The choice of a DBMS is restricted by budget considerations. The University Cashier's Office purchased the Office '97 software bundle, which includes Access '97. StarOffice and MySQL are potential DBMSs for this project.

The database design process is comprised of the following steps*:

Step Description
1 Requirements collection and analysis
2 Conceptual database design
3 Choice of a DBMS
4 Data model mapping (also called logical database design)
5 Physical database design
6 Database system implementation

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Last modified by Blaise Byron Faint on: July 18, 2001