Description and guidelines for Assignment #2
26 April 2001
In this assignment, I want you to prepare a 1-2 page write-up
of a project proposal that might be used as the basis of a team project
for this course in Database Management for Electronic Commerce.
I want you to imagine a business enterprise in
the year 2005. This may be a business that you want to create as an entreprenuerial
venture, or want to work at. Alternatively, it might be the business that
currently employs you, but it seeks to realize new strategic business opportunities
by using DB applications accessed over the Web. Your task is to articulate
your vision of this enterprise, its Business Model, its Web-based
DB
application for ECommerce, some initial characteristics of its DataBase,
and any relevant concerns you have for Collecting Data that pertains
to persons (e.g., privacy concerns, security, maintaining data quality)
if it applies.
Be creative :-) Try to focus your write-up to identify
topics that you would like to investigate and master through a team project.
There are no wrong answers. However, remember that your classmates may
read your write-up, so you want to convince them about your ideas, and
why they are compelling.
The following items and guidelines are the subjects to
address in your assignment.
Identify the Enterprise: Provide a one paragraph
description that identifies the business, its strategic vision, its primary
products or services offerings, its estimated annual operating budget,
and any other factors you think are significant.
Identify the EC business model(s): One or more EC
Business Models may be used. Choose from those listed in DB-Centered
Business Models for EC lecture notes. Provide a one
paragraph description for each model you choose that explains why you
believe this is a good Business Model to utilize.
Identify the DBM Application(s): One or more DBM Applications
for EC may be used. Choose from those listed in DBM
Applications for EC lecture notes. Provide a one paragraph
description for each application you choose that explains why you believe
this is a good DBM Application for EC to utilize.
Identify issues pertaining to Collecting and Managing
(Personal) Data:
If your business intends to collect and manage data
gathered from people, or personal data about people, identify any concerns
your business should address to insure data privacy, to maintain data quality
over time, or other concerns. Provide a one paragraph description
Identify what type of data model will be used in the
DataBase: Choose one from those listed in Data models (generic
types) and provide a brief description for your choice.
Identify the types of data stored in the DB: Choose
from those listed in Database objects and provide a brief
description for your choice(s).
Estimate the size of the target DB: Do you believe
your DB is likely to contains 10s, 100s, 1000s, 10Ks, 100Ks, 1Ms, or more
than 10M objects or instance values? Is your DB to store between 1MB-1000MB
(MB= megabyte, 1 million bytes), 1GB-1000GB (GB=gigabyte, 1 billion bytes),
1TB-1000TB (TB= terabyte, 1 trillion bytes), or more. Provide a brief description
for your estimate, perhaps using the number of objects or instance values
to help justify your estimate (e.g., a DB of 1 million photographs (graphic
image objects), each photograph representing 10MB of data, thus a DB size
estimate of 1M*10MB=10TB).
Submission Guidelines:
EMail your document as a .doc file ATTACHMENT (i.e., as an
attached file) to me by end of this week.