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DBM 380 Assignment Week 1 Database Recommendation
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Database Recommendation Instructions: The first and most
important database-related decisions are whether to use a database
at all and, if so, which database management system to use and why.
Today there are dozens of database management systems available;
however, some are better suited to specific business environments
and applications than others. For this assignment, you will analyze a
business scenario, compare the pros and cons of different database
models and products, and recommend a specific product to meet the
needs of the business scenario. You will provide the rationale for
your recommendation in terms of the suitability and business
benefit. Download and read the Brewster Business Scenario
document. Write a 2-page high-level, non-technical recommendation
to present to the Brewster CEO. In your recommendation: • Analyze
the company's current system. • Describe the problems and
challenges associated with the current system. • Explain the business
benefit of moving from the current system to a single, shared
database. • Compare and contrast at least four different database
models, including the relational database model, in the context of
the company's business environment. • Suggest a specific RDBMS
solution you believe would be most Appropriate for the company. •
List the benefits the company could expect to gain from
implementing the recommended RDBMS. Cite at least two
references. Format citations using APA format. Submit your
assignment.

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DBM 380 Assignment Week 2 Normalized Database Design
Assignment
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Normalized Database Design Assignment Instructions: A relational
database must be designed and normalized before it can be created,
populated with data, and used. Database design depends on the
business scenario(s) a database architect needs to model, but all
relational database designs benefit from being normalized.
Download and follow the instructions on the Normalized Database
Design document. Note: For this assignment, you will be given a
business scenario. If you make changes during the normalization
process (and usually this is the case) you will update your ERD to
reflect the changes. Later in this course, you will be asked to
implement the ERD from this week. Submit your ERD and your
normalized database design.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 3 Create and Populate a
Database
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Create and Populate a Database Instructions: Resources: "SQL
CREATE DATABASE Statement," "SQL CREATE TABLE Statement,"
"SQL PRIMARY KEY Constraint," "SQL FOREIGN KEY Constraint," and
"SQL INSERT INTO Statement" For this assignment, you will create
the database you designed in Week 2. Download the Create a
Database document and follow the instructions. Submit the database
containing all the tables you created or a Microsoft® Word file
containing all the SQL statements used.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 4 Select and Update Data in
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Select and Update Data in Related Tables Instructions: Running
reports on existing data and updating data records are very common
tasks in the industry. For this assignment, you will begin with a
database containing severalpre-populated tables. Download and
unzip the Microsoft® Access® database (ZIP file) available on the
Cengage's website. (You may need to convert the database
depending on the version of Microsoft® Access® you are using. To
convert the database, follow Microsoft®'s Convert a Database to the
.accdb File Format instructions.) Open the database in Microsoft®
Access® and explore the tables it contains by following this path:
/folderYouNameWhenYouUnzip/1305627482_526407/Student/Ch07
- Intro-to-SQL/Databases/Ch07_SaleCo.mdb Note: If you have
chosen not to use Microsoft® Access® in this course, you will need to

download the SQL statements for MySQL, Oracle®, or SQLserver and
run those statements against your RDBMS to create a populated
database. Download the Select and Update Data in Related Tables
document and follow the instructions. Your completed assignment
will consist of one document and two screenshots placed in one
document (one screenshot showing the results of the "before"
SELECT statement and a second showing the results of the "after"
SELECT statement). Submit your assignment.
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DBM 380 Assignment Week 5 Database Administrator
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Database Administrator Instructions: Imagine that you have the
educational background, skills, and abilities to be a database
administrator. The XYZ company recently announced a vacancy for a
database administrator position, and you are very interested
because XYZ is known as a high-paying employer that is enjoyable to
work for. Because a security breach at XYZ recently made the news,
XYZ's job posting has requested all applicants to include in their
cover letter a brief description of how he or she would approach
data security if awarded the position. Research the qualifications
necessary to obtain a database administrator position. Read "Cover
Letter Workshop - Formatting and Organization" fromPurdue Online
Writing Lab Write a 1- to 2-page cover letter briefly describing your
(fictional) database administrator-related qualifications and outlining
the reasons you believe you are the best candidate for the job. Your

