Analyzes system performance and addresses performance problems. Evaluates costs, specifications, and organizational policies to recommend system performance tuning. Resolves resource competition issues. The typical environment is diverse with multiple vendors, has multiple sites, distributed needs within the agency and multiple entities in the work flow. Typically, it has relational databases, multiple distributed databases, and must maintain relational integrity of the data bases, considering constraints, linked tables, and consistency.
Security is usually at the data level.
Does business process modeling and formal data modeling, considering overall system performance. Builds implementation plans which involve multiple vendors, multiple jurisdictions, and require cross agency cooperation. Sets data standards, approves design changes, sets documentation policies and procedures, and has final authority for consensus decisions. Develops bid specifications and provides recommendations to high level management which includes costs, performance factors, and vendor selection. At this level, the typical Construction environment has a mix of database management systems and distributed data with remote input and manipulation, multiple remote locations, a mixture of IS standards and a significant amount of expansion or change.