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Test Bank for Modern Database Management, 13th Editi
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on, Jeff Hoffer, Ramesh Venkataraman, Heikki Topi, ISB
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N-10: 0134877004, ISBN-13:
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9780134877006. All 14 Chapters
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Chapter 1 the Database Environment and Development
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Process


Chapter Overview
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Thehpurposehofhthishchapterhishtohintroducehstudentshtohthehworldhofhdatahmanagementhashahwhole,handhspecif
icallyhtohthehdatabasehapproachhtohinformationhsystemshdevelopment,hthehimportanthconceptshandhprinciples
h ofhthehdatabasehapproach,handhthehdatabasehdevelopmenthprocesshwithinhthehbroaderhcontexthofhinformation
h systemshdevelopment.hThishishanhimportanthchapterhbecausehithconveyshahsensehofhthehcentralhimportancehof
h databaseshandhdatahmanagementhinhtoday’shinformationhsystemshenvironmenthandhinhallhmodernhenterprises
.hThehideahofhanhorganizationalhdatabasehishintuitivelyhappealinghtohmosthstudents.hHowever,hmanyhstudentsh
willhhavehlittlehorhnohbackgroundhorhexperiencehwithhthehtechnicalhimplementationhofhdatabases.hOthershwill
h havehhadhsomehexperiencehwithhdatabasehmanagementhsystemshintendedhforhpersonalhorhworkgrouphuseh(su
chhashMicrosofthAccess).hConsequently,htheyhwillhhavehahlimitedhperspectivehconcerninghanhorganizationalh
approachhtohdatabases.


Inhthishchapter,hwehintroducehthehbasichconceptshandhdefinitionshofhdatabaseshandhdatahmanagement,hstarting
h withhanhorganizinghframeworkhthathishnewhtohthishchapter.hWehcontrasthdatahwithhinformation,handhintroduc
ehthehnotionhofhmetadatahandhitshimportance.hWehalsohcontrasththehdatabasehapproachhwithholderhfilehprocess
inghsystems,handhintroducehthehPinehValleyhFurniturehCompanyhcasehtohillustratehthesehconcepts.hWehdescri
behthehrangehofhdatabasehapplications,hfromhdatabaseshwithhahpersonalhorhworkgrouphscopehtohenterprisehdat
abases,handhidentifyhkeyhdecisionshthathmusthbehmadehforheachhtypehofhdatabase.hWehdescribehbothhthehpoten
tialhbenefitshandhtypicalhcostshofhusinghthehdatabasehapproach.hWehalsohtracehthehhistoricalhevolutionhofhdata
basehsystems,hinhorderhtohprovidehahcontexthforhunderstandinghthehdatabasehapproachhforhdatahstoragehandhret
rieval.hThehchapterhoutlineshthehdifferenceshbetweenhtransactionalhandhinformationalhapproacheshandhhighli
ghtshthehwayhnew,hanalytics-focusedhtechnologiesharehtransforminghdatahmanagement.


Thehchapterhalsohpresentshanhexpandedhdescriptionhofhthehsystemshdevelopmenthlifehcycleh(includinghanhintr
oductionhtohrapidhapplicationhdevelopmenthmethodshofhprototypinghandhagilehsoftwarehdevelopment)handh th
eh roleh ofh databaseh developmenth withinh it.h Theh chapterh providesh anh updatedh descriptionh ofh theh well-




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knownhthree-
schemaharchitecturehandhuseshithtohsummarizehthehvarioushdeliverableshofhdatabasehdevelopment.hIthconclud
eshwithhanhexamplehofhdatabasehdevelopmenthsituatedhinhthehcontexththehPinehValleyhFurniturehCompanyhca
se.



