Creating a data model is a critical ingredient to understanding and documenting the business process!

Learn the skills and knowledge to apply proven techniques in creating a data model

This data modeling learning program gives you the essential skills and knowledge for describing data needs of any business process or area. You will acquire the knowledge necessary to work with the products and documentation created to define the processing requirements and apply the skills to define the data needs of the selected business process. The performance measurement of the class content and group exercises is for you to reach the level of proficiency needed to apply your new knowledge and skills in building a data model.

The learning environment

Individual participant activities will reinforce the application of individual techniques, and group activities are designed to apply a number of techniques for creating specific work products based on a given business scenario. The design of the group activities are aimed at providing the participants the opportunity to evaluate and work with realistic and relevant business scenarios, simulating the pressures and factors usually found in a real business. In addition to learning the application of the individual techniques, the group activities are designed to gain the basic knowledge necessary for successful application of the techniques. As part of the learning process, the participants will be asked to share their answers and the assumptions made in reaching their conclusions. The review of the group activities will be led by facilitators experienced in modeling and analyzing a business.

Who Should Attend

This course is valuable for anyone who needs to accurately understand and manage the role of data and information in any given business processes or area. Perfect for...

• Business Analysts
• DBAs
• Data Modelers
• Data Analysts
• Process Modelers
• Project Managers   

Learn to:

• Understand and apply data modeling principles and applications
• Identify the logical components of a data model and overall development approach
• Implement the approach and techniques to create the Conceptual and fully attributed models
• Follow the efficient and effective approach to build a data model in parallel with defining the data requirements of the business processes
• Build the data model in an iterative fashion starting with the top down model and refining the definitions and components to provide the basis for an efficient design
• Map process and data to ensure consistent business need descriptions
• Apply the steps and approach to execute the transition to design
• Apply data modeling techniques to support process re-engineering efforts