cover letter must include: • A description of your education and
database-related work experience • Note: this description will likely
not match your own actual education and experience. You will need
to research and include the education and work experience
appropriate to a successful candidate for a database administrator
position unless your own personal background qualifies you for a
database administrator position • Your philosophy and approach to
backing up relational data • Your philosophy and several approaches
to securing relational data and a rationale for each approach •
Address your cover letter to Mr. Ben Smith, Director of Human
Resources. Submit your cover letter.
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DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 1 (New)
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Reflect on the textbook readings. Using the search strings listed in
the Electronic Reserve Readings for Week one search for additional
information on database systems. What information would your
provide to an organization or your employer on why database
systems should be used?
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DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 1
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Using the Ghanem (2010) article as a guide, what are the benefits of
using Views in a database?
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What limitations have you or someone you know encountered in the
past in using nonrelational structures (such as in a Microsoft® Excel®
or Word file) to store data? What were the advantages?
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DBM 380 Week 1 DQ 2
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Based on the Manegold (2009) article, what are two new methods of
optimizing data retrieval from a high-use database?
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DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment Database
Environment Proposal (NEW)
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DBM 380 Week 1 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Environment
Proposal As one of the program outcomes for the Bachelor of Science
in Information Technology program, students must design and
develop a database using professional principles and standards.
Write a 1- to 2-page memo in which you complete the following: •
Choose a database application from the following: o An appropriate
database environment within your workplace. o An Art Museum that
needs to track the artwork, artists, and locations where the art is
displayed or stored within the museum. o A similar environment that
you have has some experience with in the past. o Analyze the
database environment. o Describe the problems and constraints. o
Describe the objectives of the database environment. o Describe the
scope and boundaries. o List the data specifications (must include a
minimum of three entities with attributes). Include 2 or 3 references.
Format your memo using the attached Memo Template. Format
citations using APA format. Submit your assignment using the
Assignment Files tab. Note: The database chosen will be used in the
Week Two through Five Individual Assignments.
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DBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment DataBase Paper
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Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you do the following:
Explain what database systems are and how they are used. Define
database architecture. Consider Microsoft® Access®, Microsoft® SQL
Server®, Oracle®, and IBM DB2® software as possible examples.
Summarize your paper by describing the database systems in your
workplace, identifying which database systems and architecture they
fall under. Include 2 to 4 references. Format your paper consistent
with APA guidelines.
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Think of a situation where null value should be allowed and a
situation where it should not be allowed. What are the consequences
of inappropriate null settings?
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DBM 380 Week 2 DQ 1
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What are the issues identified in the Cox (2009) article that a
database administrator should know when working with a many-to-
many relationship. Identify and discuss one of them.
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Why it is necessary to choose appropriate data types for each data
column?
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DBM 380 Week 2 DQ 2
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Using the Geiger (2009) article as a guide, how must a database
administrator balance the time to complete data modeling step with
the benefits this step offers in creating a database?
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DBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Design
and ERD Creation (NEW)

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DBM 380 Week 2 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Design and ERD
Creation The following assignment is based on the database
environment proposed in the Week One Individual Assignment.
Perform a logical design on the proposed database environment
without going through the full normalization process. Include the
identification of all entities and attributes associated with the
environment. Use a 2-page memo to document your logical design
including the process you went through. Discuss the process you went
through to select the appropriate data types, primary and foreign
keys, and other constraints that are necessary to maintain the
integrity of the database. Create a detailed ERD using the data
specifications from the logical design. Use Microsoft® Visio® or
another tool to create this diagram.
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DBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Database Design
Paper
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Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you do the following:
• Explain what database systems are and how they are used at your
workplace.

• Define database architecture. For the database systems in your
workplace, identify which architecture they fall under.
• Define relational database architecture. Consider Microsoft®
Access®, Microsoft SQL Server®, Oracle®, IBM DB2®, and so on.
Include three to five references.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Environment Paper (New)
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Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper in which you complete the
following: Choose a database environment from the following: An
appropriate database environment within your workplace (must be
approved by your instructor) An Art Museum that needs to track the
artwork, artists, and locations where the art is displayed or stored
within the museum Smith Consulting (Virtual Organization) – needs a
database to track their consulting staff, each staff member’s skill
sets, and what projects they are working on Analyze the database
environment. Describe the problems and constraints. Describe the
objectives of the database environment. Describe the scope and
boundaries. List the data specifications (must include a minimum of
three entities with attributes). Include 3 to 5 references. Format your

