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William WoodMigrating to MariaDBhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3997-1_2

2. Requirements and Risk Assessment

William Wood1 
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Pacific, MO, USA
 

The primary catalysts for Financial Widgets Plus (FWP) to make such a monumental change were identified—the primary problem being centered on the ongoing and escalating costs over time of doing business with their current vendor. The benefits of their current DBMS being rock solid, dependable, and having served their needs effectively for many years, were revenue drivers going to be worth the risk to the company would be the next set of questions that would have to be answered.

The best approach for Vernon from a business standpoint was to mitigate risks through requirements. The financial ...

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