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LO1 Use an appropriate design tool to design a relational database system for a substantial problem
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Unit 04: Database Design & Development
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Unit Number and Title Unit 04 – Database Design & Development

Academic Year 2024/2025

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Assignment Title Database System for E-Space Solution

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Submission Format
The assignment submission is in the form of the following.
• The submission should be in the form of an individual written report written in a
concise, formal business style using single spacing and font size 12.
• Completed functional relational database. Final working version in a format
suitable to be run and assessed for functionality – this could be as project/solution
files or final compiled executable
• A full Testing document
• Technical and User instructional videos for successful use of the database. Use
appropriate software and submit in a suitable format
• written report to evaluate the database and its implementation.
The recommended word limit is 3,000 – 3,500 words, although you will not be penalised
for exceeding the total word limit.
All work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing
system

Unit Learning Outcomes

Use an appropriate design tool to design a relational database system for a

LO1
substantial problem
Develop a fully-functional relational database system, based on an existing
LO2
system design.
LO3 Test the system against user and system requirements.
LO4 Produce technical and user documentation.
Transferable skills and competencies developed
Computing-related cognitive skills :
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and
theories relating to computing and computer applications
• Use such knowledge and understanding in the modelling and design of computer-based
systems for the purposes of comprehension, communication, prediction and the
understanding of trade-offs
• Recognise and analyse criteria and specifications appropriate to specific problems, and
plan strategies for their solutions
• Critical evaluation and testing: analyse the extent to which a computer-based system
meets the criteria defined for its current use and future development
• Methods and tools: deploy appropriate theory, practices and tools for the design,
implementation and evaluation of computer-based systems.

Computing-related practical skills :

• The ability to specify, design and construct reliable, secure and usable computer-based
systems
• The ability to evaluate systems in terms of quality attributes and possible trade-offs
presented within the given problem
• The ability to deploy effectively the tools used for the construction and documentation
of computer applications, with particular emphasis on understanding the whole process
involved in the effective deployment of computers to solve practical problems
• The ability to critically evaluate and analyse complex problems, including those with
incomplete information, and devise appropriate solutions, within the constraints of a
budget.

Generic skills for employability:

• Intellectual skills: critical thinking; making a case; numeracy and literacy
• Self-management: self-awareness and reflection; goal setting and action planning
• Independence and adaptability; acting on initiative; innovation and creativity
• Contextual awareness, e.g. the ability to understand and meet the needs of individuals,
business and the community, and to understand how workplaces and organisations are
governed.
Vocational scenario
With marking a new chapter of human history E-Space Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd decided to
colonize the planet Mars in 2040. The company decided to hire a database expert to
develop a Database Management system to assist in this project for decision making.
Therefore, the data should maintain accuracy & consistency throughout the data life cycle.
E-Space Solutions plan to collect the information of the people who are willing to go to
Mars. To colonize Mars, the company needs to think about the qualifications of volunteers
& how they can assist in the colonizing process on Mars. The people who willing to go to
Mars will be known as ‘Colonist.’ Each colonist will be identified with Mars Colonization ID,
Name with First Name, Middle Name, Surname, Date of Birth, Qualification, Age, Earth
Address, Gender, Contact No, Civil Status, number of members of the family to go to Mars
& etc. From a single family there can be only one colonist & the colonist can decide who
will go to the planet Mars with them. If desired, colonists can take their whole family with
them too. But they will be considered as Dependents of the colonist. In the system the
dependents are not needed to identify separately, they should only need to identify
according to the colonist. But the dependents details should be recorded with their Name,
Date of Birth, Age, Gender, Relationship to the colonist & etc.
E-Space Solutions planning to have develop space crafts which will be named E-Jets. Those
E-Jets will take the colonists & their families together to the Mars & the pilots will return
with empty E-Jet. Those E-Jet pilots will be well experienced astronomers who have a
number of space hours. E-Jets will identify with Jet unique code, number of passenger
seats, nuclear engine power, made year, weight, power source & etc. Company plan to
build three types of E-Jets & they are,
• Jets which powered by only nuclear engine
• Jets which are powered by Nuclear engine to go through the thick atmosphere close
to the Earth surface & then use Hydro Splitter engine to go through the space with
more than the speed of the sound & again it will use Nuclear engines when landing
on the Mars.
• Jets which are powered by Hydro-Nuc engine which use Nuclear power to split the
water molecules & generate a super hydro power for the jet. But this technology
will be high in cost, so at the initial level the company will have one of these only.

