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ndedmformpersonalmormworkgroupmusem(suchmasmMicrosoftmAccess).mConsequently,mtheymwillmhavemamlimite
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withmoldermfilemprocessingmsystems,mandmintroducemthemPinemValleymFurnituremCompanymcasemtomillustrate
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rkgroupmscopemtomenterprisemdatabases,mandmidentifymkeymdecisionsmthatmmustmbemmademformeachmtypemofm
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m alsomtracemthemhistoricalmevolutionmofmdatabasemsystems,minmordermtomprovidemamcontextmformunderstanding
m themdatabasemapproachmformdatamstoragemandmretrieval.mThemchaptermoutlinesmthemdifferencesmbetweenmtra
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Specificmstudentmlearningmobjectivesmaremincludedmatmthembeginningmofmeachmchapter.mFrommanminstructor’
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hemtypesmofmjobmopportunitiesmthatmaremavailable.
2. Acquaintmstudentsmwithmthembroadmspectrummofmdatabasemapplicationsmandmhowmorganizati
onsmaremusingmdatabasemapplicationsmformcompetitivemadvantage.
3. Introducemthemdatammanagementmframeworkmthatmorganizesmthembookmandmthemconceptualm
spacemofmdatammanagement,mhighlightingmhowmrelationalmtechnologiesmandmnon-
relationalmtechnologiesmcanmbemseenmasmpartmofmthemsamemspace.
4. Introducemthemkeymtermsmandmdefinitionsmthatmdescribemthemdatabasemenvironment.
5. Describemdatammodelsmandmhowmtheymaremusedmtomcapturemthemnaturemandmrelationshipsmam
ongmdata.
6. Describemthemmajormcomponentsmofmthemdatabasemenvironmentmandmhowmthesemcomponent
sminteractmwithmeachmother.
7. Providemamreviewmofmsystemsmdevelopmentmmethodologies,mparticularlymthemsystemsmdeve
lopmentmlifemcycle,mprototyping,mandmagilemsoftwaremdevelopment;mbuildmanmunderstanding
mofmhowmdatabasemdevelopmentmismalignedmwithmthesemmethodologies.
8. Developmanmunderstandingmofmthemdifferentmrolesmwithinminmamdatabasemdevelopmentmteam.
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Key Terms
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Agilemsoftwaremdevelopment Database Metadata
Conceptualmschema Databasemapplication Physicalmschema
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4. Discussmfilemprocessingmsystemsmandmtheirmlimitations,musingmFigurem1-2mandmTablem1-
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5. IntroducemdatammodelsmusingmFigurem1-
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Fred R. McFadden, Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Mary B. Prescott Modern Database Management
Publisher: 1998 ISBN: 9780805360547 Edition: Unknown

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