Did you ever try getting Businesspeople and IT to agree on the project scope for a new application? Or try getting Marketing and Sales to agree on the target audience? Or try bringing new team members up to speed on the hundreds of tables in your Data warehouse -- without them dozing off?Whether you are a businessperson or an IT professional, you can be the hero in each of these and hundreds of other scenarios by building a High-Level Data Model.
Building a High-Level Data model following the ten step approach you\'ll read about is a great way to ensure you will retain the n.
One example spans an entire chapter and will allow you to practice building a High-Level Data model from beginning to end, and then compare your results to ours.
Names have been changed to protect the innocent, but the pain points and lessons have been preserved.
Each step will be illustrated Using many examples based on actual projects we have worked on.
This book contains best practices for implementing a High-Level Data model, along with some easy-to-use templates and guidelines for a step-by-step approach.
We also describe how Data Models relate to other key initiatives you may have heard of or may be implementing in your organization.
We explain the technical notation used for a Data model and walk through some simple examples of building a High-Level Data model.
In this book, we review Data Modeling basics and explain why the core concepts stored in a High-Level Data model can have significant Business impact on an organization.
Learn about the High-Level Data Model and master the techniques for building one, including a comprehensive ten-step approach and hands-on exercises to help you practice topics on your own.
It can be a powerful communication tool of the key concepts within our application development projects, Business intelligence and master Data management programs, and all enterprise and industry initiatives.
The High-Level Data Model is a simplified view of our complex environment.
Did you ever try getting Businesspeople and IT to agree on the project scope for a new application? Or try getting Marketing and Sales to agree on the target audience? Or try bringing new team members up to speed on the hundreds of tables in your Data warehouse -- without them dozing off?Whether you are a businessperson or an IT professional, you can be the hero in each of these and hundreds of other scenarios by building a High-Level Data Model
