Principles of Data Administration

How to manage and exploit corporate data resources

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Course benefits:

Every organisation needs to understand and manage its data as a valuable corporate asset, to enable IS/IT to react quickly to the ever changing business environment. Where projects are allowed to develop files and databases without reference to common and consistent data definition standards, information provision becomes increasingly difficult and applications continue to generate data problems for the future. Today's applications become tomorrow's legacy systems!

Every organisation has three key resources - people, assets and information. Yet all too often the management of data and information is the Cinderella of the organisation and scant attention is paid to this key area.

A well considered data management function provides the underpinning to application development and information provision. Applications can use data with confidence, users obtain the information they want in the knowledge that it is based on correct underlying data; and confidence in IS grows.

Data management is a continuing key area of interest. An investment in applying the principles correctly will enhance any IS operation.

Who should attend:

This course is suitable for:

• Data Managers and Data Administrators
• Business and Data Analysts
• Concerned Business Managers

Prerequisites:

Experience of the problems of managing data is expected.

What you will learn:

Practical and effective approaches to managing corporate data which will improve communication between users and IT/IS, and support an integrated and cost effective approach to data and information resource development.

On successful completion of the course, attendees will be able to:

• Plan for and implement a data administration function
• Describe the relationships between data administration, database administration, systems development teams and business users
• Fulfil the role of a data administrator, encompassing quality and security issues, reconciling data duplication and redundancy
• Monitor and improve upon the operation of the data administration function

What you will cover:

• Why Data Administration - Understanding data, problems and business information needs; quality of data and information; strategic importance of data management
• The role of Data Administration - Goals and objectives; roles and responsibilities; organisation structures; terms of reference
• Implementing Data Administration - Educating the organisation; costs and benefits; securing management commitment; staffing - skills and resources; policies and strategies
• Effective Operation - Corporate data models and their management; data standards and procedures, data definition and ownership issues; support for projects - application development, dealing with package solutions and legacy systems; provision of an information service to data users
• Support Tools - Dictionaries and repositories - concepts and objectives; infrastructure and environment; standards and procedures; product evaluation; interfacing to CASE; effective implementation

How you will learn:

The course comprises short and focused lecture sessions and exercises. Discussion of problems and issues experienced by delegates is sought. Examples drawn from real life support and re-inforce the principles of establishing, resourcing and running a data administration function.

Duration and availability:

Two days non-residential. In-house only.

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