MIS 6211 Albany Wk 1 Telecommunications Service Carrier and Provider Essay

WK 1, MIS6211

PART I

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Tasks

Discuss the following topics:

• Provide a formal definition for the generic notion of requirement in an IT context. Specialize your definition to a requirement applied to the specification of data modeling and data architecture decisions.
• Research the following data-related criteria, define each criterion in your own words, and discuss how a data analyst can use them to organize data requirements: adaptability, business and organizational policies, change control demands, compatibility, completeness, consistency, currency, ease of use, evolution, extensibility, functional features, maintainability/manageability, performance, reliability, scalability, security, standards, support, testability, and ubiquity.

• PART II

  OVERVIEW

  Background of Enterprise Data: Selecting Your Case Study

  This week, your task for the project is to research in the Online Library and the Internet to identify a case study of your choice ( Telecommunications Service Carrier/Provider) and ( Internet and voice digital service provider or cloud service provider) with a pertinent IT/IS capability with significant data needs, either as an essential asset in support of your case study’s business mission or as an integral part of your case study’s critical mission.

• • Network service providers, such as
    • Telecommunications service carrier/provider
    • Internet and voice digital service provider or Cloud service provider

    Week 1 Tasks

    Once you have selected your study area and case and have received approval from your professor, you may proceed to the next steps described below. Create a report that focuses on the data used to support the operation of your organization in your case study and answer the following questions.

    • Conduct a brief, preliminary review of your case study’s organization. This review should include business mission and general purpose of data in support of mission-critical information systems.
    • Produce detailed data requirements to address the data needs of your organization. The following are criteria that you can use to organize your requirements: adaptability, business and organizational policies, change control demands, compatibility, completeness, consistency, currency, ease of use, evolution, extensibility, functional features, maintainability/manageability, performance, reliability, scalability, security, standards, support, testability, and ubiquity. You will produce requirements in at least five of the above criteria.
    • Develop a detailed data model as an EER diagram for your case study. Your model will include entity types with attributes, primary keys, and foreign keys as needed, and pertinent relationships with cardinality and integrity constraints as needed. Your data model will also come with a brief description for each entity type, attribute and relationship. Make sure to satisfy yourself that your data model is reasonably complex as explained in the guidelines under Background of Enterprise Data: Selecting your Case Study above.

    Submission Details:

    • Create your report in approximately 5-7 pages in a Microsoft Word document and name your document BU_MIS6211_W1_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.