CHAPTER 10

DATA ADMINISTRATION, DATABASE ADMINISTRATION, AND DATA DICTIONARIES

Advanced technologies are only as effective as the people who guide them. This is true of jet airliners, x-ray imaging devices, nuclear power plants, and certainly computers! In the late 1960s, as early navigational database management systems were starting to come into use, a few forward-looking companies began to recognize the need for a department whose job it would be to manage the DBMS and its environment. As the years went on, some of these groups gained responsibility over data in non-DBMS files as well. In addition, some of them advanced from managing data only on an operational basis to performing in addition strategic planning, policy setting, and other broader-based duties. This chapter will describe the functions and groups that....