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The document outlines an assignment to design a database for managing university admissions. It provides details on the requirements, including tracking admissions officers, enrollment reports, and course and fee records. Students must design the database, develop it in MS Access, test it, and produce documentation.

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04 DBD Assignment Brief

The document outlines an assignment to design a database for managing university admissions. It provides details on the requirements, including tracking admissions officers, enrollment reports, and course and fee records. Students must design the database, develop it in MS Access, test it, and produce documentation.

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ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

QUALIFICATION UNIT NUMBER AND TITLE


PEARSON BTEC HND IN COMPUTING (RQF) 04 DATABASE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT (LEVEL 4)
INTERNAL VERIFIER UNIT TUTOR
MARIAM QASIM NEHA IJAZ
DATE ISSUED SUBMISSION DATE RESUBMISSION DATE
11 OCTOBER 2021 19 DECEMBER 2021 22 DECEMBER 2021

ASSIGNMENT TITLE DATABASE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

LEARNING OUTCOME AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA


PASS MERIT DISTINCTION
LO1 USE AN APPROPRIATE DESIGN TOOL TO DESIGN A RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM FOR A
SUBSTANTIAL PROBLEM
LO1
P1 DESIGN A RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM
M1 PRODUCE A COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN FOR A D1 EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DESIGN
USING APPROPRIATE DESIGN TOOLS AND
FULLY FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES IN RELATION TO USER AND SYSTEM
TECHNIQUES, CONTAINING AT LEAST FOUR
INTERFACE AND OUTPUT DESIGNS, DATA REQUIREMENTS.
INTERRELATED TABLES, WITH CLEAR STATEMENTS
VALIDATIONS AND DATA NORMALISATION.
OF USER AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
LO2 DEVELOP A FULLY FUNCTIONAL RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM, BASED ON AN EXISTING SYSTEM
DESIGN
M2 IMPLEMENT A FULLY FUNCTIONAL DATABASE
P2 DEVELOP THE DATABASE SYSTEM WITH
SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES SYSTEM SECURITY AND
EVIDENCE OF USER INTERFACE, OUTPUT AND DATA
DATABASE MAINTENANCE. LO2 & 3
VALIDATIONS, AND QUERYING ACROSS MULTIPLE
TABLES. M3 ASSESS WHETHER MEANINGFUL DATA HAS D2 EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
BEEN EXTRACTED THROUGH THE USE OF QUERY DATABASE SOLUTION IN RELATION TO USER AND
P3 IMPLEMENT A QUERY LANGUAGE INTO THE
TOOLS TO PRODUCE APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, AND SUGGEST
RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM.
INFORMATION. IMPROVEMENTS
LO3 TEST THE SYSTEM AGAINST USER AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
M4 ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TESTING,
P4 TEST THE SYSTEM AGAINST USER AND SYSTEM
INCLUDING AN EXPLANATION OF THE CHOICE OF
REQUIREMENTS
TEST DATA USED.
LO4 PRODUCE TECHNICAL AND USER DOCUMENTATION
M5 PRODUCE TECHNICAL AND USER
DOCUMENTATION FOR A FULLY FUNCTIONAL D3 EVALUATE THE DATABASE IN TERMS OF
P5 PRODUCE TECHNICAL AND USER SYSTEM, INCLUDING DIAGRAMS SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE
DOCUMENTATION MOVEMENT OF DATA THROUGH THE SYSTEM, AND CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM.
FLOWCHARTS DESCRIBING HOW THE SYSTEM
WORKS.

SUBMISSION FORMAT
The submission is in the form of a report and a working database in the form MS Access project file.

The report should be written in a concise, formal business style using single spacing and font style times new roman and size
11. You are required to use headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with
research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing
system. The recommended word limit is 3,000. However, you will not be penalised for exceeding the word limit.

The report should be divided into 3 parts with appropriate headings as suggested below and should include the following
information:

 System design document- a clear set of user and system requirements along with design diagrams including uml,
Conceptual and logical ERD ALONG with its description.
 Application development and testing: Ms Access project file with screenshots added as evidence along with its
description and a comprehensive test plan with desired and actual outcome against each data input and process.
 Technical document and user manual: technical document providing an overview of the dataflow in the system and
user manual providing a step by step guidance for the user on how to operate the application.

Note: You are required to document all necessary information of the application including password for database application
under technical manual section of the report. The project file must be attached as .*ACCDB file format.

ASSIGNMENT SCENARIO AND GUIDANCE


SCENARIO

IVY College of Management Sciences is a new international university campus and has undergone its first admission cycle
manually. The Business development manager of the university has approached Ivy school of computing to automate their next
admissions cycle by efficiently managing its admission operations through a small database application. He has communicated
the basic requirements with the head of department and offered a bounty of PKR 15,000/- for a student who will come up with
the best solution for the problem and annual fee waiver for all participating students in the next cycle.

The basic requirements are:


 Record of admission officer who adds the student in the database
 Weekly/Monthly admissions report for the campus
 Record of confirmed admissions in every department
 Record of students enrolled in every course of the department
 Record of fee status for every student (yearly or instalment paid)
 Record of all courses offered by each school/department

Being a student of HND Computing, you are required to participate in the event and complete the task in three parts.
STAGE 1 - GUIDANCE
You are required to have a meeting with the stakeholders to capture the user requirements for the application and their
corresponding system requirements. Once you have elicited all the user and system requirements, you are required to create a
detailed set of design document using appropriate tools and techniques for a university admissions management system that
aligns with the elicited requirements. You may represent your user requirements with the help of a simple use case diagram
and database requirements using ERD on an appropriate tool with at least four interrelated tables.

You are asked to design all user inputs and outputs for approval from the Business Development Manager and HOD before you
proceed with stage 2 of the project.
STAGE 2 – GUIDANCE
Once the designs have been approved by the stakeholder, you will start developing a comprehensive and secure database
application using MS Access having a proper User Interface that provides a supportive user experience while its use and
appropriate reports to provide information in the most efficient manner. Once the application development is complete, you
should use some sample data set of your own choice and test the system for compliance with the user and system
requirements and evaluate its effectiveness in this regard along-with any improvement recommendations.
STAGE 3- GUIDANCE
Once the system testing is complete, you will develop two manuals, a technical manual and a user manual. Technical manual
will contain all the important information like data flow for key operations of the application etc. Furthermore, you will develop
a user manual to facilitate standard users who will be operating the system. While developing these manuals, keep in
consideration any improvements that may be needed for continuous effectiveness of the system in future.

EVIDENCE CHECKLIST SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE REQUIRED BY STUDENT


STAGE 1 System Design Document Report (2500 words).
STAGE 2 Database in MS Access with screenshot evidences attached in Report with explanation, Test Report
STAGE 3 Technical and User Manual, Conclusion and Recommendations

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