This chapter introduces you to a fictitious company that is used as an example throughout this book. It summarizes a simple business case giving you a sense of the objectives, requirements, and the details of the company's solution design. Read this chapter to:
- Understand the goals and scope of this book.
- Understand National Real Estate Clearinghouse's (NREC's) business.
- Understand the business problem and scope of the solution.
- Get an idea of the sample company's implementation methodology.
- Get a list of project documents used to capture the application design.
- Review the requirements that the tasks in the rest of the book are intended to implement.
The NREC example is a simple example used to highlight particular tasks. It is not intended to present a solution design or suggest a comprehensive implementation methodology. Rather, it highlights particular aspects of NREC's solution design to present tasks in a real-world context.
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