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Data Model

By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assignment criteria:

  • Competency 2: Explain fundamental concepts and principles of software architecture.
  • Competency 3: Create a software and data architecture for an organization.
  • Competency 5: Communicate effectively.

Assignment Overview

Developing a data model is an important part of the software-development process. A data model is a representation of the data you are using in your application. For example, all applications require users; therefore, you will develop a user object. Once the software architect knows the data model, the architect is better able to develop the necessary software. As a software architect, you will find yourself developing data models for each system you create. For this assignment, you will create a data model based on the Fantasy Games scenario.

Fantasy Games Scenario

Your consulting company has been hired by the CIO to design the software architecture for Fantasy Games. The company is adding a new game titled Asteroids to its catalog and intends to build a multiplayer environment for this new game. An entirely new subcomponent needs to be added to the existing Web community in order to support this game, and you are to create a software architecture proposal for this new subsystem. As part of your proposal, you have been asked to develop a single-player working prototype of the game itself.

The Fantasy Games community currently has 1.2 million users, and they expect that user activity will grow tremendously with the addition of this new environment. Your design must be flexible enough to accommodate the current number of users plus all anticipated and unanticipated future growth. The Asteroids Web component, or subsystem, for this game should include many of the same features found on other popular online-gaming sites, such as chat, instant messaging, user-rank functionality, and high-score display. Although Fantasy Games currently has a few other multiplayer games available within their overall community, they would like this project to set the new standards for how similar subsystems will be added in the future.

Assignment Instructions

Once you complete your preparation, create a 3-4 page professional paper in which you complete the following:

For this assignment, create a data model for the Fantasy Games scenario. This assignment includes both writing and the creation of a diagram. Consider the following:

  • What objects will you use from the Fantasy Games scenario to create the data model for chatting, instant messaging, user-rank functionality, and high-score display?
  • What are the relationships between the objects you created? Relationships are how the objects interact with each other.

Explain the approach to the data model. Then, use Visio to create a UML class diagram for the data model. Access the Visio software you need for this assignment via the Toolwire resources in this unit.

Refer to the Data Model Scoring Guide to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this assignment.

You are required to submit your assignment to the Turnitin source matching tool. Refer to the instructions on the Turnitin iGuide page, linked in the Resources. Please note you will not need to submit the class diagram to Turnitin.

Submit your assignment for faculty evaluation by clicking the linked assignment title. Be sure to include the corresponding Turnitin report.

 
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