1.   The analysts will have to adhere to the cultural norms of the organisation in order to be successful with their database project.

2.   Inadequate planning will lead to failure -- however good the tools and techniques used in the database project.

3.   The database project is very expensive and difficult to justify in tangible terms.

4.   In the case of the database project, it is doubtful that the machine-readable data would be of any use whatsoever.

5.   Among its online database projects, Spinners developed the software that lets customers of The New York Times e-mail service complaints.