1. Brainstorm with your team members about what types of output are most appropriate for a variety of executives and high-level managers of Dizzyland, a large theme park in Florida. Include a list of environments or decision-making situations and types of output. In a paragraph, discuss why the group suggested particular options for output.
2. Maverick Transport is considering updating its input display screens. With your team, brainstorm about what should appear on input screens of computer operators who are entering delivery load data as loads are approved. Fields will include the date of delivery, contents, weight, special requirements and so on. Each team member should design an appropriate input display using either a CASE tool, a drawing tool, or paper and pencil.
3. Gregg Baker orders tickets for two concerts over the Web. His orders are processed, exact seat locations are assigned, and the tickets are mailed separately. One of the sets of tickets gets lost in the mail. When he calls the service number, he does not remember the date or the seat numbers, but the ticket agency is able to locate his tickets quickly because the agency has denormalized the relation. Describe the ticket ordering system by listing the data elements that are kept on the order form and the shipping form. What information did Gregg give the ticket agency to retrieve the information.
4. Use a CASE tool or a manual procedure to develop data dictionary entries for a process, data flow, data store, and data structure based on the data flow diagrams for any transport agency. As a group, agree on any assumptions necessary to make complete entries for each data element.