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Chapter 1 the Database Environment andDevelopm
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Chapter Overviewu
Theupurposeuofuthisuchapteruisutouintroduceustudentsutoutheuworlduofudataumanagementuasuauwhole,uanduspecif
icallyutoutheudatabaseuapproachutouinformationusystemsudevelopment,utheuimportantuconceptsuanduprinciples
u ofutheudatabaseuapproach,uandutheudatabaseudevelopmentuprocessuwithinutheubroaderucontextuofuinformation
u systemsudevelopment.uThisuisuanuimportantuchapterubecauseuituconveysuausenseuofutheucentraluimportanceuof
u databasesuandudataumanagementuinutoday’suinformationusystemsuenvironmentuanduinuallumodernuenterprises
.uTheuideauofuanuorganizationaludatabaseuisuintuitivelyuappealingutoumostustudents.uHowever,umanyustudentsu
willuhaveulittleuorunoubackgrounduoruexperienceuwithutheu technicaluimplementationuofudatabases.uOthersuwil
luhaveuhadusomeuexperienceuwithudatabaseumanagementusystemsuintendeduforupersonaluoruworkgroupuuseu(s
uchuasuMicrosoftuAccess).uConsequently,utheyuwilluhaveuaulimiteduperspectiveuconcerninguanuorganizational
approachutoudatabases.
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Inu thisu chapter,u weu introduceu theu basicu conceptsu andu definitionsu ofu databasesu andu datau management,us
tartinguwithuanuorganizinguframeworkuthatuisunewutouthisuchapter.uWeucontrastudatauwithuinformation,uanduin
troduceutheunotionuofumetadatauanduitsuimportance.uWeu alsoucontrastutheudatabaseuapproachuwithuolderufileu
processingusystems,uanduintroduceutheuPineuValleyuFurnitureuCompanyucaseutouillustrateutheseuconcepts.uW
eudescribeutheurangeuofudatabaseuapplications,ufromudatabasesuwithuaupersonaluoruworkgroupuscopeutouenterp
riseudatabases,uanduidentifyukeyudecisionsuthatumustubeumadeuforueachutypeuofudatabase.uWeudescribeubothuth
eupotentialubenefitsuandutypicalucostsuofuusingutheudatabaseuapproach.uWeualsoutraceutheuhistoricaluevolutionu
ofudatabaseusystems,uinuorderutouprovideuaucontextuforuunderstandingutheudatabaseuapproachuforudataustorageu
anduretrieval.uTheuchapteruoutlinesutheudifferencesubetweenutransactionaluanduinformationaluapproachesuand
u highlightsutheuwayunew,uanalytics-focusedutechnologiesuareutransformingudataumanagement.
Theuchapterualsoupresentsuanuexpandedudescriptionuofutheusystemsudevelopmentulifeucycleu(includinguanuintr
oductionutourapiduapplicationudevelopmentumethodsuofuprototypinguanduagileusoftwareudevelopment)uandu th
eu roleu ofu databaseu developmentu withinu it.u Theu chapteru providesu anu updatedu descriptionu ofu theu well-
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knownuthree-
schemauarchitectureuanduusesuitutousummarizeutheuvariousudeliverablesuofudatabaseudevelopment.uItuconclud
esuwithuanuexampleuofudatabaseudevelopmentusituateduinutheucontextutheuPineuValleyuFurnitureuCompanyuca
se.
Chapter Objectives
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Specificustudentulearninguobjectivesuareuincludeduatutheubeginninguofueachuchapter.uFromuanuinstructor’supoi
ntuofuview,utheuobjectivesuofuthisuchapteruareuto:
1. Createuausenseuofuexcitementuconcerningutheudatauandudatabaseumanagementufielduandutheuty
pesuofujobuopportunitiesuthatuareuavailable.
2. Acquaintustudentsuwithutheubroaduspectrumuofudatabaseuapplicationsuanduhowuorganizations
u areuusingudatabaseuapplicationsuforucompetitiveuadvantage.
3. Introduceutheudataumanagementuframeworkuthatuorganizesutheubookuandutheuconceptualuspa
ceuofudataumanagement,uhighlightinguhowurelationalutechnologiesuandunon-
relationalutechnologiesucanubeuseenuasupartuofutheusameuspace.
4. Introduceutheukeyutermsuandudefinitionsuthatudescribeutheudatabaseuenvironment.
5. Describeudataumodelsuanduhowutheyuareuusedutoucaptureutheunatureuandurelationshipsuamongu
data.
6. Describeutheumajorucomponentsuofutheudatabaseuenvironmentuanduhowutheseucomponentsuin
teractuwithueachuother.
7. Provideuaureviewuofusystemsudevelopmentumethodologies,uparticularlyutheusystemsudevelop
mentulifeucycle,uprototyping,uanduagileusoftwareudevelopment;ubuilduanuunderstandinguofuho
wudatabaseudevelopmentuisualigneduwithutheseumethodologies.
8. Developuanuunderstandinguofutheudifferenturolesuwithinuinuaudatabaseudevelopmentuteam.
9. Makeu studentsu awareu ofu theu three-
schemau architectureu andu itsu benefitsu foru databaseu developmentuandudesign.
10. Introduceu theu Pineu Valleyu Furnitureu Companyu case,u whichu isu usedu throughoutu theu textu touil
lustrateuimportantuconcepts.
11. Introduceu theu Mountainu Viewu CommunityuHospitalu case,u whichu isu includedu atu theu endu ofue
achuchapteruasuausourceuforustudentuprojects.
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Key Terms
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Agileusoftwareudevelopment Database Metadata
Conceptualuschema Databaseuapplication Physicaluschema
Constraint Databaseumanagementusystemu(DB Project
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Data Enterpriseudataumodeling Prototyping
Datauindependence Enterpriseuresourceuplanningu(ERP) Relationaludatabase
Dataumodel Entity Repository
Dataumodelinguandudesignutools Information Systemsu developmentu lifeu cycleu (S
DLC)
Datauwarehouse Logicaluschema Useruview
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1. Startuwithuaudiscussionuofuhowustudentsuinteractuwithusystemsubuiltuonudatabasesuonuaudailyub
asisu(creditucardutransactions,ushoppingucards,utelephoneucalls,ucelluphoneucontactulists,udow
nloadableumusic,uetc.).uIfuyouuteachuinuauclassroomuwithucomputers,uaskustudentsutoufinduexa
mplesuofuWebusitesuthatuappearutoubeuaccessingudatabases.
2. Contrastu theu termsu ―data‖u andu ―information.‖u Usingu Figureu 1-
1u asu au startingu point,u haveutheustudentsuprovideusomeugooduexamplesuofudatauanduinformati
onufromutheiruownuexperiences.uThisumayuwelluleadutousomeudifferencesuofuopinion,uandutheu
conclusionuthatuoneuperson’sudataumayubeuanotheruperson’suinformation.
3. IntroduceutheuconceptuofumetadatauusinguTableu1-
1.uAskutheustudentsutousuggestuotherumetadatauthatumightubeuappropriateuforuthisuexample.
4. Discussufileuprocessingusystemsuandutheirulimitations,uusinguFigureu1-2uanduTableu1-
2.uEmphasizeuthatumanyuofutheseusystemsuareustilluinuuseutoday.
5. IntroduceudataumodelsuusinguFigureu1-
3.uDiscussutheudifferencesubetweenuanuenterpriseudataumodeluanduauprojectudataumodel,uusin
guFiguresu1-3u(a)uandu(b).
6. Discussueachuofutheuadvantagesuofutheudatabaseuapproachu(Tableu1-
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