DB211 Database Design ()

Instructor:
Unit 9, Assignment B
Student:
Assignment Instructions:
Project Summary: Project was introduced in Unit 1 and a reminder was available in Unit 5. Complete the
Global Computer Solutions Case (GCS) from Chapter 5 - Case 10 starting on page 175 in our textbook
Database Systems, 10e, Coronell, Morriss, Rob. You will design a database to allow managers of GCS can keep
track of their customers, employees, projects, project schedules, assignments and invoices.
Phase one (deliverable) is due for this unit: Create and document a database design that fulfills the operations
described in the case. Minimum required entities: employee, skill, customer, region, project, project schedule,
assignment, work log, bill. Additional entities will be needed. Please submit your design in MS Visio
format. (Due Sunday of this unit, 50 points)
Assignment Details:
10. Global Computer Solutions (GCS) is an information technology consulting company with many offices
throughout the United States. The companys success is based on its ability to maximize its resourcesthat is,
its ability to match highly skilled employees with projects according to region. To better manage its projects,
GCS has contacted you to design a database so GCS managers can keep track of their customers, employees,
projects, project schedules, assignments, and invoices.
The GCS database must support all of GCSs operations and information requirements. A basic description of
the main entities follows:

The employees of GCS must have an employee ID, a last name, a middle initial, a first name, a region,
and a date of hire recorded in the system.

Valid regions are as follows: Northwest (NW), Southwest (SW), Midwest North (MN), Midwest South
(MS), Northeast (NE), and Southeast (SE).

Each employee has many skills, and many employees have the same skill.

Each skill has a skill ID, description, and rate of pay. Valid skills are as follows: Data Entry I, Data Entry
II, Systems Analyst I, Systems Analyst II, Database Designer I, Database Designer II, Cobol I, Cobol II,
C++ I, C++ II, VB I, VB II, ColdFusion I, ColdFusion II, ASP I, ASP II, Oracle DBA, MS SQL Server
DBA, Network Engineer I, Network Engineer II, Web Administrator, Technical Writer, and Project
Manager. Table P5.10a shows an example of the Skills Inventory.

TABLE P5.10a
SKILL

EMPLOYEE

Data Entry I

Seaton Amy; Williams Josh; Underwood Trish

Data Entry II

Williams Josh; Seaton Amy

Systems Analyst I

Craig Brett; Sewell Beth; Robbins Erin; Bush Emily; Zebras Steve

Systems Analyst II

Chandler Joseph; Burklow Shane; Robbins Erin

DB Designer I

Yarbrough Peter; Smith Mary

DB Designer II

Yarbrough Peter; Pascoe Jonathan

SKILL

EMPLOYEE

Cobol I

Kattan Chris; Ephanor Victor; Summers Anna; Ellis Maria

Cobol II

Kattan Chris; Ephanor Victor; Batts Melissa

C++ I

Smith Jose; Rogers Adam; Cope Leslie

C++ II

Rogers Adam; Bible Hanah

VB I

Zebras Steve; Ellis Maria

VB II

Zebras Steve; Newton Christopher

ColdFusion I

Duarte Miriam; Bush Emily

ColdFusion II

Bush Emily; Newton Christopher

ASP I

Duarte Miriam; Bush Emily

ASP II

Duarte Miriam; Newton Christopher

Oracle DBA

Smith Jose; Pascoe Jonathan

SQL Server DBA

Yarbrough Peter; Smith Jose

Network Engineer I

Bush Emily; Smith Mary

Network Engineer II

Bush Emily; Smith Mary

Web Administrator

Bush Emily; Smith Mary; Newton Christopher

Technical Writer

Kilby Surgena; Bender Larry

Project Manager

Paine Brad; Mudd Roger; Kenyon Tiffany; Connor Sean

GCS has many customers. Each customer has a customer ID, name, phone number, and region.

GCS works by projects. A project is based on a contract between the customer and GCS to design,
develop, and implement a computerized solution. Each project has specific characteristics such as the
project ID, the customer to which the project belongs, a brief description, a project date (the date the
contract was signed), an estimated project start date and end date, an estimated project budget, an actual
start date, an actual end date, an actual cost, and one employee assigned as the manager of the project.

