Data Management Essentials

A refresher for ISEB's BSD Certificate in Data Management

Course benefits:

This course prepares experienced candidates to sit the examination for the Certificate in Data Management Essentials, which can be counted towards the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Business Systems Development (BSD) Diploma.

It builds on the knowledge contained within our 'Principles of Data Administration' course and the Logical Data Modelling component of our 'Systems Analysis and Design' courses.

Who should attend:

This course is aimed at all staff who require a refresher course in order to gain the ISEB BSD Certificate in Data Management Essentials.

Prerequisites:

Those attending should already have experience and knowledge of:

The Principles of Data Administration
Logical Data Modelling

This course is a refresher and an update on topics required by the ISEB syllabus and which may not have been covered in previous courses. This course does not cover the full syllabus so participants with little experience should refer to our Principles of Data Management course.

What you will learn:

Holders of the ISEB BSD Certificate in Data Management Essentials should be able to:

Act as members of a Data Management team within an organisation
Implement an industry standard "best practice" approach to their Data Management work
Understand the roles and skills required in database administration, data administration and repository administration
Contribute to Technology Direction Evaluation
Aid in the construction of a Data Charter
Practise basic data administration, database administration and repository administration skills
Develop procedures for managing an organisation's corporate data resource

What you will cover:

Data Architecture concepts
Data integrity, privacy, security and recovery
Database Administration, including physical data design, DBMS selection, managing the DBMS, performance measurement and tuning, distributed DBMS issues, and client/server issues
The scope of the Data Management function, including 'Structured Data' operational systems, data warehousing, OLAP and data mining systems, multi-media systems, internet and intranet-based systems, and object management

How you will learn:

The course will finish with a one hour examination. Candidates who are awarded a pass for the examination are awarded:

the ISEB Business Systems Development: Certificate in Data Management Essentials, and
2 'credits' towards achieving an ISEB Business Systems Development Diploma

Further details of the ISEB BSD scheme may be obtained at their web site - www.bcs.org/bcs/products/qualifications/iseb

Duration and availability:

One day. In-house only.