Business decisions are driven by integrating data about your customers, product inventory and sales, market information, and internal business functions such as supply chain and finance. Quality data is central to the success of your business intelligence and data warehousing initiatives. Simply put: high-quality data will improve your business decisions.

Putting together a database is not a process to be taken lightly. It needs to be designed properly to ensure that your data is accurately and consistently accessed and updated. The proper design of a database is essential in the beginning.  We combine our experience in business processes, strategic planning, and project management with solid software development techniques to build solutions that actually solve problems or add useful capability. 

How can Tech Ed Help?

We use the following process to develop database solutions:

1. Initial Consultation
At no cost, we travel to your location (or you can come to ours) and discuss your problem or the desired capabilities of the database. We also gain an understanding of platform and software requirements, required integration with other systems, and training and documentation requirements. Database functionality should not exist without being cost-effective, so our first goal is to understand what you really need so that we propose the right solution.

2. Proposal
Again at no cost, we prepare and submit a detailed proposal. The cost is based on our estimate of the hours it will take to build a database solution that will meet your requirements and exceed your expectations. The proposal will essentially include specifications of the database design. We are available to answer any questions you have about the proposal and will modify it as necessary to incorporate new information.

3. Initial Meeting (Optional)
Depending on the complexity of the proposed database solution, we may need to talk again before we actually start designing the database. If the database solution is relatively simple and straightforward, this step may not be necessary. However, we may need more detailed information (e.g., data specifications and validations, interface preferences, reporting requirements, etc.).

4. Database Prototype Development
Based on the information from the proposal and the Initial Meeting, we will develop a prototype of the database and meet with you again to go over it. The focus here will be on the user interface and the outputs (e.g., reports, downloads, data transfers, etc.). We can also discuss inner workings, such as data structures and programming techniques if desired.

5. Database Completion
Finally, we incorporate the feedback from the prototype meeting and using appropriate software development techniques we complete and deliver the database solution, along with documentation and training as agreed to in the proposal.

Please contact us to set up the intital consultation.