Assignment #6 - Due May 21

CM560 - Spring 2002

"Develop a functional design for your term project."

1. Create a 2-3 page, detailed description of your data model(s).
   • Describe the business goals and desired outcomes of the project.
   • List and describe all of the system input.
   • List and describe all of the system output.
   • If implementing a database, list and describe your tables and fields. (identification, data type and length)
   • If implementing a spreadsheet, list and describe your variables. (identification, data type and length)
   • Describe how all of the data relate to one another.
   • Create a simple entity-relationship diagram to clarify the data and relationships visually.
2. Start to define and analyze your process model(s). This will be an ongoing process throughout your design and implementation of the term project. For this exercise, pick one subcomponent of your system and explicitly identify it.
   • Describe each individual process within the subcomponent.
   • Identify which data are part of the process.
   • How are these data related?
   • Create a simple functional process diagram to clarify how the data flows through the process.

3. Email a copy of the completed Word document to mhuppert@u.washington.edu by 6pm, May 21st.

This assignment is intended to give you a "first cut" at developing your project concept. It may take a significant amount of time to do this work. If you cannot quantify most of your project within the scope of this exercise, please contact me so we can pare it down. However, rest assured that if you perform the above tasks, you will be well positioned to successfully implement your project.

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