Wk 2 – Advanced Database Architectures [7-22-19] Assignment Content Your organization uses Microsoft® Excel® to maintain its inventory. The company is growing rapidly and has reached the point where a

Wk 2 – Advanced Database Architectures [7-22-19]

Assignment Content

1. Your organization uses Microsoft® Excel® to maintain its inventory. The company is growing rapidly and has reached the point where an inventory database is needed.

   Your organization’s database needs include the following:

   • Multiple departments will require access to the database, including eCommerce, manufacturing, sales, and customer service
   • Employees will use the database to:
   • Enter data
   • Reference data
   • Use data to auto-populate new orders and customer service records
   • Analyze data and create reports

   Recommend three of the following six database architecture types that would work for your organization:

   • Hierarchical
   • Network
   • Relational
   • Distributed Relational
   • Object-Oriented
   • Cloud

   Include the following in your recommendation:

   • Your top three recommended architectures, in order, using the number 1 as your best recommendation
   • Your rationale for recommending each architecture
   • The characteristics that make each architecture a top recommendation
   • The current usage trends of these architectures in the industry and how it affected your recommendation for each
   • Potential concerns or disadvantages of each architecture
   • Summary of reasons for not recommending the remaining three architectures
   • Citations for any graphics, images, video, or audio used

   Create your recommendation as either:

   • A 3- to 4-page technical summary in Microsoft® Word
   • A 14- to 16-slide multimedia-rich presentation with detailed speaker notes

   Submit your assignment.