After gaining some practical experience, data modelers encounter situations such as the enforcement of complex business rules, handling recurring patterns, dealing with existing databases or packaged applications, and other issues not covered in introductory data modelling classes. This intense, participative workshop provides approaches for many advanced data modelling situations, as well as techniques for improving communication between data modelers, business analysts, designer/developers, and subject matter experts.
Description:
There are experienced data modelers out there who somehow develop accurate and stable models that are actually used, often in non-typical or high-pressure situations. They get the job done without wasted effort, maintain the involvement and respect of the subject matter experts, and – worst of all! – make it look easy. Others modelers might have great technical skills, but fare poorly, maintaining tense relationships with content experts and developers who “just don’t get it,” and watching in dismay as their models are continually undone by “new” requirements.
What accounts for the difference? Magic? Luck? Better tools? No – it’s having a concrete set of frameworks, methods, techniques, scripts, heuristics, and other tools that they draw on to keep the process moving, with everyone engaged, even when complex, difficult situations are encountered. And that’s what we’ll cover in this full, but fun, two-day workshop – specific, repeatable techniques that you can use to drive your data modelling skills to the next level.
Three main themes will be explored:
The technical side of data modelling – getting better at modelling difficult, complex situations
Developing and using data models in new ways, and in conjunction with other techniques
The human side of data modelling – improving processes and communication skills
Topics will be covered with a discussion of the issue, a review of techniques, guidelines and examples, a brief workshop exercise, and a group solution and debriefing. The emphasis is on maximizing the delivery of content while keeping everyone engaged – the workshop has recently been extensively redesigned to focus on the topics that data modelling professionals have continually rated as the most concrete and useful.
Instructor – Alec Sharp:
With almost 35 years of consulting experience, Alec has provided hands-on data modelling expertise throughout North America, Asia, Europe, and Australasia – this workshop is based on real-world experience, not textbook theory. Alec has also delivered hundreds of Data Modelling and Advanced Data Modelling workshops, and top-rated presentations at international conferences, including “The Seven Deadly Sins of Data Modelling,” “Data Modelling – New Uses for New Times,” “The Lost Art of Conceptual Modelling,” “Getting Traction for Data Modelling – Winning Over the Masses,” and “The Human Side of Data Modelling.” Alec is the author of “Workflow Modelling, Second Edition” (Artech House, 2009) which is a consistent best-seller in the field, and is widely used as an MBA text and consulting guide.
Target Audience:
Specialist data modelers, data architects, and DBAs who wish to hone their skills. Also business analysts, application developers, and anyone else with substantial data modelling experience who needs additional skills.
Historical vs. audit data, and when to show them on a data model
“Do you need history?” – how to tell when your client is misleading you
Four variations on capturing history in a data model
Modelling time – special considerations for recording past, present, and future values
Seven questions you should always ask when a date range appears
Risk and compliance – why we need “as-of reporting” and how to model data corrections
Modelling rules on relationships and associations
Using multi-way associations to handle complex rules
“Use your words” – how assertions, scenarios, and other techniques will improve your modelling
Associative entities – circular relationships, shared parentage, and other issues
Alternatives for modelling constraints across relationships
Advanced normal forms – how to quickly recognize potential 4NF and 5NF issues
Working with higher-level models
Contextual, conceptual, logical models – what they are, who they’re for, when we need them
Definitions for each type of model, and common sources of confusion
Avoiding the “deep dive into detail” – a three-phase method for data modelling
How to start a large project with a contextual data model
Guidelines for staying at the conceptual level, and how to tell when you’ve gone too far
Bridging the “E-R vs. Dimensional” divide – the world’s shortest course on dimensional modelling
The perils of dimensional modelling without understanding the underlying E-R model
Spotting facts and dimensions – the relationship between dimensional models and E-R models
Saving time – building a first-cut dimensional model from an ER model
Kommentteja kurssista:
Videolla Carita Savin Goforelta ja Maria Göransson Handelsbankista arvioivat kurssia.
Oli todella ilo ja etuoikeus päästä, ei vaan kuulemaan, vaan todella osallistumaan Alecin kurssille. Alec on löytänyt tavan tehdä sinällään teknisestä asiasta mielenkiintoisen ja hauskankin. On vaikea sanoa mitään huonoa kurssista, olisin mielelläni tarinoinut Alecin kanssa pitempäänkin.
Ohjelmistoarkkitehti Mika Karjunen, Agenteq Solutions Oy
Kouluttaja:
ALEC SHARP
Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting
Alec Sharp, a senior consultant with Clariteq Systems Consulting, has deep expertise in a rare combination of fields – process modelling, analysis, and redesign; business analysis and requirements specification; and business-oriented data modelling. Increasingly, his work involves facilitation and organisational change. His 35 years of hands-on consulting experience, practical approaches, and global reputation in model-driven methods have made him a sought-after resource in locations as diverse as Ireland, Illinois, and India.
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