paper consistent with APA guidelines. Note. The database
environment chosen will be used in the Weeks Three and Four
Individual Assignments.
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DBM 380 Week 2 Learning Team Sparkle Diamonds Project
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DBM 380 Week 2 Learning Team Sparkle Diamonds Project Start
working on your Learning Team Database and Presentation outlined
above with delivery in Week Four. Begin by analyzing the
requirements provided. Identify the tables, fields, field attributes,
and table relationships required. Build a 1-page Entity Relationship
Diagram that models the required tables and relationships using
Microsoft® Visio®, Lucidchart, or another software tool of your
choice. The table design and relationships must support the
fol Customers – Each customer is assigned a
unique customer number but may have multiple locations to ship to.
The sales team needs to be able to select the customer and the
Inventory Table – The sales
team will want to query the inventory to find diamonds that meet
Cost – what SD has
Price –
Carat – Clarity – clarity scale for diamonds offered are
Cut – cut scale for diamonds offered are
Color – color scale for diamond
Order Table – The sales team will

want to prepare a sales order for existing customers and sell only
diamonds that are in inventory. The DBMS must be designed such
that customers can purchase multiple stones on one sales order.
IF-
VVS1 – Very, very slightly included (pavi VVS2 – Very,
VS1 – Very slightly included (under
VS2 – Very slightly included (to the naked eye)
D, E, F – Colorless – color between D, E, and F
diamonds can be detected only by a gemologist in side by side
G, H, I, J, K – Near
Colorless – diamonds color rated by a gemologist Write a 175- to
350-word Status Update for your Learning Team using Microsoft®
Word describing the work you have completed this week. The Status
Update is a simple Microsoft® Word document that lets the
instructor know what the team has accomplished during the week.
Submit the ERD and Status Update to the Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 2 Team Assignment (Huffman Trucking)
Entities and Attributes Requirements
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Begin work on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by
completing Change Request 2.
Create documentation for this project that summarizes the process
for using the entities and attributes for fleet truck maintenance. The

Entities and Attributes for Fleet Truck Maintenance can be found on
the intranet site for the Huffman Trucking Virtual Organization.
Prepare a summary of all deliverables for this team project
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DBM 380 Week 2 Team Assignment Service Request SR-ht-
003 Change Request 2 (New)
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Begin working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by
completing Change Request 2. Create documentation for this project
that summarizes the process for using the entities and attributes for
fleet truck maintenance. The Entities and Attributes for Fleet Truck
Maintenance can be found in the Huffman Trucking Virtual
Organization. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit a draft of your team’s documentation.
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A motor vehicle maintenance center wants to improve its services by
using database management systems (DBMS) and data mining. What

tables are needed in such a database and how can it help improve
their services?
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DBM 380 Week 3 DQ 1
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Wang and Gong (2007) explain how database management systems
(DBMS) and data mining can help a motor vehicle maintenance
center improve its services. Based on your reading of the article,
which tables are needed in such a database? In which additional
way-beyond those mentioned in the article-can the DBMS and data
mining be used to improve customer service?
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How do you select the primary key from the candidate keys? How do
foreign keys relate to candidate keys? Provide examples from either
your workplace or class assignments.
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DBM 380 Week 3 DQ 2

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Why do you think the use of icons in entity-relationship diagrams as
described in the Masri (2008) article resulted in a better
understanding of these complex diagrams by users?
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Normalization (NEW)
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DBM 380 Week 3 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Normalization
The following assignment is based on the database environment
designed in the Week Two Individual Assignment. Your database
project must meet the following assessment requirements: • Design a
database using professional principles and standards. • Provide a
logical design of the database. As a part of the design, normalize the
database to the 3NF • Use Microsoft Visio or another tool to create
this diagram to normalize the ERD to third normal form (3NF). Submit
the ERD to the appropriate Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment ERD Creation
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The following assignment is based on the database
environment chosen and discussed in the Week Two
Individual Assignment. Use a Microsoft® Visio® diagram to
create a detailed ERD using the data specificationsnoted in
the Week Two Individual Assignment. Make any necessary
changes provided in your faculty’s feedback. Use a Microsoft®
Access® database to create the preliminary database tables,
columns with data types, primary keys, and relationships.
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DBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment ERD Creation
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The following assignment refers to material found in the Virtual
Organizations.
Create a detailed ERD using the Entities and Attributes for Driver's
Log document found on the Huffman Trucking Intranet site. A copy
of the tables is posted at the end of this document.

