Section 5a: Instruction For MIS Final project

IS300: Management Information Systems

FINAL PROJECT (Mid-term test No 2)

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Project Regulations
1. Your group number must appear on all pages.
2. Pages must be numbered.
3. Work should be submitted via email
4. The assignment should be word processed
5. All references have been duly cited
6. You should use the Harvard Referencing system

Project Specific Requirements

Set up a system that uses both an Access database and Excel workbooks
1. A database specification (in ERD format), and a database design (in a DSD format)
2. It should store the data in Access using more than 1 table.
3. It should enable data entry via an Access form.
4. It should display the output via an Access table.
5. It should enable analysis of the database via queries.

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Project Description
Detailed Tasks
The system should carry out one of the following tasks.

Task 1: A Bookstore Management Database System

Tom ownes and operates a bookstore. You believe that you can help him by creating a database to store the
publishers and the books that Tom sells. You determine that a third table is also required. Your task is to
design and populate the three tables, set the table relationships, and enforce referential integrity.

Minimum Requirements for the system

Specification
A description of the database using entity relationship diagram (ERD).

Storage
Author
AuthorID LastName FirstName
11 Wayne John
12 Allen Keith
13 Scott Michael
14 Carl Richard
15 Keen Clara
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16 Swartz Millie
17 Allen John
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Publishers
PubID PubName Pub Address PubCity PubState Pub ZIP
BB Bantom Books 1540 Broadway New York NY 10036
FSG Farrar, Straus and 12 Union Square New York NY 10003
Giroux West
KN Knopf 299 Park Avenue New York NY 10171
LBC Little, Brown and 1271 Avenue of the New York NY 10020
Company Americas
PH Prentice Hall One Lake Street Upper NJ 7458
Saddle
SS Simon & Schuster 100 Front Street Riverside NJ 8075

Books
AuthorCode Title ISBN PubID PublDate Price StockAmt
13 Blackhills Farm 0-275-41199-7 KN 2002 18.87 528
15 Chasing the Dime 0-316-15391-5 LBC 2002 51.75 400
15 City of Bones 0-316-15405-9 LBC 2002 20.76 394
15 Darkness More than 0-316-15407-5 LBC 2001 20.76 432
Midnight
13 Interview with the 0-394-49821-6 KN 1976 19.57 371
Vampire
16 True Blue 0-553-38398-0 BB 2002 7.5 492
16 Follow the Stars 0-553-58102-3 BB 2000 6.99 496
Home
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13 Blood and Gold 0-679-45449-7 KN 2001 18.87 640

11 Reaching for Glory 0-684-80408-5 SS 2001 24 480
14 Hearts in Atlantis 0-684-85351-5 SS 1999 28 528
12 Personality Injuries 0-742095692-X FSG 1999 27 403
14 From a Buick 8 0-743-21137-5 SS 2002 16.8 368

Data Entry
Set up at least one form in Access that allows a user to update at least one of the following:
 Add and update a new author
 Add and update a new publisher
 Add and update a new book
Output
 Display all books published by PubID “LBC” AND the PubDate is 2001 in a report
 Display the authors and total stock values by authorId in a report
Analysis

Set up queries to show the following: -

 Create a query to display all books written by author 15 and published in 2002.
 Create a query to calculate the total stock value by author.
Note: Any additional functionality you build into the system may gain extra marks.

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Task 2: A Meeting Booking Database System

Sunflower is a small department that consists of 5 to 10 employees. You believe that you can help the
department by creating a database to store the date and time of the meeting, duration of the meeting, the
employee for whom the meeting is for and the client with whom the meeting is with. You determine that a
third table is also required (Meeting). Your task is to design and populate the three tables, set the table
relationships, and enforce referential integrity.
Minimum Requirements for the system

Specification
A description of the database using entity relationship diagrams (ERD).

Storage

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Data Entry
Set up at least one form in Access that allows a user to update at least one of the following: -
 Add and update employees
 Add and update clients
 Add a new meeting
Output
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 Display meetings for the whole department by date in a table.

Analysis
Set up queries to show the following: -
Meetings by employee
Meetings by dates(s)

Note: Any additional functionality you build into the system may gain extra marks.

Task 3: A Villa Reservation Management Database System

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Data Entry
Set up at least one form in Access that allows a user to update at least one of the following: -
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 Add and update islands

 Add and update villa
 Add a new reservation/ booking
Output
 Display villa and total sales by island in a table.
Analysis
Set up queries to show the following: -
Reservations by client
Reservations by villa

Note: Any additional functionality you build into the system may gain extra marks.

Task 4: Specify your own system

Minimum Requirements for the system

Specification
A description of the database using entity relationship diagrams (ERD).

You will need to make sure that it clearly addresses the assessment requirements, includes functionality in the four
areas: -
Storage
Using Access
Data Entry
Using Access
Output
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Using Excel
Analysis
Using Excel

You are strongly advised to consult with me before electing to use this option.

Additional Information

You will need to submit the following files:

1. The completed Access file.
2. A set of user instructions in a Word file (including the ERD and DSD diagrams)

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