MCSD Analyzing Requirements and Defining .NET Solution Architectures Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-300),9780789729293

MCSD Analyzing Requirements and Defining .NET Solution Architectures Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-300)

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Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
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bull; Published under the direction of Series Editor Ed Tittel, the leading authority on certification and the founder of The Exam Cram Method series bull; CD-ROM features PrepLogic Practice Tests bull; Exam Cram 2 is Cramsession Approved Study Material

Table of Contents

Introduction xxii
Self-Assessment xxvii
Master Case Study 1(1)
Billington Pharmaceuticals
1(6)
Background
1(1)
Problem Statement
2(1)
Current System
2(1)
Envisioned System
3(4)
Envisioning the Solution
7(30)
Case Study: Setsko, Inc.
8(3)
Background
8(1)
Problem Statement
8(1)
Current System
9(1)
Envisioned System
10(1)
Establishing a Proposed Solution
11(6)
Define the Problem
11(3)
Propose a Solution
14(3)
Assessing the Solution's Feasibility
17(3)
Is the Solution Feasible from a Business Perspective?
18(1)
Is the Solution Feasible from a Technical Perspective?
18(1)
Is the Solution Feasible from a Resource Perspective?
19(1)
Assessing the Need for Change
20(1)
Managing Risks
20(4)
Sources of Risks
21(1)
Risk Management: The MSF Process
21(3)
Summary
24(2)
Practice Questions
26(9)
Need to Know More?
35(2)
Gathering and Analyzing Business Requirements
37(30)
The Current Business State
38(7)
Analyzing Business Processes
38(2)
Organizational Structure
40(2)
Industry Position
42(1)
Vertical Market Position
43(1)
Personnel and Training
43(1)
Political Climate
44(1)
Regulatory Requirements
45(1)
Analyzing Business Requirements for the Solution
45(13)
Identify System Features
46(1)
Gather Business Requirements
47(2)
Identify Internal and External Dependencies
49(1)
Define Data Requirements
50(3)
Create Data Flow Diagrams
53(5)
Summary
58(2)
Practice Questions
60(5)
Need to Know More?
65(2)
Gathering and Analyzing User Requirements
67(18)
Unified Modeling Language
68(4)
Usage Scenarios
72(1)
Developing World-Ready Applications
73(5)
Globalization
74(2)
Localization
76(2)
Practice Questions
78(5)
Need To Know More?
83(2)
Gathering and Analyzing Operational and Infrastructure Requirements
85(26)
Performance
86(1)
Availability
87(2)
Security
89(3)
Scalability
92(2)
Scaling Up and Scaling Out
92(2)
Maintainability
94(2)
Accessibility
96(2)
Deployment
98(2)
Extensibility
100(1)
Hardware, Software, and Network Infrastructure Requirements
101(2)
Practice Questions
103(6)
Need To Know More?
109(2)
Developing Specifications
111(38)
Developing System Specifications
112(1)
The Development Strategy
113(21)
Auditing and Logging System Activity
114(2)
Appropriate Error Handling
116(2)
Handling Different Error Types
118(1)
Integration to Leverage Investment
119(1)
Globalization to Deploy to the World
119(1)
Localization and Localizability
120(1)
Data Storage
121(2)
State Management
123(7)
Deployment Strategies to Get the Product Out There
130(4)
Development of the Security Strategy
134(7)
Data Privacy
134(3)
Operations Strategy
137(1)
Planning the System Support
138(1)
Tests, Tests, and More Tests
139(1)
Preaching to the ``Converted''
139(2)
Practice Questions
141(6)
Need to Know More?
147(2)
Creating the Conceptual Design
149(26)
The Concept As a Model
150(8)
Beginning with the Facts---It's Elementary, My D(ea)r Watson
151(2)
Population Checks for Facts
153(2)
Focus ORM Modeling on Entities
155(3)
Applying Constraints to the Model
158(8)
Identifying Uniqueness
160(1)
What Is Optional? What Is Required?
161(2)
Design and Development of Data Rules
163(2)
Constraining a Ring Around the Rosies
165(1)
Validate the Conceptual Design
166(1)
What About the DBMS?
166(2)
Summary
168(1)
Practice Questions
169(5)
Need to Know More?
174(1)
Creating the Logical Design
175(50)
It's Only Logical
176(33)
Choosing the Correct Architectural Model
176(5)
Auditing and Logging
181(4)
Exception Handling
185(1)
Internationalization, Globalization, and Localization
186(1)
Accessibility
187(1)
Security
188(4)
Data Access Layer (DAL)
192(1)
Business Logic Layer (BLL)
192(1)
User Services Layer (USL)
193(3)
Services and Components
196(1)
Managing State
197(3)
Synchronous Versus Asynchronous
200(2)
Neither Here nor There
202(7)
Do You Validate?
209(4)
Does the Logical Design Meet the Business Requirements for ``Pass Made''?
209(3)
Validate Against Usage Scenarios
212(1)
Create a Proof-of-Concept Deliverable
212(1)
Summary
213(1)
Practice Questions
214(9)
Need to Know More?
223(2)
Creating the Logical Data Model
225(30)
Data Modeling and Logical Data Design
226(4)
Entity Relationship Modeling
227(2)
Business Rules
229(1)
Defining Tables and Columns
230(5)
Defining Attributes/Columns
232(1)
Defining Primary and Foreign Keys
233(2)
Normalizing Tables
