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Application and database design—putting it off

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ACM SIGMOD Record archive
Volume 17 , Issue 2 (June 1988) table of contents

Pages: 14 - 22

Year of Publication: 1988

ISSN:0163-5808

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Christopher J. Shaw

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

There seems to be two major schools of thought about designing database application systems: System design is mandatory, say the methodologers. How can you ever build a system unless you first determine in detail what it should do? System design is impossible, say the prototypists. How can you ever build a system if you must first determine in detail what it should do?

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Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.2 DATABASE MANAGEMENT