Is database development stages the same as software development?

In software development, there are a series of stages that it will goes through - Dev, Test, UAT, Staging, Demo and Production. This is what I feel is correct, after reading/researching through the Internet. Database development 1. Dev the database in a separate DB (with same version as the prod and using only test data) 2. Test the dev database (with same version as the prod and using only test data) 3. Roll out to prod database My questions are: 1. Am I correct on the above database development stages? 2. Is there an equivalent of UAT/Staging/Demo in database development? 3. If point 1 is correct, how do people create/work on the dev/test database and ultimately pushing it to prod database? P.S: I am new to database so please go easy on me! Thank you!