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Understanding data modeling

Understanding data modeling

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Understanding data modeling

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- Quality data governance requires that the stakeholders within an organization understand its data and that data is managed in a way that supports objectives and goals. These qualities increase the potential for staff to better define data uses to solve business problems. When the business requirements for data are analyzed, and defined in support of an organization, we call this data modeling. Skilled data modelers work with business stakeholders, and the end product is a data model. These data modelers are skilled brokers between business users and technical staff. I think of them as a type of language translator. They take input from one party, convert that input into a language that is understood by another party and then communicate it such that a solution can be built. Data models form the foundation for creating the databases that support information systems. A data model is a graphical representation of a…

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