The actual cost of the project is updated each Friday by adding that weeks cost to the actual cost. The
weeks cost is computed by multiplying the hours each employee worked by the rate of pay for that skill.

The employee who is the manager of the project must complete a project schedule, which effectively is a
design and development plan. In the project schedule (or plan), the manager must determine the tasks
that will be performed to take the project from beginning to end. Each task has a task ID, a brief task
description, starting and ending dates, the types of skills needed, and the number of employees (with the
required skills) needed to complete the task. General tasks are the initial interview, database and system
design, implementation, coding, testing, and final evaluation and sign-off. For example, GCS might have
the project schedule shown in Table P5.10b.

TABLE P5.10b
PROJECT ID: 1
COMPANY : SEE
ROCKS

DESCRIPTION: SALES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

REGION: NW

CONTRACT DATE: 2/12/2012

BUDGET: $15,500

END DATE: 7/1/2012

START DATE: 3/1/2012

END
DATE

TASK DESCRIPTION

SKILL(S)
REQUIRED

QUANTITY
REQUIRED

3/1/12

3/6/12

Initial interview

Project Manager

Systems Analyst II

DB Designer I

3/11/12

3/15/12

Database design

DB Designer I

3/11/12

4/12/12

System design

Systems Analyst II

Systems Analyst I

3/18/12

3/22/12

Database implementation

Oracle DBA

3/25/12

5/20/12

System coding and testing

Cobol I

Cobol II

Oracle DBA

3/25/12

6/7/12

System documentation

Technical Writer

6/10/12

6/14/12

Final evaluation

Project Manager

Systems Analyst II

DB Designer I

Cobol II

Project Manager

Systems Analyst II

DB Designer I

Cobol II

Project Manager

6/17/12

7/1/12

6/21/12

7/1/12

On-site system online and data

Sign-off

GCS pools all of its employees by region; from this pool, employees are assigned to a specific task
scheduled by the project manager. For example, in the first projects schedule, you know that a Systems
Analyst II, Database Designer I, and Project Manager are needed for the period from 3/1/12 to 3/6/12.
The project manager is assigned when the project is created and remains for the duration of the project.

Using that information, GCS searches the employees who are located in the same region as the customer,
matches the skills required, and assigns the employees to the project task.

Each project schedule task can have many employees assigned to it, and a given employee can work on
multiple project tasks. However, an employee can work on only one project task at a time. For example,
if an employee is already assigned to work on a project task from 2/20/12 to 3/3/12, the employee cannot
work on another task until the current assignment is closed (ends). The date that an assignment is closed
does not necessarily match the ending date of the project schedule task, because a task can be completed
ahead of or behind schedule.

Given all of the preceding information, you can see that the assignment associates an employee with a
project task, using the project schedule. Therefore, to keep track of the assignment, you require at least
the following information: assignment ID, employee, project schedule task, assignment start date, and
assignment end date. The end date could be any date, as some projects run ahead of or behind
schedule.Table P5.10c shows a sample assignment form.

TABLE P5.10c
PROJECT ID: 1
COMPANY: SEE ROCKS

DESCRIPTION: SALES
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AS OF: 03/29/12

CONTRACT DATE: 2/12/2012

ACTUAL ASSIGNMENTS

PROJECT TASK

START
DATE

END
DATE

SKILL

EMPLOYEE

START
DATE

Initial interview

3/1/12

3/6/12

Project Mgr. 101-Connor S. 3/1/12

3/6/12

Sys. Analyst 102-Burklow

3/1/12

3/6/12

DB Designer 103-Smith M. 3/1/12

3/6/12
3/14/12

Database design

3/11/12

3/15/12

DB Designer 104-Smith M. 3/11/12

System design

3/11/12

4/12/12

Sys. Analyst 105-Burklow

3/11/12

Sys. Analyst 106-Bush E.

3/11/12

END
DATE

Sys. Analyst 107-Zebras S. 3/11/12

3/18/12

3/22/12

Oracle DBA 108-Smith J.

3/15/12

System coding and testing 3/25/12

5/20/12

Cobol I

109-Summers 3/21/12
A.