The astronomers who operate the E-Jets will have multiple qualifications in different levels.
Also, they will have designations according to their ranks in the company. The pilots are
assigned to the Jets rather than to the trips.
Those E-Jets will go multiple number of trips to Mars, with number of colonists & their
families. Every colonist & family member (if they go with the colonist) will get a single trip
to Mars & there’s no return. According to the company the trip table should be as follows.
 TripID JetCode LaunchDate ReturnDate

The colonists will get a house from the Mars Colony. If the colonist going with the family,
will get a single house or if not with the family the single house will assign to four colonists.
The houses can be identified by unique Colony Lot Number, Number of Rooms, Square feet
of the house & any other relevant record that needed.
Also, each & every colonist will be assigned a job in the colonization process. Some of the
colonists will have multiple jobs. Those jobs can be Construction, Mechanical, Power
Generation, Medical, Security, Administration, Education, Research & Observation & etc.
One job will assign for multiple colonists.
Above details of the system will be input by the Data Entry Operators of the project. Several
reports will be generated by the System administrator such as Jet Detail report, Trip Detail
report with passengers, Colonists details with dependents & etc. Also, when the project is
ongoing the Colony Superintendent will generate Colony report with House details &
colonists, Job reports of the colonists & etc. The pilots can check the data of the system
according to the space craft trip information with the passenger details.
E-Space solution is hiring you as the Database expert to design & develop a solution for the
above scenario. In the System development level, the company doesn’t need the report
generated part initially, it will include in the next level of the development. But the
Database designs & system designs should include the reporting processes.

Assignment activity and guidance

Based on E-Space Solutions scenario you will need to:
Activity 1 – User Requirements and Logical Design
a. Identify the user and system requirements of the E-Space Solutions System.
b. According to the above requirements that identified, design a database and
design a relational database system using conceptual design (ER Model) with
including identifiers (primary Key) of entities and attributes, cardinalities,
participations of relationships.
c. Convert the ER Model into logical database design using relational database
model including primary keys foreign keys and referential Integrities. It should
contain at least six interrelated tables.
 d. Check whether the provided logical design is normalised. If not, normalize the
database by removing the anomalies.
Note: It is allowed to have your own appropriate assumptions and related attributes
within the scope of the case study given
e. Design set of simple interfaces to input and output for the above scenario using
Wireframe or any interface-designing tool. (Those designs cannot be the
interface designs of visual studio.)
f. Evaluate the effectiveness of the given design (ERD and Logical design) in terms
of the identified user and system requirements.

Activity 2 – Physical Design

a. Develop a relational database system according to the ER diagram you have

designed (Use SQL DDL statements). Should use data validation when
develop the database.

b. Provide evidence of the use of a suitable IDE to create a simple interface to

insert, update and delete data in the database.

c. Implement proper security mechanisms in the developed database.

Evaluate the database solution developed and its effectiveness with relevant
to the user and system requirements identified, system security mechanisms
(EX: -User groups, access permissions) and the maintenance of the database.

** Security mechanism should demonstrate with the necessary screen shots of the steps
that follows during creating user groups, access permissions in the Microsoft SQL Sever.

d. Explain the usage of DML with below mentioned queries by giving at least
two examples per each case from the developed database.

Select / Where / Insert / Update / Between / In / Group by / Order by / Having

e. Assess the usage of the above SQL statements with the examples from the
developed database to prove that the data extracted through them are
meaningful & relevant to the given scenario.
Activity 3 -Testing

a. Provide a suitable test plan to test the system against user & system
requirements.

b. Provide relevant test cases for the database you have implemented.

c. Assess how the selected test data can be used to improve the effectiveness of
testing.

