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This document provides the brief for Assignment 1 of the BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Computing unit on Database Design and Development. The brief asks students to design a relational database for one of FPT University's academic systems to help manage their growing student population. Students will analyze requirements, design the database, develop a working system, test it against requirements, and produce documentation. The assignment will be submitted individually as SQL code and a report following specific formatting guidelines.

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04-DDD - Assignment Brief 2

This document provides the brief for Assignment 1 of the BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Computing unit on Database Design and Development. The brief asks students to design a relational database for one of FPT University's academic systems to help manage their growing student population. Students will analyze requirements, design the database, develop a working system, test it against requirements, and produce documentation. The assignment will be submitted individually as SQL code and a report following specific formatting guidelines.

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ASSIGNMENT 1 BRIEF

Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Computing

Unit number Unit 04: Database Design & Development

Assignment title

Academic Year

Unit Tutor Pham Thuy Duong

Issue date Submission date

IV name and date

Submission Format:

Format: This assignment is an Individual assignment and specifically including 2 documents:


(1) sql file of your code and represent your code to your mananger (tutor)
(2) a report document
You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line spacing at
1.3. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm. The reference
follows Harvard referencing system. The recommended word limit is 2.000-2.500 words.
You will not be penalized for exceeding the total word limit. The cover page of the report
has to be the Assignment front sheet 2.
Submission Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date and in a way requested by
the Tutors. The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on
http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/
Note: The Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another student or from
books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other sources, you
must reference your sources, using the Harvard style. Make sure that you know how to reference
properly, and that understand the guidelines on plagiarism. If you do not, you definitely get fail

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO2 Develop a fully functional relational database system, based on an existing system design.
LO3 Test the system against user and system requirements.
LO4 Produce technical and user documentation
Assignment Brief and Guidance:

You are employed as a Database Developer for a large IT consultancy company. The company has been

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approached by FPT university which is expanding due to the growth of the number of students. FPT is
currently facing difficulties in dealing with managing the university. It decided to develop several
academic systems to manage the university easier including: Online Library system, Student Grading
System, Attendance System, CMS System, Scheduling System, Enrolment Systems, and so on.
You are tasked to select one of those systems to develop database for FPT university. Your tasks are to:
Work with FPT to find out about current requirements for each system
Analyze the requirements and produce clear statements of user and system requirements.
Design a relational database system using appropriate design tools and techniques
Develop a fully functional relational database system, based on an existing system design.
Test the system against user and system requirements.
Produce technical and user documentation

Part 2 (Assignment 2)
Once the designs have been accepted by your manager you have been asked to:
1. Develop the database system using evidence of user interface, output and data validations and
querying across multiple tables.
You want to include more than just the basics so you will implement a fully functional database system
which will include system security and database maintenance features.
You have decided to implement a query language into the relational database system. The developed
system will be demonstrated to your manager.
Your manager has asked you to include in the report:
2. Assessing whether meaningful data has been extracted through the use of query tools to produce
appropriate management information.
3. Evaluating the effectiveness of the database solution in relation to user and system requirements,
and suggest improvements.
4. Once the system has been developed, you will test the system and your manager will complete a
witness statement indicating how your tests are performing against user and system requirements.
You will produce a brief report assessing the effectiveness of the testing, including an explanation of the
choice of test data used.
5. Lastly you will produce technical and user documentation which will be given to the company.
You want to provide some graphical representations for ease of reference in the technical guide, so you
have decided to produce a technical and user documentation for a fully functional system, including
diagrams showing movement of data through the system, and flowcharts describing how the system
works.

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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO2 Develop a fully functional relational database system, based on an existing system design.
LO3 Test the system against user and system requirements.
LO4 Produce technical and user documentation

P2 Develop the database M2 Implement a fully functional LO2 & 3


system with evidence of user database system which includes D2 Evaluate the effectiveness of
interface, output and data system security and database the database solution in relation
validations, and querying maintenance. to user and system
across multiple tables. requirements, and suggest
M3 Assess whether meaningful improvements.
P3 Implement a query data has been extracted through
language into the relational the use of query tools to produce
database system. appropriate management
information.

P4 Test the system against M4 Assess the effectiveness of


user and system the testing, including an
requirements. explanation of the choice of test
data used.

P5 Produce technical and M5 Produce technical and user D3 Assess any future
user documentation. documentation for a fully improvements that may be
functional system, including ER required to ensure the continued
effectiveness of the database
Diagram and normalization
system.
statements and describing how
the system works.

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