DBM/380 WEEK 1Individual: Database Design PaperWrite a 350- to 700-word paper in which you do the following: Explain what database systems are and how they are used. Define database architecture. Consider Microsoft Access,Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and IBM DB2 software as possibleexamples. Summarize your paper by describing the database systems in yourworkplace, identifying which database systems and architecture they fall under. Include 2 to 4 references.Supporting Activity: Database SystemsWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Reflect on the textbook readings. Using the search strings listed in the Electronic Reserve Readings for Week one search for additional information on database systems. What information would your provide to an organization or your employer on why database systems should be used?Supporting Activity: Unstructured and Structured DataWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Reflect on the textbook readings. Use examples to compare and contrast unstructured and structured data. Which type is more prevalent in a typical business environment?Supporting Activity: Limitations With Nonrelational StructuresWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: What limitations have you or someone you know encountered in the past in using nonrelational structures (such as in a Microsoft Excel or Word file) to store data? What were the advantages?

DBM/380 Week 2Individual: Database Environment PaperAs one of the program outcomes for the Bachelor of Science inInformation Technology program, students must design and develop adatabase using professional principles and standards.

Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper in which you complete the following:

Choose a database environment from the following:

Smith Systems Consulting(Virtual Organization) needs a database to track their consulting staff, each staff members skill sets, and what projects they are working on. Analyze the database environment. Describe the problems and constraints. Describe the objectives of the database environment. Describe the scope and boundaries. List the data specifications (must include a minimum of three entitieswith attributes).Include 3 to 5 references.Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Learning Team: Service Request SR-ht-003:Change Request 2Begin working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, bycompleting Change Request 2.

Create documentation for this project that summarizes the process forusing the entities and attributes for fleet truck maintenance. TheEntitiesandAttributesfor Fleet Truck Maintenance can be found in the HuffmanTrucking Virtual Organization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Submit a draft of your teams documentation.Supporting Activity Null ValueWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Think of a situation where null value should be allowed and a situation where it should not be allowed. What are the consequences of inappropriate null settings?

Supporting Activity: Many-To-Many RelationshipWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: What are some issues when working with a many-to-many relationship? Provide some examples.Supporting Activity: Database DesignerWritea 200 - to 300-word short-answer response for the following: How must a database designer balance the time to complete data modeling steps with the benefits the data modeling process offers in creating a database? Consider examples from your work place and class assignments.Supporting Activity: Data TypesWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Why it is necessary to choose appropriate data types for each data column?

DBM/380 Week 3ERD Creation ProjectThe following assignment is based on the database environmentchosen and discussed in the Week Two Individual Assignment.

Use a Microsoft Visio diagram to create a detailed ERD using thedata specificationsnoted in the Week Two Individual Assignment. Makeany necessary changes provided in your facultys feedback.NOTE: The ERD must be created in the crowfeet notation.Use a Microsoft Access database to create the preliminary databasetables, columns with data types, primary keys, and relationships.Learning Team: Service Request SR-ht-003:Change Request 3Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, bycompleting Change Request 3.

Create documentation that explains the process of creating the entity relationship diagrams in the change request relative to this project.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Supporting Activity: DBMS and Data MiningWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: A motor vehicle maintenance center wants to improve its services by using database management systems (DBMS) and data mining. What tables are needed in such a database and how can it help improve their 2.2, 3.2services?Supporting Activity: Cardinality ConstraintsWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: What are four types of cardinality constraints? Provide personal examples of each.Note. The examples from the textbooks cannot be used for this question.Supporting Activity: Primary KeyWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: How do you select the primary key from the candidate keys? How do foreign keys relate to candidate keys? Provide examples from either your workplace or class assignments. Supporting Activity: Overall DesignWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following:Under what circumstances would you break down an overall design to include individual user views? Provide examples from either your workplace or class assignments.

DBM/380 Week 4Individual: Normalization of the ERDThe following assignment is based on the database environmentchosen and created in the Week Three Individual Assignment.

Your database project must meet the following assessmentrequirements: Design and develop a database using professional principles andstandards. Provide a logical and physical design of the database. Use relational database software application to develop database.Provide an entity relationship diagram. Normalize the database. Generate and provide test data. Use a Microsoft Visio diagram to normalize the ERD to third normalform (3NF).

Use the Microsoft Access database created in Week Three to createa minimum of 10 rows of test data in each table. Also, create at leastone query that joins two tables and returns values from both tables.Note. Only the Microsoft Visio diagram must be normalized to the3NF. The 3NF is not required for a Microsoft Access database.Learning Team: SR-ht-003: Change Request 4 and 5Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, bycompleting Change Requests 4 and 5.

Create documentation describing the principles and importance ofnormalization in relation to this project and the process by which thisproject was normalized.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.DBM380 DQs WEEK 4Supporting Activity: Normalization ProcessWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: In your own words, describe the nature and purpose of the normalization process. Provide some examples from sources other than the readingsSupporting Activity: Disadvantage of NormalizingWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Discuss the disadvantages of normalizing a database to a high degree of normalization. Should there be a definite rule on when to stop normalizing? Provide some examples from sources other than the readings.Supporting Activity: DenormalizationWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: In what business database environments is denormalization appropriate and why? What would denormalization specifically involve?

DBM/380 Week 5 Final Team Project and PresentationLearning Team: Service Request SR-ht-003Huffman Trucking Virtual Organization

Finalize the project work for SR-ht-003 and Change Requests 25.

Compile all documentation from your Change request from Weeks Twothrough Five.

Submit your teams database and documentation paper to yourfacilitator.Team Final PowerPoint: Huffman TruckingIdentify assessment strategies, and develop a rubric to measure the performance objectives for the training need identified in your organization. (use the performance objectives created in week 2 individual assignment).Learning Team Final PowerPoint Presentation:Click Here to View Preview of LIVE PowerPoint!

Supporting Activity: Database Administrator and ArchitectWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Describe the differences between a database administrator and a database architect. How is your organization structured to handle the functions of these roles?Supporting Activity: Database ServiceWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Locate a hosted, distributed database service. Explore its features and talk about your experiences. In what situations would an organization consider using it?Supporting Activity: DBMSWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS-provided security. Compare it to network or application security.Supporting Activity: Database Recovery ProcessWritea 200- to 300-word short-answer response for the following: Suppose that the database system within your organization has failed. Describe the database recovery process.