IT 204 Database Proposal and Implementation Plan Report

Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of a database proposal and implementation plan report that will address the needs of a given scenario. The purpose of this assessment is to assess the students’ understanding of simple database structure, functions, and terminology from an information management perspective.

You are to design a simple database framework that addresses the needs of Birchwood Lane Schools and the development of a strategy for implementing that database. Your submissions will include the relational database model you have designed, including diagrams (e.g., Microsoft Visio), a plan for implementation, and a persuasive presentation to stakeholders, in this case the Birchwood Lane School Board. The persuasive presentation will build off the work completed for this database proposal and implementation plan report and is due in Module Eight. For more details about the presentation, reference the “Final Presentation Guidelines and Rubric” document in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics section of the course.

The project is supported by four formative milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Three, Four, and Five. The final submission of your database proposal and implementation plan report will occur in Module Seven.

At the end of your degree program experience, you will develop a portfolio that will provide a clear representation of your mastery of program outcomes, skills, and abilities. The artifact that is suggested for use from this course is the case needs analysis section of your proposal and plan. It is strongly recommended that you save this document in a place where it can be accessed again at a later date.

Outcomes

This assessment will evaluate your mastery with respect to the following course outcomes:

Apply the appropriate terminology of the realm of data and information management to real‐world scenarios

Develop and address complete and valid data requirements for business cases

Design and plan to implement a simple relational data model using standard database management methods

Differentiate between the uses, benefits, and limitations of commonly used tools and technologies in data and information management Present database management proposals in a persuasive manner given the needs of specific audiences

Prompt

You will be developing your submissions (a relational database model, and plan for implementation) around the following scenario: Birchwood Lane Schools currently records all student, instructor, and course data on paper. To meet state and federal requirements, Birchwood Lane Schools must implement an application system that records all student, course, and instructor data electronically. You will design a DBMS model and develop a strategy for implementation, which you will flesh out in a comprehensive written report.

Current data needs include the following:

1. Student data (full name, full address, phone, email, birthdate, enrollment date, graduation date, courses taken, courses currently enrolled)
2. Instructor data (full name, full address, phone, email, birthdate, hire date, courses taught, courses currently assigned)
3. Course data (course name, course start date, course end date, course category, instructor, students)

Each student and instructor may have multiple addresses, each student may be enrolled in multiple courses during a term, and each instructor may teach multiple courses during a term.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed in your submission:

1. Case Needs Analysis: Determine the data requirements of Birchwood Lane Schools.
   1. What data from the scenario is needed for the database and why?
   2. To what extent is additional information needed to develop complete data requirements?
2. Relational Database Model
   1. Based on the requirements you have determined, design a relational database model. Be sure to include applicable entities and proper              relationship mapping.
   2. Develop a logical database model based on the entities present in your visual conceptual database model.

• Database Selection: Select an appropriate DBMS (Oracle, IBM DB2, MS SQL Server, or an open‐source database) for Birchwood Lane Schools and explain your reasoning.
  1. Why did you choose this DBMS? Be sure to lists all uses, benefits, and limitations for each of the following: data size limit, purchase cost, administration, operating system/hardware and requirements, features, and performance/scalability. What differentiates your selection from

other selections?

1. To what extent are there additional or alternative technologies that might assist Birchwood Lane Schools in managing its data? Compare these     technologies in terms of their applicability to the needs of Birchwood Lane Schools.

1. Implementation Plan: Outline a process for implementing the new database. Be sure to include all relevant information and steps.
2. Are there additional pieces of information necessary to develop a full plan for implementation or that may impact implementation success? For example, these could include DBMS management requirements, man hours, or data input.

Milestones

Milestone One: Group Discussion: Defining the Audience

In task 2‐3, you will submit your contribution to a small group collaborative discussion exploring how you would want to present the information to different audiences that will view the presentation. Now, who specifically is your target audience? In other words, who are the consumers? Describe the types of people who will read the report and presentation. What will they do with the material? What kind of evidence do you use to support your ideas? Finally, imagine you are making this presentation to a chief information officer (CIO). How do you present the information differently? In responding to your classmates, comment on approaches that you may not have considered. What makes you believe in these approaches? Why is using evidence important? This milestone is graded with the Discussion Rubric.

Milestone Two : Group Discussion: Business Case for the Database Framework

In task 3‐2, you will submit your contribution to a small group collaborative discussion exploring the business case for the final project. Explain your perspective on the need for the new approach to managing data via a database management system and modeling data according to standards. Why does Birchwood Lane Schools need a database? Begin to develop ideas for a logical database model. Include your personal experience, and consider the diversity of perspectives from your group. In your response, comment in detail on your view of their approach and how your view is similar to or different from theirs. Highlight your view of the business value (or lack of value) of database management to Birchwood Lane Schools, and address the issue of data collection. This milestone is graded with the Discussion Rubric.

