Project Overview Car Rental Statement of Purpose To keep track of business operation specifics. For example: who the clients are, payment amounts, payment types, cars being rented, whether clients are individual or large companies, etc. Reports 1. The most popular cars rented. 2. The average rental length. 3. The most popular season for rentals. 4. The frequency for types of cars rented. 5. How customers usually pay. 6. What percentage of income comes from large company rentals. 7. The average cost for clients to rent moving trucks. 8. The average age of individual rentals. 9. The percentages of client occupations that are employed. (vs self-employed or student). 10. The average annual repair costs. Business Processes 1. Rental length (daily, weekend, weekly, monthly) 2. Maintenance costs (monthly) 3. Client payment amounts and types of payment (Mastercard, Cash, VISA) 4. Post-rental car check-up (charges for customer if damage is found and maintenance information (over mileage charges etc.)). 5. Client information and frequency 6. Employee wages 7. Requested rental car class and mileage allowance 8. Promotions (based on popular season/customer loyalty/large companies) Page 1 of 5 BUS 145 – Database Project – Part 1 Conceptual Design The conceptual design (part 1 of the project) consists of a four part report to: 1. state the purpose of the database 2. provide a model of the logical structure of the database (an ERD) 3. document the entities and attributes in a proposed table map 4. document the properties of each of the data elements in a Data Dictionary You will not be using Microsoft Access for this stage of the project. This part of the project will be completed in Word. Project Suggestions To manage the scope of the project, limit your primary entities to between four and six. To simplify the project, your database will be based on a service-related industry. Please choose a business from one of the categories listed below. Your instructor will indicate which, if any, projects are unavailable. 1. Service Provider – e.g. Clinic (Medical, Dental, Vet); Salon (Hair, Beauty); Landscaping Service, Temp Agency, Catering, B&B … 2. Rental Business – e.g. Cars, Bikes, Kayaks, Tools, Scooters, Facilities… 3. Training and Education – e.g. Driver Training, Computer Training, Dance School, Music Lessons… 4. Other – If you have another project you would like to work on, instructor permission will be required. Page 2 of 5 Data and Process Modeling Report The Database and Process Modelling report will document the architecture of the proposed database. Use the headings below to structure your design report and create the report in MS Word. Add subheadings for each of the bulleted points to make sure you address all of the assignment requirements. 1. Statement of Purpose  Project Name: Specify the nature of the business.  Info ...

1. Project Overview
Car Rental
Statement of Purpose
To keep track of business operation specifics. For example: who
the clients are, payment amounts, payment types, cars being
rented, whether clients are individual or large companies, etc.
Reports
1. The most popular cars rented.
2. The average rental length.
3. The most popular season for rentals.
4. The frequency for types of cars rented.
5. How customers usually pay.
6. What percentage of income comes from large company
rentals.
7. The average cost for clients to rent moving trucks.
8. The average age of individual rentals.
9. The percentages of client occupations that are employed. (vs
self-employed or student).
10. The average annual repair costs.
Business Processes
1. Rental length
(daily, weekend, weekly, monthly)
2. Maintenance costs
(monthly)
3. Client payment amounts and types of payment
(Mastercard, Cash, VISA)
4. Post-rental car check-up
(charges for customer if damage is found and maintenance
information (over mileage charges etc.)).
5. Client information and frequency
6. Employee wages

2. 7. Requested rental car class and mileage allowance
8. Promotions
(based on popular season/customer loyalty/large
companies)
Page 1 of 5
BUS 145 – Database Project – Part 1
Conceptual Design
The conceptual design (part 1 of the project) consists of a four
part report to:
1. state the purpose of the database
2. provide a model of the logical structure of the database (an
ERD)
3. document the entities and attributes in a proposed table map
4. document the properties of each of the data elements in a
Data Dictionary
You will not be using Microsoft Access for this stage of the
project. This part of
the project will be completed in Word.

3. Project Suggestions
To manage the scope of the project, limit your primary entities
to between four
and six.
To simplify the project, your database will be based on a
service-related industry.
Please choose a business from one of the categories listed
below. Your instructor
will indicate which, if any, projects are unavailable.
1. Service Provider – e.g. Clinic (Medical, Dental, Vet); Salon
(Hair, Beauty);
Landscaping Service, Temp Agency, Catering, B&B …
2. Rental Business – e.g. Cars, Bikes, Kayaks, Tools, Scooters,
Facilities…
3. Training and Education – e.g. Driver Training, Computer
Training, Dance
School, Music Lessons…
4. Other – If you have another project you would like to work
on, instructor
permission will be required.

4. Page 2 of 5
Data and Process Modeling Report
The Database and Process Modelling report will document the
architecture of the
proposed database. Use the headings below to structure your
design report and
create the report in MS Word. Add subheadings for each of the
bulleted points to
make sure you address all of the assignment requirements.
1. Statement of Purpose
i. Provide a bulleted list of at least 10 reports that you want to
be able to produce or questions that you want the database
to be able to answer.
ii. List ten basic business processes that your database will
support (such as adding new customers, scheduling
appointments, etc.).
2. Data Model

5. document
the relationships between them.
relationships normalized (i.e. eliminate any many to many
relationships with join tables, and make sure that all
relationships
are 1:M or M:1). Make sure that your ERD has been approved
before continuing. Do not include field names in your ERD.
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3. Table Map
imary and
Foreign
Keys for each table and the data elements (fields) that belong to
each table. Make sure that each table is properly normalized
(i.e.
there are no repeating groups, each field is atomized and
depends

6. only on the primary key of the table, there are no functional
dependencies, and all derived (calculated) fields are removed
from
the tables (e.g. Date of Birth is a valid field while Age is a
calculated
field based on the Date of Birth field and would not be included
in a
table)).
4. Data Dictionary
field
properties for each of the tables. Make sure that the field names
are fully qualified. An example format is shown below:
Table Name: tblCustomers
Field Name Field Type Size Properties
CustomerID Autonumber Primary Key
CustomerLastName Text 15 Caption: Last Name
Input Mask: >L<??????????????
Index: Yes (Duplicates Allowed)
CustomerSex Text 1 Validation Rule: ="M" or "F"
Validation Text: Please enter “M”
or “F”
Format: >
If any field properties need to be clarified, please provide a

7. brief written
explanation (e.g. if you chose to use something other than an
AutoNumber field
for your Primary Key fields, you should attach a brief
explanation as to why).
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Submission Instructions
1. Print the finished Database Design Report. Staple the mark
sheet on top
and hand in to your instructor at the beginning of class on the
assignment
due date. The project will not be graded unless a printed copy of
the
report is submitted to your instructor by the due date.
2. Rename your Database Design Report document file with
your
LastNameFirstNameDesignReport (e.g.
EllisonLarryDesignReport). Upload
your Word document file to your instructor’s inbox on
labdatashares OR
to the drop box in D2L as specified by your instructor.

8. Mark Sheet for Database Design
Name:
_____________________________________________________
__
Design Report:
Project Name
...............................................................................................
........... /2
List of Reports
...............................................................................................
....... /10
List of Business Processes
.................................................................................... /10
ERD:
Entities and Relationships documented
................................................................ /3
Entity Relationship Diagram
................................................................................... /5
Table Map:
Table Map
...............................................................................................

9. .......... /10
Data Dictionaries:
Data Dictionaries
...............................................................................................
.. /10
TOTAL
...............................................................................................
.. /50