WordPress
WordPress is a web-based software program that everyone can use to build and maintain a website or blog. By implementing WordPress, our web developers will be able to develop our website more effectively. Implementing WordPress will create a net benefit of 2.45 million over a three year period.
WordPress is an open source and free content management system based on PHP and MySQL. A key feature of WordPress is that it has thousands of professionally designed themes and plugins for users to download and use which can help us to improve productivity and efficiency. For example, our developers can search from the plugin library in WordPress and download one that is free or very inexpensive to use for their projects. In addition, WordPress provides all kinds of tutorials and support on their website. If our developers couldn’t find a proper plugin or theme that they need, they can also create their own on WordPress.
Investing in WordPress will bring us a $2.6 million benefits over a three-year period. Over the same period, the cost of purchasing of WordPress and annual maintenance is $1.74 million, which means we will increase our revenue by $2.45 million. For all these great reasons, I believe WordPress is the best solution for improving efficiency and productivity for our Web Development team.
Work Citation
Biglione, Kirk. “10 Reasons Why You Should Use WordPress To Run Your Business Website | WP Apprentice.” WP Apprentice. N.p., 25 Feb. 2014. Web. 18 Mar. 2015. <http://wpapprentice.com/blog/10-reasons-use-wordpress-run-business-website/>.
“What Is WordPress?” WordPress Websites WordPress Help McBuzz Communications RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2015. <http://wordpress.mcbuzz.com/wordpress/what-is-wordpress/>.
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| Current Employee Cost | |
| Developers | 12 |
| Salary plus benefits per year | $1,500,000 |
| 125,000*12=1,500,000 | |
| Total cost | $1,500,000 |
| With WordPress | |
| Traditional worker | 3 |
| 25%*12=3 | |
| WordPress worker | 9 |
| 75%*12=9 | |
| Efficiency increase | 77.8% |
| Remaining WordPress worker | 2 |
| Total workers | 5 |
| Total cost | $625,000 |
| 125,000*5=625,000 | |
| Difference | $875,000 |
| Three Year Cost/Benefit | ||||
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Total | |
| Costs | ||||
| Hardware and software | $100,000 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Maintenance | $18,000 | $18,000 | $18,000 | $54,000 |
| Training | $20,000 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Total cost | $174,000 | |||
| Benefit | ||||
| Eliminate current cost | $875,000 | $875,000 | $875,000 | $2,625,000 |
| Total Benefit | $2,625,000 | |||
| Net Benefit | $2,451,000 |