Re: database systems: an environment of roles & players

mountain man wrote:
> In the following tabulation we list a number of different
> roles and players that would normally be associated with
> the database systems environment at any organisation.
>
> Provision has been made for proponents of the (Date)
> Relational Model of the data to be listed at item E06
> as consultants in that specialised field. Is this
> appropriate?

Your list doesn't look like something "associated with the database systems environment at any organisation" but only with those organizations employing a relational model -- is that correct? We could identify those roles associated with any organization and indicate "COBOL language consultants" too, but ... ;-)

> I'd like to know if this classification is realistic and if
> it is more or less complete.

If this is intended only for SQL-DBMS organizations, then ignore the remainder of my comments.

> If it is not complete, what
> other roles are found associated with the running and
> management of database systems - in general?
>
> Thanks for any further input.
>
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> DATABASE SYSTEMS ROLE-TYPES
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> --------------- Internal to the organisation:
> I01 - business owner(s)
> I02 - business executives and managers
> I03 - general organisation work-groups/end-users
> I04 - DBA
This role, as typically defined in an organization supporting SQL-DBMS's does not exist at companies not supporting SQL-DBMS's.

I would add a "data modeling" role, however, which seems to be required independent of implementation tools.

> I05 - IT manager
> I06 - internal programmers
> I07 - specialised development teams
> I08 - Operations & help desk personnel
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>
> --------------- External to the organisation:
> E01 - contractors and consultants (in any roles defined above)
> E02 - contract programmers (or software house(s))
> E03 - consultants and suppliers (of selected RDBMS software)
> E04 - consultants and suppliers (of other software & hardware)
> E05 - business, management and financial consultants
> E06 - consultants in the Relational Model of Data

and, of course, there are consultants in other data models as well

Cheers! --dawn

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> END LIST
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> NB: Item E01 is very general, and obviously is redefined
> by further items E02 onwards in more specific contexts.
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> Pete Brown
> Falls Creek
> Oz
> www.mountainman.com.au
Received on Fri Apr 15 2005 - 23:26:22 CEST