Database Management Methods
What methodologies, tools or processes are currently used in your day to day management of SQL Servers.

If you answer no to the question and use an alternate method / process can you please provide the name of the methodology you use, if your own state own.
 
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Job Title and Role *
Number of Database Administrators in your company *
Number of database servers and number of databases *
Do you follow the ITIL Framework?
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a standard for best practice in the provision of IT Service.  
Do you use Kepner-Tregoe?
A root cause analysis method provides a fact based approach to problem solving.
Do you use RPR Problem Diagnosis?
Rapid Problem Resolution is a problem diagnosis method specifically designed to determine the Root Cause of IT problems.
Do you use a methodology or process for capacity management of database growth?
Forecasting future growth
Do you use a methodology or process to manage high availability configuration and support?
Do you use a methodology or process for providing disaster recovery?
This is for on site or off site recovery  and do you have a standard  recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO)
Do you use a methodology or process for performance management, monitoring and forecasting  future performance?
Do you use a methodology or process for database architecture design?
Logical and physical models. Are ongoing support issues covered
Do you use a documented methodology or process for managing security on your SQL Servers?
Is any regular auditing included
Do you use a configuration management database (CMDB)?
A repository of information related to all the components of an information system
Do you use any form of master data management?
A set of processes and tools that consistently defines and manages the non-transactional data entities
Do you use any type of forensic analysis methodology or process?
Used to aid qualification and investigation of data security breaches using artefact collection
Do you use the Zachman Framework?
A framework for systems analysis and database design. Provides a formal and highly structured way of viewing  and defining an enterprise.
Do you use any other root cause analysis method?
List the names of methods or processes
Do you use any taxonomy for database systems?
A set of classification rules or order
Do you use the Data Management Association Framework (DAMA)?
Outlines ten data management functions
Do you have any data governance policies?
Set of processes that ensures that important data assets managed, data quality, risk management etc
Do you think database administration is deterministic?
All aspects are the result of previous causes. E.g. Poor design leads to more administration leads to less up time
Do you follow any set paradigms?
e.g. Microsoft Best Practice documentation, whitepapers
Is your data?
Type of data stored
Are you planning to host your databases on cloud based SQL servers?  If so will you use any methodologies for support?
Like the SQL Azure. Possible security risk with data held by third parties
Do you think managing database systems can be?
Select all that apply
Have you used NoSQL databases possibly in conjunction with relational databases and do you think they will follow any methods?
NoSQL is defined by what it is not.  Non-relational data stores
Do you follow a database development methodology for design?
What sector do you work in?
Select all that apply
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