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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