Examination should include the steps used when developing a database:
- Read documentation concerning business rules.
- Interview key figures in the client company.
- Develop the conceptual model independent of technological or financial concerns.
- Receive customer or client approval.
- Convert the entity-relationship diagram (ERD) to a data-design model. (This brings the conceptual design down to a more physical level in preparation for the actual writing of the code.)
- Write the code.
- Test the code.
- Implement the database.
- Retest the database for functional improvements and stability.