Aur

eli
a,JoshuaMel
T.
BSA3B

GENED009-
3B(
Busi
nessLogi
c)
Assi
gnment
#1:
Rel
ati
onalModelandDeci
sionModel

1. Discuss whypeopl
e of
ten r
esi
stnew i
deas such as t
he Rel
ati
onalModel
.
(30point
s)

Becausef orseveraldecadespeopl et endtost i

ckar oundwi ththecomf ort
s.
Despi teoft hesuddenshi fttowar dsmoder ni
zati
on,peopl eresist
edchange
becauset heylackedawar enessofwhyt hechangewasbei ngmadeandhowi t
woul di mpactt hem.Thi si ssuei mpactsmostt ot het opmanger si nanent it
y.
Theyr esistedchangewhent heyfearedal ossofcont rolorauthori
tyinthefuture
state.Thisl ossofcontrolandaut horit
ycr eat
edanenv ir
onmentwher emanager s
feltthreatenedintheirstatus, posit
ionandaut onomy .Also,i
nreali
ty,l
ackoft i
me,
ourcomf ortwitht hest atusquo,puzzl edto" What '
si nitforme? "and no
i
nv olvementi nsoluti
ondesi gnareconsi deredfactors.

2. Ifyouwanttoi
ntroducetheDeci
sionModeltoanorganizat
ionbutsuspect
s
somepeopl
ewil
lresi
stit
,howwoul
dy oupr
oceed?(
30poi
nts)

Fi
rst,Iwi
lli
nroducet
hemodelandwhatarethecharact
eri
sti
csencl
osedt
othe
model.Second,Iwilldi
scusswhatarethesimil
ari
ti
esoft hemodelthey
'r
e
curr
entl
yusi
ngandalsotheadvant
agest
hatcanbenef
itt
hem inl
ong-
ter
m.

Forexampl e,i
fbusinessl ogicisanassetwor t
hhar nessing,whi chiswhatdat a
hasbecome,i tneedsamodel ,li
ketheRelati
onalModel ,thatwi llstandthet est
oftime.Ther efor
e,amodelf orbusinesslogicshoul d embr acel ong-
lasting
conceptssuchasat omi cpieces,normali
zati
onpr inciples,anddecl ar
at i
venatur e.
Inparti
cular,i
tshouldembr acet hetencharact eri
sticsi nt hischapt erinway s
simi
lartohow t heRel ati
onalModeli ncorporatedt hesepr inciples.Howev er,i t
shouldalsodosoi nsomeway sthataredel iberatelydi ffer
ent ,becauset he
i
nherentnat ur
eofbusinessl ogicisdi
ffer
entfr
om t hatofdat a.
3. Discusssymptomsy ouhaveseenorexper
iencedindi
cat
ingt
hatbusi
nesslogi
c
i
s mi smanaged ornotmanaged.Whatdo y ou bel
i
eve mayhave been t
he
consequences?(
40point
s)

Tobehonest,intermsofappl
icat
ions,Icoul
dhardl
yt el
ltheact
ualsy
mptoms
whenthebusi
nesslogi
cismismanged.Basedonthetheori
esandmyexper
ience
thesear
ethefol
lows:

Ifdatabasevendorl
ock-
in,especi
all
ythatmaj
ordat
abasesexpanduponSQL
standards;

I
tismuchmor
edi
ff
icul
tandexpensi
vet
oscal
edat
abasel
ayerhor
izont
all
y;

Sour
cecont
rol
ismor
edi
ff
icul
ttodopr
oper
lywi
thst
oredpr
ocedur
es;

Ver
ydi
ff
icul
tforcode-
reuse.

Thef
oll
owi
ngar
etheconsequencesofmi
smangedbusi
nessl
ogi
c:

 UserPr i
v i
l
egeEscal ation
 Accesst oUnaut hori
zedI nformati
on
 I
dent i
tyExtracti
on
 Overwr i
terecordsint heDat abase
 ManipulatingShoppi ngCar t&Pay mentSy
stems
 Getti
ngMor eDiscount s
 ExtendingSubscr i
ption
 Downl oadingDat aofot herUsers
 BypassSecur it
yRest ricti
ons
 Cir
cumv entCaptchaCodes
 DenialofSer vi
ce