1. BUAD 283: Management Info Systems Database Design Assignment #1 Glen J. Coulthard, Instructor Faculty of Business, OUC

2. Slide 2 Specific Requirements (1/2) Report Structure: Letter of Understanding (LU) or Transmittal Memo (TM) A. Statement of Problem or Opportunity B. Description of Entity Classes (Tables) C. Identification of Attributes (Fields) and Keys (PK and FK) D. Diagram of Logical Relationships (E-R diagram) E. Discussion of Relationship Rules, Constraints, & Assumptions F. Proposed Report Structures (min 3 pages; max 5) G. Summary/Conclusion: How does this solve my problem? Appendices: E-R Diagram, Sample Reports, Data Dictionary No Executive Summary necessary; info contained in LU or TM

3. Slide 3 Specific Requirements (2/2) If used, please cite references properly using “APA Style” Not www.zdnet.com; instead, use: Doherty, S. (2002, March 18). Managing data. Ziff-Davis Publishing. [On-line]. Retrieved from http://www.zdnet.com/1306ws1.htm.www.zdnet.com Not “Management Information Systems textbook;” instead, use: Haag, S., Cummings, M., et al. (2004). Management information systems for the information age. Toronto, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson.

4. Slide 4 Data Modeling Concepts Logical versus Physical Logical: Entity Relationship (E-R) diagramming Physical: Creating and relating tables in Microsoft Access Basic components of an E-R Diagram Entity (Table) Attribute (Field) Relationship Basic components of a Data Dictionary FieldNameTableRelationKeyFieldDataTypePrecisionDescription CustomerIDCustomerPrimaryNumeric9,0Unique customer number SurnameCustomerText20Family or last name

5. Slide 5 E-R Diagramming Software Tools Microsoft Excel Use the drawing tools Microsoft Visio drawing program http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio CASE Studio 2 by CharonWare http://www.casestudio.com/ http://www.casestudio.com/ DeZign for Databases by Datanamic http://www.datanamic.com/dezign http://www.datanamic.com/dezign DDS-Lite or DDS-Pro from Chilli Source http://www.dds-lite.com http://www.dds-pro.com http://www.dds-lite.com http://www.dds-pro.com