Design Phases The initial phase of database design is to characterize fully the data needs of the prospective database users. Next,the designer chooses a data model and,by applying the concepts of the chosen data model,translates these requirements into a conceptual schema of the database. A fully developed conceptual schema also indicates the functional requirements of the enterprise.In a "specification of functional requirements",users describe the kinds of operations (or transactions)that will be performed on the data. Database System Concepts 7.3 @Silberschatz,Korth and SudarshanDatabase System Concepts 7.3 ©Silberschatz, Korth and Sudarshan Design Phases The initial phase of database design is to characterize fully the data needs of the prospective database users. Next, the designer chooses a data model and, by applying the concepts of the chosen data model, translates these requirements into a conceptual schema of the database. A fully developed conceptual schema also indicates the functional requirements of the enterprise. In a “specification of functional requirements”, users describe the kinds of operations (or transactions) that will be performed on the data