Chapter 5The Database Life Cycle

Key Skills & Concepts

image The Traditional Life Cycle

image Nontraditional Life Cycles

image The Project Triangle

Before delving into the particulars of database design, you’ll find it useful to understand the framework in which the design takes place. The life cycle of a database (or computer system) comprises all the events that occur from the time you first recognize the need for a database, through its development and deployment, ...

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