Chapter Objectives
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Specifichstudenthlearninghobjectivesharehincludedhaththehbeginninghofheachhchapter.hFromhanhinstructor’shpoi
nthofhview,hthehobjectiveshofhthishchapterharehto:


1. Createhahsensehofhexcitementhconcerninghthehdatahandhdatabasehmanagementhfieldhandhthehty
peshofhjobhopportunitieshthatharehavailable.
2. Acquainthstudentshwithhthehbroadhspectrumhofhdatabasehapplicationshandhhowhorganizations
h arehusinghdatabasehapplicationshforhcompetitivehadvantage.
3. Introducehthehdatahmanagementhframeworkhthathorganizeshthehbookhandhthehconceptualhspa
cehofhdatahmanagement,hhighlightinghhowhrelationalhtechnologieshandhnon-
relationalhtechnologieshcanhbehseenhashparthofhthehsamehspace.
4. Introducehthehkeyhtermshandhdefinitionshthathdescribehthehdatabasehenvironment.
5. Describehdatahmodelshandhhowhtheyharehusedhtohcapturehthehnaturehandhrelationshipshamongh
data.
6. Describehthehmajorhcomponentshofhthehdatabasehenvironmenthandhhowhthesehcomponentshin
teracthwithheachhother.
7. Providehahreviewhofhsystemshdevelopmenthmethodologies,hparticularlyhthehsystemshdevelop
menthlifehcycle,hprototyping,handhagilehsoftwarehdevelopment;hbuildhanhunderstandinghofhho
whdatabasehdevelopmenthishalignedhwithhthesehmethodologies.
8. Develophanhunderstandinghofhthehdifferenthroleshwithinhinhahdatabasehdevelopmenthteam.
9. Makehstudentshawarehofhthehthree-
schemaharchitecturehandhitshbenefitshforhdatabasehdevelopmenthandhdesign.
10. IntroducehthehPinehValleyhFurniturehCompanyhcase,hwhichhishusedhthroughouththehtexthtohill
ustratehimportanthconcepts.
11. IntroducehthehMountainhViewhCommunityhHospitalhcase,hwhichhishincludedhaththehendhofhea
chhchapterhashahsourcehforhstudenthprojects.
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Key Terms
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Agilehsoftwarehdevelopment Database Metadata
Conceptualhschema Databasehapplication Physicalhschema
Constraint Databasehmanagementhsystemh(DB Project
MS)
Data Enterprisehdatahmodeling Prototyping
Datahindependence Enterprisehresourcehplanningh(ERP) Relationalhdatabase

Datahmodel Entity Repository
Datahmodelinghandhdesignhtools Information Systemsh developmenth lifeh cycleh (S
DLC)
Datahwarehouse Logicalhschema Userhview




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1. Starthwithhahdiscussionhofhhowhstudentshinteracthwithhsystemshbuilthonhdatabaseshonhahdailyhb
asish(credithcardhtransactions,hshoppinghcards,htelephonehcalls,hcellhphonehcontacthlists,hdow
nloadablehmusic,hetc.).hIfhyouhteachhinhahclassroomhwithhcomputers,haskhstudentshtohfindhexa
mpleshofhWebhsiteshthathappearhtohbehaccessinghdatabases.
2. Contrasththehtermsh―data‖handh―information.‖hUsinghFigureh1-
1hashahstartinghpoint,hhavehthehstudentshprovidehsomehgoodhexampleshofhdatahandhinformatio
nhfromhtheirhownhexperiences.hThishmayhwellhleadhtohsomehdifferenceshofhopinion,handhthehc
onclusionhthathonehperson’shdatahmayhbehanotherhperson’shinformation.
3. IntroducehthehconcepthofhmetadatahusinghTableh1-
1.hAskhthehstudentshtohsuggesthotherhmetadatahthathmighthbehappropriatehforhthishexample.
4. Discusshfilehprocessinghsystemshandhtheirhlimitations,husinghFigureh1-2handhTableh1-
2.hEmphasizehthathmanyhofhthesehsystemsharehstillhinhusehtoday.
5. IntroducehdatahmodelshusinghFigureh1-
3.hDiscusshthehdifferenceshbetweenhanhenterprisehdatahmodelhandhahprojecthdatahmodel,husin
ghFiguresh1-3h(a)handh(b).
6. Discussheachhofhthehadvantageshofhthehdatabasehapproachh(Tableh1-

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