The final project requires the creation of a SQL-based database for two local bookstores, Books'r'Us and Great Books USA, focusing on consolidating their inventories and improving data management. Students will develop relational tables, import data using SQL, and answer specific business questions regarding sales and customer demographics. The project includes submitting models and diagrams, and a comprehensive report that analyzes the storage problem and explains the benefits of the new database system.

1. IT 330 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
Databases are increasingly important in the information age, as
they provide a means to organize, track, manage, and use
information easily and efficiently.
Thousands of companies depend on databases to record and
update data. Databases have a wide variety of uses, from
tracking climate measurements
worldwide to storing library research information to organizing
user data for businesses and organizations.
For this assessment, you will solve an information storage
problem. The owner of two local bookstores wants to
consolidate individual store inventories. You will
organize the store inventory data into workable tables and apply
normalization techniques to create a single common SQL-based
database that can be shared
between the stores. In addition, you will submit a report
explaining the choices you made in the creation of your
database. The report will also include an entity-
relationship diagram and other models as well as a description
of the database design features.
Some components of this final project will have been developed
earlier in the course and submitted for instructor feedback. You
will submit them a second time
as part of this final project, incorporating the feedback that you
received from your instructor. This project is divided into two
milestones, which will be

2. submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold
learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones
will be due in Modules Two and
Four. The final database and report will be submitted in Module
Seven.
This assessment addresses the following course outcomes:
comparing features and functions to determine benefits in data
management
suitable information model solutions using entity relation
diagrams
models for defining relationships and minimizing redundancy
Structured Query Language interface to create, populate,
maintain, and query databases
Scenario
Books’R’Us is a local bookstore that started in 1978 in a small
New England town. Books’R’Us has been able to withstand the
challenges of larger bookstore
chains, as well as the internet giant Amazon.com, by offering
new and used books and other products in a comfortable
location that includes a café with free Wi-
Fi. Books’R’Us recently purchased another local bookstore
called Great Books, USA, from an owner who is retiring. Both
businesses use a simple bookkeeping
system that includes Microsoft Excel.

3. The owners of Books’R’Us, Tom and Sarah Smith, would like a
more efficient way to store inventory data and report on the
various business essentials. They are
also preparing to offer e-commerce on their website. A
consulting firm has recommended capturing information in a
database and linking access to the database
for each store. Tom and Sarah purchased Microsoft SQL Server
to do this. The consulting firm has hired you to complete the
database for Books’R’Us. In addition
to creating the database, you will provide a report for your
supervisor at the consulting firm; this report should describe the
rationale for and proposed
development of the database.
Imagine that you have interviewed the store owners, Tom and
Sarah Smith, and these are the questions with which they are
most concerned:
1. How many books are sold each month by the publisher? This
is important because quantity discounts are available from the
publisher.
2. Which authors are the biggest sellers of books in our stores?
This is important because the publisher offers discounts for
certain authors each month.
3. What books are associated with each publisher?
4. What are the most popular products besides books that are
sold in each store? In addition to books, the stores sell
magazines, café-specific products like
coffee and pastries, and various gift products.

4. 5. From what region(s) (by ZIP code) do customers visit our
stores? This is important because it will assist with future
marketing efforts.
6. What customer data must be stored for the e-commerce
portion of the website?
Prompt
Your database and report should answer the following prompt:
Create a database that meets the needs of the store owners. In
addition to the database, you
will submit a report that includes several models and diagrams
that you completed earlier in the course to inform your database
creation; you will resubmit
these models and diagrams after incorporating your instructor’s
feedback.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Database: You will use your entity-relationship diagram,
relational model, functional dependencies diagram, and
functional relational schema to inform
the creation of your database. These will be submitted as part of
your report.
A. Tables: Create at least four tables that will display the data
that is important to the store owners. Identify the primary and
foreign keys that are
necessary to relate the tables. Include screenshots that show the
tables you created.
B. Import Data: Use SQL statements to import the data into the
tables you just created. You will come up with each of your data
sets yourself. You

5. should have at least five records for each table. Include
screenshots that show the populated tables annotated with the
SQL statements that you
used.
C. Queries: After you have populated the tables, write queries
to extract the data to answer the owner’s questions. Include
screenshots that show
each query and the corresponding query results.
II. Report: Although some parts of the report will be completed
before or during the creation of the database, the report as a
whole will be written after
you have created the database.
A. Overview: Provide a concise overview of the problem you
are solving and the database that you created to address the
problem.
B. Justification: Analyze the business information storage
problem you are solving. Why is the database the appropriate
solution to the problem?
C. Benefits: What benefits in data management does the
database you created have over a file system like the one the
stores were previously
using? What features and functions does a database have that a
file system does not?
D. Features: Describe each of the major features of the database
you created. Why are these features required?
E. Design: How did you design the database to manage the
stores’ data? Discuss the tables you created and their

