Information Systems Architecture: Development in the 90's

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.

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Describes how information engineering and architecture are really used to build and maintain systems. The authors start by reviewing the evolution of systems development and maintenance. They provide a description of a target architecture that features the data warehouse. They address major design issues related to the data warehouse, including the differences between operational and decision support processing, data summarization and granularity, the system of record, and metadata management, and approaches for using client/server processing and parallel technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)