This work presents a cut-down version of SSADM, Rapid SSADM. It is specifically designed to meets the needs of current development environments, and is ideal for use in developing small systems for relational databases within a limited timescale. Many of these systems use 4GL techniques and involve prototyping. The first section of the book discusses the environment for Rapid SSADM, looking at the impact of project management techniques and CASE tools. The next section contains a detailed account of Rapid SSADM, and suggests alternative techniques for entity life histories and relational data analysis. The third section considers the impact of rapid applications development, evolutionary development, graphic user interfaces and object orientation.