Note : Learner need to give expected results in a tabular format & screenshots of the
actual results with the conclusion.

Activity 4 – Review and Maintenance

a. Get independent feedback on your database solution from the non-technical

users and some developers (use surveys, questioners, interviews, or any other
feedback collecting method) and make recommendations and suggestions for
improvements in a separate conclusion/recommendations section.

b. Produce a user manual (user guide) for the developed system. (This should include
all the forms that developed & proper guidance with step-by-step point format.)

c. Produce a technical documentation for the developed database system. All

developed forms with source code & suitable diagrams (Use case diagram, class
diagram, flow charts, DFD level 0 & 1) should be included in the technical
documentation.

d. Assess the developed database by suggesting future enhancements to ensure the

effectiveness of the system.
Recommended Resources
Please note that the resources listed are examples for you to use as a starting point in your
research – the list is not definitive.

Weblinks:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-GB (2022) Database design basics [online] Available at:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/database-design-basics-eb2159cf-1e30-401a-
8084-bd4f9c9ca1f5 [Accessed 1 August 2022]

https://www.guru99.com/ (2022) Database (Data) Testing Tutorial with Sample Test Cases
[online] Available at: https://www.guru99.com/data-testing.html [Accessed 1 August 2022]

https://www.guru99.com/ (2022) Database Design in DBMS Tutorial: Learn Data Modeling

[online] Available at: https://www.guru99.com/database-design.html [Accessed 1 August
2022]

https://www.integrate.io/ (2021) Complete Guide to Database Schema Design [online]

Available at: https://www.integrate.io/blog/complete-guide-to-database-schema-design-
guide/[Accessed 1 August 2022]

https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/ (2022) Database Structure and Design Tutorial [online]

Available at: https://www.lucidchart.com/pages/database-diagram/database-design
[Accessed 1 August 2022]

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/ (2022) Database Testing Complete Guide (Why,

What, And How To Test Data) [online] Available at:
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Journal articles:
Batra, D. & Davis, J. (1992). Conceptual data modelling in database design: similarities and
differences between expert and novice designers. International Journal of Man-Machine
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Gunjal, B. (2003). Database System: Concepts and Design. Proceedings of 24th IASLIC–SIG-
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Kraleva, Radoslava & Kralev, Velin & Sinyagina, Nina & Koprinkova-Hristova, Petia &
Bocheva, Nadejda. (2018). Design and Analysis of a Relational Database for Behavioral
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Reading:
Captain, F. (2013) Six-Step Relational Database Design™: A step by step approach to
relational database design and development, 2nd edn, CreateSpace Independent
Publishing Platform
Hernandez, M. (2003) Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational
Database Design, 2nd edn, Addison Wesley

Stephens, R. (2008) Begin Database Design W / WS (Wrox Programmer to Programmer),

1st edn, Jossey-Bass

HN Global:
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Use an appropriate design tool to design a relational
database system for a substantial problem

P1 Design a relational M1 Produce a comprehensive

database system using D1 Evaluate the effectiveness of the
design for a fully-functional
appropriate design tools & design in relation to user and system
system, which includes requirements.
techniques, containing at least
interface and output designs,
six interrelated tables, with
clear statements of user and data validations and data
system requirements normalisation.

LO2 Develop a fully-functional relational database system, based

on an existing system design

P2 Develop the database M2 Implement a fully

system with evidence of user functional database system,
interface, output and data which includes system security
validations, and querying
and database maintenance.
across multiple tables. LO2 & LO3
P3 Implement a query M3 Assess whether meaningful
language into the relational data has been extracted
database system. through the use of query tools D2 Evaluate the effectiveness of the
to produce appropriate database solution in relation to user
management information. and system requirements and
suggest improvements.

LO3 Test the system against user and system requirements

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.

LO4 Produce technical and user documentation.

P5 Produce technical and user M5 Produce technical and user D3 Evaluate the database in terms of
documentation. documentation for a fully- improvements needed to ensure the
functional system, including continued effectiveness of the
data flow diagrams and system.
flowcharts, describing how the
system works.