IT 321 - DAM - Assignment 1

University of Chakwal
Department of Computer & Information Technology
Group ASSIGNMENT-01
(A-1)
Subject Code: IT-321

Subject: Database Administration and Management
Date of Submission: 10th March 2024
Max Marks: 100
Assignment Guidelines
 Make a group of at max 3 students.
 Plagiarism is prohibited. Submit Plagiarism Report along with the Assignment. The Similarity
Index of the Report must be below 10%.
 Must mention the name of organization you are visiting.
 Add CEO/Analysts profile (whom you are interviewing).
 Submission should be in PDF format.
 PDF File name should be written assignment No (A1) and Title of system or sub system you
have studied in chosen organization, e.g., A1-HRSystem.
 Following Format should be followed: -
 Heading 1 should be 16 and bold.
 Heading 2 should be 14 and bold.
 Heading 3 should be 12 and bold italic.
 Use 1.15 line spacing.
 Justify your text.
 Font family should be Calibri (body)
 Add diagrams where appropriate (you can use any tools for creating diagram).
 Add auto generated content table.
 Document should have at least 2 Sections as following (see how to create sections in MS Word):
 Section1:
o Title Page: First Page should be the Title page containing 1) Name of Group
Members 2) Title of the Project
o Page 2: Table of Content
o Page 3: Introduction of Group members and their Roles in the Assignment
o Page 4: Brief introduction of CEO, analysts, or professionals you met in chosen
organization.
 Section 2
o Answer the questions listed below (Appropriately breakdown this section into
various subheadings, like, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, … 2.7, etc.
Assignment Narrative
For Questions 1 through 7, choose an organization with an extensive information systems department
and set of information system applications. You should choose one with which you are familiar,
possibly your employer, your university, or an organization where a friend / relative works. Use the
same organization for each question: -
1) Investigate whether the organization follows more of a traditional file processing

approach or the database approach to organizing data. How many different database
applications does the organization have and which vendor technology (Opensource or
otherwise) are they using?
2) What is the architecture of their information system? Is the organization using some form
of client/server architecture? If it’s a multi-tier application then, is it 2-tier, 3 tier or higher
multi-tier application. Interview information systems managers in this organization to find
out why they chose the architecture for the Information System.
3) Identify, Collect, and document the functional requirements for any prospective system
after visiting organization.
4) Interview a database analyst or systems analyst and document how he or she decides on
names for data objects in data models. Does the organization in which this person works
have naming guidelines?
5) Ask a database or systems analyst in the organization to show you an E-R diagram for one
of the organization’s primary databases. Ask questions to be sure you understand what
each entity, attribute, and relationship means. Does this organization use the same E-R
notation used in the textbook? If not, what other or alternative symbols are used and what
do these symbols mean?
6) Elicit common examples of supertype/subtype relationships you may encounter in the
organization. You will have to explain the meaning of this term to the person you are
interviewing and provide a common example, such as PROPERTY: RESIDENTIAL,
COMMERCIAL or BONDS: CORPORATE, MUNICIPAL. Use the information the person
provides to construct an EER diagram segment and present it to the person.
7) Obtain a common document such as a sales slip, customer invoice, credit card statement,
etc from organization you are interacting with. Use the normalization steps (steps 0
through 4) discussed in this semester to convert this user view to a set of relations in 3rd
normal form. Also draw a relational schema. List several integrity rules that you would
recommend ensuring the quality of the data in this application.

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1) Investigate whether the organization follows more of a traditional file processing

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