Database Application Lifecycle

Database Application Lifecycle

1. Database Planning

•  Steps:

  1. Mission statement

  2. Mission objectives

  3. Development of standards

2. System Definition

• Describes scope and boundaries of database application and the major user views.

3. Requirement Collection and Analysis

• Process of collecting and analyzing information about the part of organization to be supported by the database application, and using this information to identify users’ requirements of new system.

•  Three main approaches:

  1. centralized approach

  2. view integration approach

  3. combination of both approaches

Central Approach

View Integration Approach