Integrated Database Development and Design Guide. Version 2.0.

The NIPSSA Integrated Database Development and Design Guide is the result of several years of experience developing integrated database applications. It brings together into a structured methodology techniques which have survived trial by implementation. Some of the procedures within the Guide are relatively new and may require additional clarification. The Development of an integrated database is an expensive and highly detailed project. The speed with which applications can be added or enhanced is directly proportional to the analysis resources available. The most time-consuming part of the analysis is the definition of the data elements and their relationships. Once this is done the remainder of the design effort falls rapidly into place. The Guide provides a step-by-step set of instructions which lead to a subsystem implementation of the users desired application. At the same time it will permit the user, who knows more about the data than anyone else, to perform the initial phases of the analysis. The Guide is meant to provide the complete picture and steps required to implement a database application. For this reason, all of the procedures to be followed by both user and Data Administration DA personnel are included.