235(3)
First Normal Form
235(1)
Second Normal Form
235(1)
Third Normal Form
236(1)
Fourth and Fifth Normal Forms
236(1)
Denormalization
236(2)
Defining Relationships
238(3)
One-to-One Relationship
238(1)
One-to-Many Relationship
238(1)
Many-to-Many Relationship
239(1)
Identifying Relationships
239(2)
Defining the XML Schema
241(5)
Schema Versus DTD
241(1)
Parts of a Schema Document
242(3)
Namespaces and Other Schema Content
245(1)
Summary
246(1)
Practice Questions
247(6)
Need to Know More?
253(2)
Creating the Physical Design
255(42)
Case Study: Book Seller, Inc.
257(2)
Background
257(1)
Problem Statement
257(1)
Current System
257(1)
Envisioned System
258(1)
Let's Get Physical
259(27)
Auditing and Logging
260(2)
Exception Handling
262(3)
Integration and Interoperability
265(1)
Security
266(4)
Business Services
270(5)
User Services
275(7)
Data Services and Components
282(2)
Managing and Configuring State
284(2)
Summary
286(2)
Practice Questions
288(7)
Need to Know More?
295(2)
Deploying and Maintaining the Application
297(30)
Case Study: Book Seller, Inc.
299(1)
Review
299(1)
Creating the Physical Deployment Design
299(8)
Deployment
300(3)
Licensing
303(1)
Data Migration
304(1)
Upgrading
305(2)
Creating the Physical Design for Maintenance
307(2)
Application Monitoring
307(1)
Windows Management Instrumentation
308(1)
Creating the Physical Design for the Data Model
309(3)
Indexing
309(2)
Partitions
311(1)
Denormalization
312(1)
Do You Validate?
312(5)
Does Your Physical Design Meet the Business Requirements for PASS MADE?
313(3)
Validating Against Usage Scenarios
316(1)
Creating a Proof-of-Concept Deliverable
317(1)
Summary
317(2)
Practice Questions
319(7)
Need to Know More?
326(1)
Creating Standards and Processes
327(32)
Case Study: Charles Laboratories, Allergy Products Division
328(2)
Background
328(1)
Problem Statement
328(1)
Current System
329(1)
Envisioned System
329(1)
Establishing Standards for the Team
330(11)
Documentation Standards
331(1)
Coding Standards
331(7)
Code Review Standards
338(1)
User Interface Standards
339(1)
Testing Standards
340(1)
Establishing Processes for the Team
341(6)
Testing Processes
341(1)
Documentation Review Processes
342(1)
Code Review Processes
343(1)
Build Processes
343(1)
Issue Tracking Processes
343(1)
Source Code Management Processes
344(1)
Change Management Processes
344(1)
Release Management Processes
345(1)
Maintenance Processes
345(1)
What Are Enterprise Templates?
345(2)
Measuring Quality
347(2)
Project Control Metrics
347(1)
Organizational Performance Metrics
347(1)
Return on Investment Metrics
348(1)
Summary
349(1)
Practice Questions
350(7)
Need to Know More?
357(2)
Tips for Analyzing a Case Study
359(20)
The Seven Objective Areas
360(1)
Case Study: BCS, Part 1
361(4)
Envisioning the Solution
362(1)
Requirements (Business, User, Operational)
363(1)
Developing Specifications
364(1)
Conceptual Design
365(1)
Case Study: BCS, Part 2
365(4)
Logical Design
366(2)
Physical Design
368(1)
Case Study: BCS, Part 3
369(2)
Standards and Processes
370(1)
Pass Made
371(3)
Performance
372(1)
Availability
372(1)
Security
373(1)
Scalability
373(1)
Maintainability
374(1)
Accessibility
374(1)
Deployability
374(1)
Extensibility
374(1)
A Word About the Unique Question Styles on the Exam
374(1)
``Drag and Drop'' (Boxes and Lines)
374(1)
Build a Tree
375(1)
Ordered List
375(1)
Choose the Correct Exhibit
375(1)
And in Closing, I Would Just Like to Say...
375(2)
Summary
377(2)
Practice Exam 1
379(14)
Case Study: GWA Wines
379(3)
Background
379(1)
Problem Statement
380(1)
Current System
380(1)
Envisioned System
381(1)
Exam Questions
382(11)
Answers to Practice Exam 1
393(8)
Practice Exam 2
401(14)
Case Study: XYZ Corp.
401(3)
Background
401(1)
Problem Statement
402(1)
Current System
402(1)
Envisioned System
403(1)
Exam Questions
404(11)
Answers to Practice Exam 2
415(8)
Appendix A What's on the CD?
423(2)
The PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition
423(1)
An Exclusive Electronic Version of the Text
424(1)
Appendix B Using the PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition Software
425(8)
The Exam Simulation
425(1)
Question Quality
426(1)
The Interface Design
426(1)
The Effective Learning Environment
426(1)
Software Requirements
426(1)
Installing PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition
427(1)
Removing PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition from Your Computer
427(1)
Using PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition
428(1)
Starting a Practice Test Mode Session
428(2)
Starting a Flash Review Mode Session
429(1)
Standard PrepLogic Practice Exams, Preview Edition Options
429(1)
Seeing Time Remaining
430(1)
Getting Your Examination Score Report
430(1)
Reviewing Your Exam
430(1)
Contacting PrepLogic
430(1)
Customer Service
431(1)
Product Suggestions and Comments
431(1)
License Agreement
431(2)
Glossary 433(16)
Index 449

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