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Assignment Brief

Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 4 Database Design and Development
Academic Year 2024
Unit Tutor Thu Zar Hlaing
Assignment Title Database Design and Development for Event
Management System
Issue Date 19th February,2024
Submission Date 5th May,2024
IV Name & Date U Ye Naing&17th February,2024

Submission Format

Part 1: The submission is in the form of an individual written report. This should be written
in a concise, formal business style using single spacing and font size 11. You are required to
make use of 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 1500-2000 words, although you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word limit.
Part 2: The submission is in the form of a fully functional relational database system; and an
individual written report.
Part 3: The submission is in the form of a witness statement of the testing; technical
documentation; and a written report. The recommended word limit is 1500-2000 words,
although you will not be penalised for exceeding the total word limit. The submission also
provides technical and user instructional videos.
Remarks:
On submission, the assignment file must be check for plagiarism and the plagiarism report must
be submitted together with the assignment paper.

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Use an appropriate design tool to design a relational database system for a substantial
problem.
LO2 Develop a fully functional relational database system, based on an existing system
design.
LO3 Test the system against user and system requirements.
LO4 Produce technical and user documentation.

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Transferable skills and competencies developed

After completion of this assignment, learners will be able to

• Understand the concept and issues related of database design and development.
• Understanding insight into design and creation of complex database.
• Produce fully functional robust solution, covering data integrity, data validation, data
consistency, data security and advanced database querying facilities across multiple
tables.
• Developing testing and technical documentation
Vocational scenario

You are employed as a Database Developer for a large IT consultancy company. The
company has been approached by an event management company called Super Planner
which is expanding rapidly due to the good service.
Super Planner have, to date, managed their business by using a computerised system which
was developed by a college student five years ago. The system is now too slow and no system
documentation was produced when it was implemented so changes to the system cannot
be made easily. The Managing Director of Super Planner feels that their business
requirements have changed, and they need to invest in new technology and a new system
in order to grow and manage their business successfully.
The company organizes corporate events such as dinners, birthday parties, wedding
receptions, anniversaries, conventions, sale promotion and product exhibitions.
The following major features must be able to do in the system.
• All events are commissioned by customers and all events are categorized by type.
• An event is scheduled for a particular start date and time.
• An event may last from half a day to a week, or more.
• There should also be an end date for an event.
• Events take place at particular venues – some venues are used many times for
different sorts of events.
• Venues should have information recorded about their facilities and equipment
available.
• All events are assigned one or more staff members allocated by company.
• All staff members are classified by type.
• Daily assignment report of staff for event
• Monthly business report

Your company has accepted the contract to develop a database system for Super Planner
and to provide the necessary technology to run the system. Your brief is to develop the
database system element of the contract from Super Planner Company.

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You have been asked by your manager to investigate the system requirements; and design,
create and implement the system. One of the requirements of the contract is that user and
technical documentation be made available to Super Planner.

Assignment activity and guidance

Part 1
Before you start the development process, your manager has asked you to produce a report
for the Managing Director of Super Planner Company, containing:
1. The design of the relational database system using appropriate design tools and
techniques. It should contain at least four interrelated tables.
2. Clear statements of user and system requirements.
You would prefer to produce a more detailed document, so you will produce a
comprehensive design for a fully functional system which will include interface and output
designs, data validations and cover data normalisation.
Your manager would like a separate report on your assessment of the effectiveness of the
design in relation to user and system requirements.

Part 2
Once the designs have been accepted by your manager you have been asked to develop the
database system using evidence of user interface, output and data validations and querying
across multiple tables.
You want to include more than just the basics so you will implement a fully functional
database system which will include system security and database maintenance features.
You have decided to implement a query language into the relational database system.
The developed system will be demonstrated to your manager. Your manager has asked you
to produce a report:

1. Assessing whether meaningful data has been extracted through the use of query
tools to produce appropriate management information.
2. Evaluating the effectiveness of the database solution in relation to user and system
requirements, and suggest improvements.

Part 3
Once the system has been developed, you will test the system and your manager will
complete a witness statement indicating how your tests are performing against user and
system requirements.

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You will produce a brief report assessing the effectiveness of the testing, including an
explanation of the choice of test data used.
Lastly you will produce technical and user documentation which will be given to Super
Planner Company.
You want to provide some graphical representations for ease of reference in the technical
guide, so you have decided to produce a technical and user documentation for a fully
functional system, including diagrams showing movement of data through the system, and
flowcharts describing how the system works.

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.
1. Jeff Hoffer. Ramesh Venkataraman. Heikki Topi. (2016) Modern Database
Management System.12th Edition, Pearson Education Limited.

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 database M1 Produce a comprehensive D1 Assess the effectiveness of

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

LO2 Develop a fully functional relational database system, based

on an existing system design

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P2 Develop the database M2 Implement a fully functional

system with evidence of user database system which includes LO2 & 3
interface, output and data system security and database D2 Evaluate the effectiveness of
validations, and querying maintenance. the database solution in relation
across multiple tables. M3 Assess whether meaningful to user and system
P3 Implement a query data has been extracted through requirements, and suggest
language into the relational the use of query tools to produce improvements.
database system. appropriate management
information.

LO3 Test the system against user and system requirements

P4 Test the system against user M4 Assess the effectiveness of

and system requirements. the testing, including an
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 Assess any future
documentation. documentation for a fully improvements that may be
functional system, including required to ensure the
diagrams showing movement of continued effectiveness of the
data through the system, and database system.
flowcharts describing how the
system works.

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