- The Company
- Order-Fulfillment Process
- Problems with the Current Implementation
- Solution Requirements
- BizTalk Server 2004A Brief Introduction
- Proposed Solution: Hardware
- Messaging Protocols
- Proposed Solution: BizTalk Application
- Business Rules
- Tracking
- BizTalk Licensing
- Time Estimate
- Cost Estimate
- Implementation
- Conclusion
- References
Cost Estimate
Based on the above proposals, Archie comes up with the following budget and project plan:
Hardware: Two single CPU servers (@ $5K each) |
$10K |
Software: Two Windows Server 2003, Enterprise edition (@ $4K each) |
$8K |
Software: Two licenses for BizTalk Server 2004 Enterprise edition (@ $25K each) |
$50K |
Resources: One developer, one network resource, one tester and one project manager (on a 50 percent utilization), all for one month (@ $10K per person per month) |
$35K |
Total Cost |
$103K |
Archie finds that the proposed solution can be completed within a very small budget.