1. Data Structure Set Up

2. Table Setup Exercise A non-profit needs to set up a database to track members and their membership payment.

3. Step 1 What are they doing now? What fields are needed? Do we have the full name in one field or should we use two? What about the middle initial, prefix and suffix?

4. Step 1 - continued Do we need a mailing address and a shipping address? Zip – will there be any members from outside the US? What is the level of expertise of the people that will be working with the database?

5. Step 1 - continued Questions asked – answers received Did they generate more questions? Can you develop the conceptual model? Can you write a scope statement?

6. Step 2 Fields needed Grouping into tables