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COMP.6212: Assignment 1

This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the COMP.6212 Data Management course. The assignment requires students to individually plan and design a relational database based on a case study. It is due on September 20, 2019 and is worth 30% of the total marks. Students must analyze the information requirements, create data models including an entity relationship diagram, and identify business rules and constraints. The assignment will be evaluated based on a marking schedule that assesses items such as strategic planning factors, entity definitions, the business-data matrix, and logical design components of the entity relationship diagram.

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COMP.6212: Assignment 1

This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the COMP.6212 Data Management course. The assignment requires students to individually plan and design a relational database based on a case study. It is due on September 20, 2019 and is worth 30% of the total marks. Students must analyze the information requirements, create data models including an entity relationship diagram, and identify business rules and constraints. The assignment will be evaluated based on a marking schedule that assesses items such as strategic planning factors, entity definitions, the business-data matrix, and logical design components of the entity relationship diagram.

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COMP.

6212
Data Management

Assignment 1
Analyse information requirements and create data models

Assignment
Semester two, 2019

Due Date: 20 Sept 2019 at 4:00 p.m.


Weighting: 30%

Marks: 100 marks

1
Learning outcomes covered:

1. Analyse information requirements and create data models.

Instructions:
This assignment is to be completed individually.

 In this assignment, you will plan and design a relational database based on the attached
case study “The Clothing Traders Sales Database”.
 You may include your assumptions where necessary.

Assignment Submission
Electronic submission (MS Word) of a copy of the paper version of the report is required for the
assignment. This copy will only be used as a backup for the paper version and must be
uploaded to the Assignment Upload Link of the Moodle prior to 4:00 pm. on the same due date.

Special Assessment Circumstances


All assessments are to be completed by the due date specified in course outlines. Work not
submitted by the due date will be given zero marks unless an extension has been granted.
Extensions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances.

Students who anticipate difficulty in submitting assessments by the due date may request an
extension in accordance with the guidelines given in the course outline.

Assistance to other Students


Students themselves can be an excellent resource to assist the learning of fellow students,
there are issues that arise in assessments that relate to the type and amount of assistance
given by students to other students. It is important to recognise what types of assistance are
beneficial to another’s learning and also what types of assistance are unacceptable in an
assessment.

Beneficial Assistance

 Study Groups.
 Discussion.
 Sharing reading material.

Unacceptable Assistance

 Working together on one copy of the assessment and submitting it as own work.
 Giving another student your work.
 Copying someone else’s work. This includes work done by someone not on the
course.
 Changing or correcting another student’s work.
 Copying from books, Internet etc. and submitting it as own work. Anything taken
directly from another source must be acknowledged correctly: show the source
alongside the quotation.

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COMP 6212 – Data Management
REPORT Guidelines
The report should contain the following:

1 A TITLE PAGE identifying the report title, the name and ID number of the student, and the
date completed.

2 A TABLE OF CONTENTS identifying sections of the report as well as the corresponding


page numbers.

3 An INTRODUCTION to the report.

4 A section on PLANNING containing the following:


4.1 Strategic planning factors.
Goals, critical success factors, problem areas of The Clothing Traders Sales
Database.
4.2 An initial list of entities with a description of each entity.
4.3 A conceptual level business function to data entity planning matrix for the following
functions.
4.3.1 List of customers and their orders.
4.3.2 The items sold on a particular order from a customer.
4.3.3 List of items in a shipment with the arrival date.

5 A section on the LOGICAL DESIGN containing the following:

5.1 An integrated normalised entity-relationship diagram showing primary keys,


foreign keys and attributes of each entity.

5.2 Any three operational business rules indicated in the case study.

5.3 Any two acceptable referential integrity constraints (your assumptions).

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COMP 6212 – Data Management
Marking Schedule
Expected Outcome on the Report Marks
Allocated
1 Introduction 5
2 Enterprise Modelling (Strategic planning factors. 15
Goals, critical success factors, problem areas)
All the goals, critical Some goals, critical Few goals, critical
success factors, success factors, success factors,
problem areas listed problem areas listed problem areas listed
(15 marks) (14 – 8 marks). (7-0 marks)
3 An initial list of entity types with definitions. 10
4 Business function (process) to data entity planning matrix 10
8 Integrated ER diagram
a. Identification of Entities 10
b. Using cardinalities according to Business rules 15
c. Specifying PKs and FK 15
d. Use of meaningful labels 10
09 A list of operational business rules and referential integrity constraints

Any three operational business rules


Any two acceptable referential integrity constraints (assumptions) 10

Total 100

Assignment 1 - Report Checklist


(Tick boxes of requirements met)

Cover Sheet
Title page
Table of contents
Introduction
Strategic planning factors, Goals, critical success factors, problem areas
List of entity types and their descriptions
Conceptual level Business Function to Data Entity planning matrix

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COMP 6212 – Data Management

Normalised integrated E-R diagram


A list of operational business rules and referential integrity constraints

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