Wk 10 Term Paper

Imagine that you have been hired as the database administrator for a local department store. The department store has recently expanded by opening five (5) stores within your local region. They have also launched a series of marketing campaigns to attract new customers and increase sales. For your hired role, you will be responsible for creating and maintaining an enterprise-wide database system that will hold the sales and inventory data for the organization. The designed database will help operations in supporting its new business marketing strategy. Using the concepts presented throughout the course, you will develop a plan to create this database and establish a design that aligns with the product sales initiatives of the organization. Write a twelve to fifteen (12-15) page paper in which you: Identify the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database. Design a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used to house the sales transactions of the department store.  Evaluate all relationships of each entity within your database solution using the Crow’s Foot notation. Include all data elements, entities, relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the department store database in your diagram. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. Research the Internet for best practices of how retail stores use databases for retaining customers and increasing sales and complete the following: Justify how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store. Propose two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics. Give your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the region. Provide a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper. Research the Internet for database vendors that provide cloud computing services and complete the following: Estimate the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database.  Analyze security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types. Rank the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality, mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency. Compare how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where users are mobile. Determine the technical provisions that would be required to ensure data integrity. Evaluate whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate and identify the optimization techniques that should be factored in to enhance the operations of the database in your design. Provide at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating transactions. Determine the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment. Research the Internet for backup and restoration recovery solutions and database security threats that could be applicable to the department store. Upon your research, complete the following: Suggest at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide disaster management functions for the database system within the retail environment. Assess the types of security threats that may exist when managing the department store database and suggest measure(s) that can be performed to minimize these threats that are particular to retail. Use at least six (6) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. Include charts or diagrams created in any chart or drawing tool with which you are familiar. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted. Points: 200 Technical Paper: Database Administrator for Department Store Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Identify the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely identified the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database. Partially identified the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database. Satisfactorily identified the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database. Thoroughly identified the potential sales and department store transactions that can be stored within the database. 2. Design a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used to house the sales transactions of the department store.  Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely designed a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used to house the sales transactions of the department store.  Partially designed a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used to house the sales transactions of the department store.  Satisfactorily designed a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used to house the sales transactions of the department store.  Thoroughly designed a database solution and the potential business rules that could be used to house the sales transactions of the department store.  3. Evaluate all relationships of each entity within your database solution using the Crow’s Foot notation. Include all data elements, entities, relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the department store database. Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely evaluated all relationships of each entity within your database solution using the Crow’s Foot notation. Did not submit or incompletely included all data elements, entities, relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the department store database. Partially evaluated all relationships of each entity within your database solution using the Crow’s Foot notation. Partially included all data elements, entities, relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the department store database. Satisfactorily evaluated all relationships of each entity within your database solution using the Crow’s Foot notation. Satisfactorily included all data elements, entities, relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the department store database. Thoroughly evaluated all relationships of each entity within your database solution using the Crow’s Foot notation. Thoroughly included all data elements, entities, relationships (such as 1:M, 1:1, M:N), and cardinalities for the department store database. 4a. Justify how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely justified how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store. Partially justified how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store. Satisfactorily justified how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store. Thoroughly justified how Big Data tools could be used for forecasting sales and inventory of the department store. 4b. Propose two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL Functions to help sales associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely proposed two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics. Partially proposed two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics. Satisfactorily proposed two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics. Thoroughly proposed two (2) SQL Stored Procedures that use SQL functions to help sales associates perform explanatory or predictive analytics. 4c. Give your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the region. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely gave your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the region. Partially gave your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the region. Satisfactorily gave your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the region. Thoroughly gave your opinion on which of the two (2) ways you proposed in Question four (4) b provide greater value to expanding their business within the region. 4d. Provide a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely provided a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper. Partially provided a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper. Satisfactorily provided a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper. Thoroughly provided a copy of your working SQL code as part of the paper. 5a. Estimate the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database.  Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely estimated the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database. Partially estimated the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database. Satisfactorily estimated the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database. Thoroughly estimated the types of costs involved or the pricing structure required when implementing a cloud-hosted solution for a database. 5b. Analyze security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely analyzed security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types. Partially analyzed security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types. Satisfactorily analyzed security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types. Thoroughly analyzed security considerations and pricing of the different cloud implementation types. 5c. Rank the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality, mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency. Compare how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where users are mobile. Determine the technical provisions that would be required to ensure data integrity. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely ranked the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality, mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency. Did not submit or incompletely compared how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where users are mobile.  Did not submit or incompletely determined the technical provisions that would be required to ensure data integrity. Partially ranked the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality, mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency. Partially compared how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where users are mobile.  Partially determined the technical provisions that would be required to ensure data integrity. Satisfactorily ranked the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality, mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency. Satisfactorily compared how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where users are mobile. Satisfactorily determined the technical provisions that would be required to ensure data integrity. Thoroughly ranked the cloud services options of Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service in terms of functionality, mobility, and ability to provide distributed transaction concurrency. Thoroughly compared how these cloud-based services fit within an environment where users are mobile.  Thoroughly determined the technical provisions that would be required to ensure data integrity. 6. Evaluate whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate and identify the optimization techniques that should be factored in to enhance the operations of the database in your design. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely evaluated whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate. Did not submit or incompletely identified the optimization techniques that should be factored in, to enhance the operations of the database in your design. Partially evaluated whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate. Partially identified the optimization techniques that should be factored in, to enhance the operations of the database in your design. Satisfactorily evaluated whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate. Satisfactorily identified the optimization techniques that should be factored in, to enhance the operations of the database in your design. Thoroughly evaluated whether the use of a distributed DBMS structure is appropriate. Thoroughly identified the optimization techniques that should be factored in, to enhance the operations of the database in your design. 7. Provide at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating transactions. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely provided at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating transactions. Partially provided at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating transactions. Satisfactorily provided at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating transactions. Thoroughly provided at least two (2) examples of how lost updates and uncommitted data may occur, keeping in mind that five (5) stores will be generating transactions. 8. Determine the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely determined the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment. Partially determined the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment. Satisfactorily determined the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment. Thoroughly determined the concurrency control factors that can be used to ensure valid execution of transactions within the current multiuser environment. 9a. Suggest at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide disaster management functions for the database system within the retail environment. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely suggested at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide disaster management functions for the database system within the retail environment. Partially suggested at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide disaster management functions for the database system within the retail environment. Satisfactorily suggested at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide disaster management functions for the database system within the retail environment. Thoroughly suggested at least two (2) options that could be made available to provide disaster management functions for the database system within the retail environment. 9b. Assess the types of security threats that may exist when managing the department store database and suggest measure(s) that can be performed to minimize these threats that are particular to retail. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely assessed the types of security threats that may exist when managing the department store database. Did not submit or incompletely suggested measure(s) that can be performed to minimize these threats that are particular to retail. Partially assessed the types of security threats that may exist when managing the department store database. Partially suggested measure(s) that can be performed to minimize these threats that are particular to retail. Satisfactorily assessed the types of security threats that may exist when managing the department store database. Satisfactorily suggested measure(s) that can be performed to minimize these threats that are particular to retail. Thoroughly assessed the types of security threats that may exist when managing the department store database. Thoroughly suggested measure(s) that can be performed to minimize these threats that are particular to retail. 10. 6 references Weight: 5% No references provided Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. 11. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% More than 6 errors present 5-6 errors present 3-4 errors present 0-2 errors present