Cobol I

110-Ellis M.

3/21/12

3/19/12

PROJECT ID: 1
COMPANY: SEE ROCKS

DESCRIPTION: SALES
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

AS OF: 03/29/12

CONTRACT DATE: 2/12/2012

ACTUAL ASSIGNMENTS
START
DATE

END
DATE

SKILL

EMPLOYEE

START
DATE

Cobol II

111-Ephanor
V.

3/21/12

Oracle DBA 112-Smith J.

3/21/12
3/25/12

System documentation

3/25/12

6/7/12

Tech. Writer 113-Kilby S.

Final evaluation

6/10/12

6/14/12

Project Mgr.

END
DATE

Sys. Analyst
II
DB Designer
I
Cobol II
On-site system online and
data loading

6/17/12

6/21/12

Project Mgr.
Sys. Analyst
II
DB Designer
I
Cobol II

Sign-off

7/1/12

7/1/12

Project Mgr.

(Note: The assignment number is shown as a prefix of the employee namefor example, 101 or 102.)
Assume that the assignments shown previously are the only ones as of the date of this design. The
assignment number can be any number that matches your database design.

Employee work hours are kept in a work log, which contains a record of the actual hours worked by
employees on a given assignment. The work log is a form that the employee fills out at the end of each
week (Friday) or at the end of each month. The form contains the date, which is either the current Friday
of the month or the last workday of the month if it does not fall on a Friday. The form also contains the
assignment ID, the total hours worked either that week or up to the end of the month, and the bill number
to which the work-log entry is charged. Obviously, each work-log entry can be related to only one bill. A
sample list of the current work-log entries for the first sample project is shown in Table P5.10d.

TABLE P5.10d

EMPLOYEE NAME WEEK ENDING ASSIGNMENT NUMBER HOURS WORKED BILL NUMBER
Burklow S.

3/1/12

1-102

xxx

Connor S.

3/1/12

1-101

xxx

Smith M.

3/1/12

1-103

xxx

Burklow S.

3/8/12

1-102

24

xxx

Connor S.

3/8/12

1-101

24

xxx

Smith M.

3/8/12

1-103

24

xxx

Burklow S.

3/15/12

1-105

40

xxx

Bush E.

3/15/12

1-106

40

xxx

Smith J.

3/15/12

1-108

xxx

Smith M.

3/15/12

1-104

32

xxx

Zebras S.

3/15/12

1-107

35

xxx

Burklow S.

3/22/12

1-105

40

Bush E.

3/22/12

1-106

40

Ellis M.

3/22/12

1-110

12

Ephanor V.

3/22/12

1-111

12

Smith J.

3/22/12

1-108

12

Smith J.

3/22/12

1-112

12

Summers A.

3/22/12

1-109

12

Zebras S.

3/22/12

1-107

35

Burklow S.

3/29/12

1-105

40

Bush E.

3/29/12

1-106

40

Ellis M.

3/29/12

1-110

35

Ephanor V.

3/29/12

1-111

35

Kilby S.

3/29/12

1-113

40

Smith J.

3/29/12

1-112

35

Summers A.

3/29/12

1-109

35

Zebras S.

3/29/12

1-107

35

Note: xxx represents the bill ID. Use the one that matches the bill number in your database.

Finally, every 15 days, a bill is written and sent to the customer for the total hours worked on the project
during that period. When GCS generates a bill, it uses the bill number to update the work-log entries that

are part of the bill. In summary, a bill can refer to many work-log entries, and each work-log entry can be
related to only one bill. GCS sent one bill on 3/15/12 for the first project (SEE ROCKS), totaling the
hours worked between 3/1/12 and 3/15/12. Therefore, you can safely assume that there is only one bill in
this table and that the bill covers the work-log entries shown in the preceding form.

Your assignment is to create a database that fulfills the operations described in this problem. The minimum
required entities are employee, skill, customer, region, project, project schedule, assignment, work log, and bill.
(There are additional required entities that are not listed.)

Create all of the required tables and required relationships.

Create the required indexes to maintain entity integrity when using surrogate primary keys.

Populate the tables as needed, as indicated in the sample data and forms.

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