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A business oriented approach to data modeling

Knowing the elements of a data model isn't enough, you need a good approach
We truly believe that for data modeling to be successful and achieve full potential, we need a way to get buy-in from business people. That’s what we try to achieve with this course.
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Manu De Backer
teacher ‘A business oriented approach to data modeling’

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What will you learn?

Data modeling is hard. You know this - if you’ve ever tried to facilitate a data modeling workshop. I often see that these workshops are started with some simple questions. “What data do you want to store?” and “How is the data related?”.
These questions are correct but for business experts they are often hard to answer.
There must be a better way.
In this course “a business-oriented approach to data modeling” we introduce a data modeling approach that is built around the people that execute the business processes or actually use the applications that are built. As an analyst you need to be able to get the information from the people that serve our customer - business people & subject matter experts.
We truly believe that for data modeling to be successful and achieve full potential, we need a way to get buy-in from business people. That’s what we try to achieve with this course.
We have built a data modeling approach where business people are involved - they build the models themselves with our help.
What’s more, the approach is completely scripted in clearly defined steps. Just follow along and results are guaranteed.

A 3-step approach

  • building a conceptual model
  • resolving a logical data model and
  • the implementation phase

A 5-step script to build 
the conceptual model

  • Things Storming
  • Layout kernel entity types
  • Determine the relationships
  • Determine cardinalities
  • Add attribute types

A 5-step script to resolve the conceptual model in a logical model

  • Resolve relationships
  • Resolve attribute types
  • Add optionality
  • Keys
  • Final Layout

Extensive materials

The course consists of 16 high-quality videos, accompanied by several module tests to interactively test the knowledge you accumulated. 
If you follow this approach, you’ll see you’ll get closer to actionable results, and the data model will solve typical problems of bad definitions of concepts and terminology.

What’s more – you can apply the approach – tomorrow out-of-the-box.

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Meet the instructor
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Manu De Backer

Professor - Trainer - Expert BA - Process Enthusiast - Smart Process Automation - Academic Director - Product Enthusiast
His focus on business processes is relentless, and as a consultant, he has helped many organizations in optimizing their process-oriented way of working. Driven by a love for great products and customer experiences, he helps organizations thrive in a complex business environment.

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International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®)

Continuing Development Units and PD Hours: 3
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