ITPEC FE Morning April 2018 Question 50

Forward Engineering — generate design documents (E-R diagrams) from an active database using a modeling tool.

Forward engineering uses existing database definitions (metadata, schema) to automatically produce design documentation such as E-R diagrams.

• •Forward engineering — from model/schema → generate artifacts (docs, code, diagrams)
• •Reverse engineering — from finished product/code → reconstruct the model or documentation

Why not others:
- (a) Concurrent engineering — developing multiple stages in parallel (manufacturing/management concept)
- (c) Reverse engineering — the opposite direction: extracting design from an existing product
- (d) Social engineering — manipulating people to gain confidential information (security attack)

Key rule: Forward = schema/model → output artifacts; Reverse = finished product → recovered design.

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