Note: You will submit an individual proposal in Module Four for your final project that includes the case needs analysis and your conceptual database model. Use this discussion to finalize your ideas.

Milestone Three : Proposal Draft

In task 4‐3, you will submit to the instructor a two‐ to three‐page individual proposal as a Word document. In your proposal, you should include the first two elements of your project: case needs analysis and the relational database model. Use what you have discussed in your collaborative groups to finalize your proposal. This milestone will be graded using the Milestone Three Rubric.

Milestone Four : Data and Database Management System (DBMS) Comparisons Wiki

In task 5‐2, you will compare different DBMS components in the Data and Database Management System (DBMS) Comparisons Wiki. For this milestone, you are going to discuss the attributes to consider for selection of an appropriate DBMS for the Birchwood Schools. That is, what are the needed attributes? This task will be done in a whole class wiki so the whole class can view all the ideas. You should view all the posts before finalizing your recommendations for your individual proposal. The wiki is graded with the DMBS Comparisons Wiki Rubric.

Final Submission : Database Proposal and Implementation Plan—Individual Report

In task 7‐2, you will submit your database proposal and implementation plan report. The report should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission is graded with the Final Project Rubric.

Deliverables

Milestone	Deliverables	Module Due	Grading
1	Group Discussion: Defining the Audience	Two	Graded separately; Discussion Rubric
2	Group Discussion: Business Case for the Database Framework	Three	Graded separately; Discussion Rubric
3	Proposal Draft	Four	Graded separately; Milestone Three Rubric
4	Data and Database Management System (DBMS) Components Wiki	Five	Graded separately; DBMS Comparisons Wiki Rubric
	Final Submission: Database Proposal and Implementation Plan Report	Seven	Graded separately; Final Project Rubric (in this document)

Final Project Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Written components of project must follow these formatting guidelines when applicable: double spacing, 12‐point Times New Roman font, 1‐inch margins, and discipline‐appropriate citations. The written proposal report must be between 5 and 10 pages, not including cover page, diagrams, or resources.

Critical Elements	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (85%)	Needs Improvement (55%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Case Needs Analysis	Meets “Proficient” criteria, and	Develops complete and valid	Develops data requirements	Does not develop data	20
	delivery of data requirements is	data requirements for	that are not complete or are not	requirements
	concise	Birchwood Lane Schools	valid
Conceptual Model	Meets “Proficient” criteria, and	Visual conceptual model clearly	Visual conceptual model does	Visual conceptual model does	10
	model is organized simply and	illustrates all applicable entities	not clearly illustrate the entities	not illustrate the entities and
	intuitively	and relationships as required by	and relationships indicated by	relationships relevant to
		the determined data	the determined data	determined requirements, or no
		requirements	requirements	visual conceptual model exists
Logical Database	Meets “Proficient” criteria and	The key elements of the entities	The key elements of the entities	Submission does not include a	10
Model	the logical database model is	illustrated in the conceptual	are not logically parsed out	logical model based on the
	clearly and simply organized	model are parsed out logically		conceptual model
Database Selection	Meets “Proficient” criteria, and	Database selection is supported	Submission lacks substantial	Submission lacks an explanation	20
	reasoning evidences keen	with an in‐depth explanation of	explanation of uses, benefits,	of database selection
	insight into the world of	the uses, benefits, and	and limitations over other
	information technology	limitations over other options	options

Additional or	Meets “Proficient” criteria, and	Comparatively evaluates	Comparatively evaluates	Does not comparatively	15
Alternative	evaluation is concise and	additional or alternative	additional or alternative	evaluate additional or
Technologies	appropriate for the target	technologies in terms of how	technologies, but not in terms	alternative technologies in
	audience	they could meet the needs of	of applicability to the needs of	terms of how they could meet
		Birchwood Lane Schools	Birchwood Lane Schools	the needs of Birchwood Lane Schools
Implementation	Meets “Proficient” criteria, and	Submission includes a step‐by‐	Submission fails to address the	There are gaps in the step‐by‐	15
Outline	outline is organized in a manner	step plan for implementation	requirements for	step process that impede
	that shows keen insight into the	that is logically organized and	implementation in accordance	understanding of the
	nuances of successful	addresses all the identified	with the needs of the scenario,	implementation outline, or
	implementation	requirements	conceptual model, and logical	there is no implementation
			model	outline
Articulation of	Submission is free of errors	Submission has no major errors	Submission has major errors	Submission has critical errors	10
Response	related to citations, grammar,	related to citations, grammar,	related to citations, grammar,	related to citations, grammar,
	spelling, syntax, and	spelling, syntax, or organization	spelling, syntax, or organization	spelling, syntax, or organization
	organization and is presented in		that negatively impact	that prevent understanding of
	a professional and easy‐to‐read		readability and articulation of	ideas
	format		main ideas
Total					100%