From Conceptual to Physical Adjustments to Enterprise Models for the Real World. Myriad Solutions, Inc. erwin Premier Partner since PDF Free Download

From Conceptual to Physical Adjustments to Enterprise Models for the Real World Myriad Solutions, Inc. erwin Premier Partner since 2000

About Your Speaker Kelly Findley is a Senior Consultant with Myriad Solutions. She has over 15 years experience in the IT industry, with a focus on services, implementation and training. Kelly formerly worked for CA and has a long history with the erwin products. Kelly has assisted a number of government and financial organizations with implementations, training, best practices and standardization. She also has many years of experience in the healthcare industry, which provides her an additional level of expertise and knowledge in this specific vertical. 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 2

Myriad Solutions, Inc. Myriad is based in the metro DC area, with our main office in Fulton, MD Also support the UK, Canada and Australia We have been an erwin (formerly CA) Premier Partner since 2000, and in business since 1996 Formed as a company in Australia US operations opened in 2000 Presales Support via technical demonstrations, RFx completion, and technical project scoping and proposals Product Implementation, Training, and Support Customers include federal agencies, insurance providers, financial institutions, healthcare organizations Customer size ranges from small departments with <5 users to large organizations with >100 erwin users 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 3

Stakeholders/Contributors Corporate Sponsorship Executive Sponsors Application Owners End User Staff Subject Matter Experts Business Analysts Technical Enterprise Architects DBAs Quality Analysts Technical Writers 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 6

Conceptual Data Model WHAT: High level description of the organization s data needs A business representation of concepts of data which are significant to the organization or project Contains key business entities and relationships Precursor to a Logical Data Model May include many-to-many relationships WHY: Assess feasibility Quickly communicate 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 8

Logical Data Model (LDM) WHAT: Detailed representation of the organization s data needs expressed in business language Business representation of data without regards to technology platform Fully attributed and documented No many-to-many relationships WHY: Define data requirements at business level Define data requirements without constraints and features of the database Define existing or required data 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 9

Physical Data Model (PDM) WHAT: Graphical representation of data physically instantiated within a database Considers physical characteristics of the database s technology Created from a Logical Model Used to create/maintain databases Fully attributed, no many-to-many relationships WHY: Define physical data design Incorporate features of target physical database (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle or DB2) 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 10

Standards Domains Validation Rules Naming Standards Data Type Standards User Defined Properties Themes (colors, fonts, etc.) Model Template Why are these so important? 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 11

Best Practices Clearly defined and enforced: SDLC Change submission, review and approval process Model versioning and promotion process Model Templates (Standards) Data Dictionary What about Agile Development? 2017 erwin Inc. All rights reserved. 12

From Conceptual to Physical Adjustments to Enterprise Models for the Real World. Myriad Solutions, Inc. erwin Premier Partner since 2000