Database Team Mission, Goals, & Objectives
Mission Statement
Provide proactive support of database systems across all platforms
to ensure a stable and efficient data processing environment for
our customers.
Goals
- Provide database support services
- Perform regular system analysis, evaluation and planning
- Maintain open lines of communication
- Develop professional and technical skills through training
Goals with Supporting Objectives
Provide database support services
- Document problem resolutions
- Maintain reliable database backups
- Provide timely response to critical requests through 24/7
on-call support
- Provide response to non-critical customer requests
- Establish data security by reviewing current security levels
every six months and modifying if necessary
- Maintain data security procedures
- Engage in regular performance management of databases, application,
and files/tables
- Install software upgrades and preventative maintenance to
all databases
Perform system analysis, evaluation, and planning
- Increase, encourage, and implement automation of operations
- Provide disaster recovery procedures and services
- Advise in application design from project inception
- Advise in file/table design from project inception
- Provide capacity planning services
Maintain open lines of communication
- Coordinate change management through PCM
- Coordinate problem resolutions
- Continue and improve documentation and documentation procedures
- Communicate problem status to users daily until resolution is
accomplished
- Improve communication with CIS Operations department
- Establish application liaison and primary vendor technical contacts
- Provide customers with documentation about what information
the Database Team needs to resolve problems and fulfill requests
Develop professional and technical skills through training
- Identify training necessary to fulfill DB Team mission and pursue
personal and professional growth.
Databases supported
- Adabas - Malinda, Greg,
Ana, GiGi
- Oracle - Ana, GiGi
- Microsoft SQL Server - Tim, GiGi
- ViewDirect for MVS - Scott
- DDRINT NT Server - Scott
Database-Related Software Supported
- CICS-Greg
- Omegamon II for CICS - Marceil
- Natural - Malinda
- Natural Security - Malinda
- N2O - Malinda
- Predict - Malinda
- CEMT from Batch - Marceil
- Focus - Marceil
- Endeavor - Greg
- SQL Client - Tim, GiGi
- Oracle Client - Ana,
GiGi
- Embarcadero DBA Tools - Ana,
GiGi
- ViewDirect - Scott
- DDRINT - Scott
- Lumigent SQL Audit Tools - Tim, GiGi