7 Things to Ask When Creating a Database

Ask yourself these questions before you even have your first meeting.  they will give you a great head start!

1. What is the size of the database? How many records will I grow to? AKA, how many lines are in my list? This can determine the options for support. A few hundred can go just about anywhere, 10s of thousands and we start talking about full on table databases.
2. How flexible do you need the design and layout to be? Once you have it, will you need to change the things you look at? Will you want to be able to add or delete columns etc?
3. What are the top 5 things you want to be able to do with your data? Is it creating contact lists? Summarize sales reports etc.
4. What metrics (aspects, pieces of info, columns, attributes) do you need to include to answer your questions? Or even what do you already have that you need to include?
5. How often does it need updates and who needs to do them?
6. Does it need to work with/ communicate with other databases or systems you already have?
7. How many people will need to access or use the database?

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