6. relationships, including in your
discussion the table name, attributes (field names and data
types), and keys (primary and foreign). Consider including a
diagram to support your
response to this question.
F. Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD): Develop an entity-
relationship diagram that has an appropriate set of attributes for
each entity.
G. Relational Model: Develop a relational model that is logical
and complies with the requirements in your ERD.
H. Functional Dependencies Diagram: Based on your ERD,
develop a functional dependencies diagram that accurately
normalizes the data into
third normal form (3NF).
I. Functional-Relational Schema: Based on your ERD and
dependencies diagram, develop a relational schema that
accurately normalizes the data
into 3NF.
Milestones
Milestone One: Project Proposal
In Module Two, you will submit a project proposal and its
overview as a Word document. This milestone is graded with
the Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Systems Analysis
In Module Four, you will submit a systems analysis for your
project, including a comprehensive entity-relation diagram
(ERD). Although you may use any tool to
complete the ERD, it is strongly recommended that you use
Microsoft Visio and then save the diagram into an image format

7. (GIF or JPG) and then copy and
paste the image into your systems analysis. All sections of this
milestone should be compiled into a single Word document.
This milestone is graded with the
Milestone Two Rubric.
Final Project Submission: Database and Report
In Module Seven, you will submit your database and report.
Your database and report should answer the following prompt:
Create a database that meets the
needs of the store owners. In addition to the database, you will
also submit a report that includes several models and diagrams
that you completed earlier in the
course to inform your database creation; you will now resubmit
these models and diagrams after incorporating your instructor’s
feedback. This submission is
graded with the Final Project Rubric.
Final Project Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your report should adhere to the
following formatting requirements: 5–7 pages, double-spaced,
using 12-point Times New Roman
font and one-inch margins.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in
Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade
Center. For more information,
review these instructions.

8. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs
Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Tables Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of table
relationships
Creates at least four tables that
will display the data that is
important to the store owners
and accurately identifies the
primary and foreign keys
necessary to relate the tables
Creates at least four tables and
identifies primary and foreign
keys, but with gaps in accuracy,
relevance, or detail
Does not create at least four
tables
7.92
Import Data Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of SQL
Accurately uses SQL statements
to import data to tables,
displaying at least five records
per table
Uses SQL statements to import
data to tables, displaying at least

9. five records per table, but with
gaps in accuracy or detail
Does not use SQL statements to
import data to tables
7.92
Queries Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of SQL
Writes queries that accurately
extract the data to answer
owners’ questions
Writes queries that extract data,
but with gaps in accuracy,
relevance, or detail
Does not write queries that
extract the data to answer
owners’ questions
7.92
Overview Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
overview is exceptionally clear
and contextualized
Provides concise overview of
problem and database that was
created to address problem
Provides overview of problem to
be solved and database that will

10. be created to address problem,
but overview is wordy or vague
Does not provide overview of
problem to be solved and
database that will be created to
address problem
7.92
Justification Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
analysis is exceptionally clear and
contextualized
Thoroughly analyzes the business
information storage problem and
explains why the database is the
appropriate solution to the
problem
Analyzes the business
information storage problem and
explains why the database is the
appropriate solution to the
problem, but is cursory or
inaccurate
Does not analyze the business
information storage problem and
does not explain why the
database is the appropriate
solution to the problem
7.92
Benefits Meets “Proficient” criteria and

11. demonstrates nuanced
understanding of differences
between databases and file
systems
Comprehensively describes
benefits, features, and functions
of databases compared to file
systems
Describes benefits, features, and
functions of databases compared
to file systems, but with gaps in
accuracy or detail
Does not describe benefits,
features, and functions of
databases compared to file
systems
7.92
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Features Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of database
features
Comprehensively describes
major features of database and

12. explains why they are required
Describes major features of
database and explains why they
are required, but with gaps in
accuracy or detail
Does not describe major features
of database and does not explain
why they are required
7.92
Design Meets “Proficient” criteria and
discussion is supported with
diagram(s)
Thoroughly describes database
design, tables, and relationships,
supporting discussion with table
names, attributes, and keys
Describes database design,
tables, and relationships, but
description is cursory,
inaccurate, or not supported
with table names, attributes, and
keys
Does not describe database
design, tables, and relationships
7.92
Entity-Relationship
Diagram

13. Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of entities,
attributes, and relationships
Develops entity-relationship
diagram that has appropriate set
of attributes for each entity
Develops entity-relationship
diagram, but not all attributes
are appropriate for entities
Does not develop entity-
relationship diagram
7.91
Relational Model Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates strong
understanding of overall function
of database
Develops logical relational model
that complies with ERD
requirements
Develops relational model, but
there are gaps in logic or
compliance with ERD
requirements
Does not develop relational
model

14. 7.91
Functional
Dependencies
Diagram
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of relationship
between database normalization
theory and relational data
models
Develops a functional
dependencies diagram that
accurately normalizes data into
3NF, based on ERD
Develops a functional
dependencies diagram that
normalizes data into 3NF, but it
is not based on ERD or has gaps
in accuracy
Does not develop a functional
dependencies diagram
7.91
Functional-Relational
Schema
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates nuanced
understanding of relationship

15. between database normalization
theory and relational data
models
Creates relational schema that
accurately normalizes data into
3NF, based on ERD and
dependencies diagram
Creates relational schema that
normalizes data into 3NF but is
not based on ERD or
dependencies diagram or has
gaps in accuracy
Does not create relational
schema
7.91
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and organization
and is presented in a
professional and easy-to-read
format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors

16. related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
5
Earned Total 100%