http://www.techzoo.org/projects/php-projects/online-

auction-system-project-in-php.html. Retrieved from www.techzoo.org:
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