Use Microsoft® Access® to create the preliminary (no keys and no
relationships) database tables for the Huffman Trucking Driver Log.
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In your own words, describe the nature and purpose of the
normalization process. Provide some examples from sources other
than the readings.
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DBM 380 Week 4 DQ 1
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Based on the Chen (2007) article, why must a database administrator
consider more than just function dependency during the
normalization process?
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In what business database environments is denormalization
appropriate and why? What would denormalization specifically
involve?
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DBM 380 Week 4 DQ 2
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Do you consider the new approach to teaching the concepts of
database normalization introduced in the Wang (2010) article easier
for you to grasp? Explain why.
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DBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment Database Creation
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DBM 380 Week 4 ASSIGNMENT Individual: Database Creation The
following assignment is based on the database environment designed
in the Week Three Individual Assignment. Your database project must

meet the following assessment requirements: • Create a database
using professional principles and standards. • Use a relational
database software application to develop a database implementing
the logical design into a physical design. • Use an Oracle® database
to create the normalized physical database including tables, columns
with data types, primary keys, constraints, etc. • Create a minimum
of ten rows of test data in each table. Submit an .sql file with the
scripts needed to create tables with keys and to insert test rows, etc.,
into the tables and submit to the Assignment Files tab.
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DBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment Normalization of
the ERD (New)
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The following assignment is based on the database environment
chosen and created in the Week Three Individual Assignment. Your
database project must meet the following assessment requirements:
Design and develop a database using professional principles and
standards. Provide a logical and physical design of the database. Use
relational database software application to develop database.
Provide an entity relationship diagram. Normalize the database.
Generate and provide test data. Use a Microsoft® Visio® diagram to
normalize the ERD to third normal form (3NF). Use the Microsoft®
Access® database created in Week Three to create a minimum of 10
rows of test data in each table. Also, create at least one query that
joins two tables and returns values from both tables. Note. Only the

Microsoft® Visio® diagram must be normalized to the 3NF. The 3NF is
not required for a Microsoft® Access® database. Submit the ERD and
final database to the appropriate Assignment link.
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DBM 380 Week 4 Team Assignment SR-ht-003 Change
Request 4 and 5 (New)
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Continue working on Service Request SR-ht-003, due in Week Five, by
completing Change Requests 4 and 5. Create documentation
describing the principles and importance of normalization in relation
to this project and the process by which this project was normalized.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Submit a draft of
your team’s documentation to the Assignments link.
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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of DBMS-provided
security. Compare it to network or application security.

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DBM 380 Week 5 DQ 1
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Identify and discuss the data mining techniques outlined in the Ting
(2009) article. How will understanding these techniques affect the
way you approach database design?
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DBM 380 Week 5 DQ 2(New)
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Locate a hosted, distributed database service. Explore its features
and talk about your experiences. In what situations would an
organization consider using it?
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DBM 380 Week 5 DQ 2
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Based on the Yew (2009) article, how does the information
presented to decision makers affect the quality of their decisions?
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DBM 380 Week 5 Individual Assignment SQL Queries
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DBM 380 Week 5 ASSIGNMENT Individual: SQL Queries The following
assignment is based on the database environment created in the
Week Four Individual Assignment. Design and develop the below
queries using professional principles and standards: • A set of SQL
Statements that returns all rows and all data for each table in your
database. • Two SQL Statements that return a subset of columns and
a subset of rows using the WHERE clause. • Two SQL Statements that
join two or more tables in one query. Look for primary and foreign
keys to help you determine join points. Use the JOIN clause as a part
of your queries. Submit an .sql file with the scripts needed to create
the required queries and submit the file using the Assignment Files
tab.
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DBM 380 Week 5 Team Assignment Service Request SR ht
003 Presentation
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Create a 3- to 5-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which
you explain how the principles of database management and your
recommendations were applied to the project.
Submit your team presentation to your faculty.
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003 (New)
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Finalize the project work for SR-ht-003 and Change Requests 2–5.
Compile all documentation from your Change request from Weeks
Two through Five. Submit your team’s project work and
documentation to your facilitator.
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003 Presentation (New)
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Create a 3- to 5-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which
you explain how the principles of database management and your
recommendations were applied to the project. Submit your team
presentation to your facilitator.
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Finalize the project work for SR-ht-003 and Change Requests 2–5.
Compile all documentation from your Change request from Weeks
Two through Five.
Submit your team’s project work and documentation to your faculty.
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