Project Report:
- Read the case study thoroughly and make notes
- Meet with your team to discuss your strategy for next two days
- Review the chapter 1 to 5 to identify the key deliverables.
- Develop the deliverables identified by you. This must include the following requirements: business rules, entities, attributes, constraints, relationships, naming convention
- A complete ERD and extended-ERD (use the concepts from Chapter 4 & 5)
- Data dictionary
- Tables, keys, dependencies
- Entity strength, relationship strength
- Any other important artifact that will help you deliver a high quality solution
- For the data model developed by your team, propose a commercial technology solution (database product and/or cloud platform). For example: Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, or Google. I would encourage you to explore beyond these companies. You should perform a detailed product / platform evaluation using the following prompts to think about: What are the key database products made by the vendor OR the key database platforms available under the database category.
- What are the key features for each of these database platforms?
- What are differentiators compared to other database platforms in its class?
- Are these databases used on-premise only? Cloud-based only? Explain the infrastructure use case for each of these databases that you are discussing.
- Provide three (3) business uses for why a customer/client would want to use your vendors/class of database technology in their environment.
- What potential risks should your customers be thinking about with the proposed solution?
- What would the team required to build and then maintain this database look like? Identify the roles and their skill sets.
All the above must be compiled in a detailed paper followed by a presentation. Your solution must be based on rigorous research and thoughtful application of the concepts learned in the course. You can go above and beyond the scope of the course to build a compelling solution.
Project Presentation:
Submit a presentation that summarizes the key components of the solution paper you have written. The presentation should be about 15 minutes long. Your presentation should convey an executive CEO level tone.
To earn optimal credit, your presentation should be aesthetically pleasing as much as it is content rich. Presentation should be made as a group as group-participation is an integral part of this assignment. Here are some suggested contents for your presentation slide deck:
- Cover Page
- TOC
- Data model components (Business rules, ERDs, etc.)
- Technology solution chosen by your team and its rationale
- The pros and cons of the chosen technology
- Identity competitors in the space based on Database Class (against your DB)
- Industries using the Databases/Platforms Most Often
- Current Market Penetration for Vendor / Platform
- Discuss Top 3-5 Features
- How are these databases usually used? (On-Prem, Cloud, Hybrid, Mainframe)
- Provide three use cases
- Closing Slide + Citations (as needed)
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