"PRIDE"-Data Base Engineering Methodology (DBEM)

PRIDE

-DBEM

Data Base Engineering Methodology
PHASE 4 - ENTERPRISE PHYSICAL DATA BASE DESIGN
ACTIVITY E - PHASE 4 REVIEW

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CONTENTS

This section contains the following:

BUSINESS PURPOSE

OVERVIEW

STEPS IN EXECUTION

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (separate sections)
- Phase 4 Review Checklist

BUSINESS PURPOSE

The purpose of this activity is to review the results of Phase 4 with Information Resource Management, Data Resource Management, Systems Resource Management, Data Engineering, and Project Management. The review is used to determine whether the project should continued as proposed, revised or discontinued. The meeting is conducted by Data Base Administration and Data Communications Administration.

OVERVIEW

This is mainly a technical review in which DBA/DCA presents the EPDBM design. The main points to be considered are:

Adherence to installation standards.

Conformance to the ELDBM design.

Impact on existing systems.

Enforcement of security and integrity constraints.

Attainability of performance objectives.

DBA/DCA should be extremely well prepared. Visual aids should be used to explain and clarify findings.

Copies of the Phase 4 "EPDBM Design Manual" should be distributed to pertinent managers well in advance of the review meeting. This allows the manager ample time to study the report and prepare for the meeting.

The intent of the review meeting is not necessarily to explain each section of the report, but to answer questions and summarize the conclusions. The report, thereby, is the focal point of the meeting.

There are three possible outcomes from the review meeting:

Project approved to proceed as proposed.
Project disapproved.
Revise project based on discussion in meeting.

PROJECT APPROVED

Project Management advises all meeting attendees of the results of the meeting by memo or letter. The project continues according to plan.

PROJECT DISAPPROVED

Project Management discontinues all activity on the project and prepares an audit report as indicated in Phase 6. This will document the disposition of the project. All study material is filed in a project file in the Technical Library for future reference.

REVISE PROJECT

During the review meeting, decisions or discussions may have indicated a project change or revision. DBA/DCA modifies the report as required and establishes another review meeting (if necessary) to consider the revised report.

A final and approved copy of the Phase 4 "EPDBM Design Manual," with the initials or signatures of management, is sent to the Technical Library for filing in the project file.

STEPS IN EXECUTION

Data Base Administration and Data Communications Administration conducts a formal review of the Phase 4 "EPDBM Design Manual" with Information Resource Management, Data Resource Management, Systems Resource Management, Project Management, and Data Engineering.

Management determines project outcome: Approve project as proposed, revise project, or discontinue.

Project Management forwards a formal copy of the "EPDBM Design Manual" along with miscellaneous project documentation to the Technical Library for filing.