For this assessment, you will be assuming the role of database administrator for WeWin Legal Services.
You will be evaluating the existing database environment and will be making recommendations for
configuration and optimization with the goal of improving performance.
The organization has been very successful and continues to grow. You are planning on hiring a new
employee to help you manage the database. In preparation for your new hire, you will create a training
manual for your new employees that provides detailed information on how to manage and administer
the database.
Specifically you should include guidance on how to:
● Create tables, views, and stored procedures
● Explain steps required to copy a database
● Explain steps required to attach and detach a database
● Explain steps required to import data from external sources
● Utilizing SQL Profiler explain steps required to correctly baseline a database
In addition, you will want to include an introduction that describes your plans of incorporating GIS into
the database along with a description of how GIS can be used within the organization.
The written report must follow APA formatting and include the following sections. Each section should include the relevant heading:
A. Title Page
B. Introduction to the database and database management system (1 page)
C. Recommendations on the tools that can be used to visualize data. (1-2 pages)
D. Effective design of a database (2 pages)
E. Database design lifecycle (2 pages)
F. Recognize the effects of poor database design (2 pages)
G. Tools that can be used to visualize data (1-2 pages)
H. Recommendation for database maintenance (2 pages)
I. Summary (1 page)
J. References (1 page)
Before you submit, check to see if you believe you have met the criteria noted below.
Did you…
✓ Provide an insightful and thorough analysis of the database? Did you make sure your
comparisons are clear and clearly defined and described?
✓ Demonstrate sophisticated understanding of all IT systems as they relate to the organization.
✓ Consistently and accurately recommend and analyze the systems discussed.
✓ Accurately and precisely integrate at least five references into the Final Paper and provide
well-documented in-text citations and a reference page?
✓ Make sure your writing is logical and organized? Is your writing free of errors in grammar,
spelling and writing mechanics? Is your report of the specified length. Did you follow APA
formatting throughout?
