Contains invaluable tips for selecting the right software tools to get the job done, 19 major themes of quality systems development, a description of data management standards and their vital role in the architecture-based setting plus organizational models for success.
Table of Contents
Basic Building Blocks.
The Target Architecture.
The High-Level Data Model--Entity-Relationship Diagram.
The Mid-Level Data Model--Data-Item Set.
The Low-Level Data Model--The Physical Model.
Generic Data Models.
The Process Model.
Physical Database Design.
Processes and Performance.
Recursive Data/Recursive Processing.
Data Design and Parallel Processing.
Client/Server Processing.
The Target Architecture--Some Other Perspectives.
Developing Quality Systems.
Supporting Software.
Standards in the Information Engineering Environment.
Organizational Impacts of Information Engineering.
Glossary.
References.
Index.