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Problems supporting business interpretations and judgements with complex
data?
Business intelligence cannot be accessed.
Business decisions not supported by information systems.
Information / knowledge systems not used.
Lack of fit with business process.
Modelling process gets stuck.
Impossible to merge rival models.
Models don't make sense to business users.
Models cannot be implemented.
How well does information support each of the five elements of intelligence?
Cognition
How well does the organization process
information about itself and its environment?
Memory
How does the organization retain experience
in a useful and accessible form?
Learning
How does the organization develop
and improve its knowledge, capabilities and processes?
Communication
How do the members of the organization
exchange information and knowledge?
Reasoning
How effective are the processes of
collective thinking and decision-making?
Problems connecting systems and services across people and organizations
with different vocabularies?
Enterprise lacks connection or integration - for example,
after a series of mergers.
Legacy systems and services poorly accessible.
Poor communication - clashes of intention and interpretation
between partners.
Errors in business process management and delegation.
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I have contributed several items on data modelling to the
CBDi Forum
and to its monthly journal
Interact.
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Books by Richard Veryard
Pragmatic Data Analysis
(1984)
Information Modelling: Practical Guidance
(1992)
Information Coordination: The Management of Information
Models, Systems and Organizations
(1994)
Sadly these books are all out of print. Some of the material
from these books has been updated and published on this website.
Len Silverston,
The Data Model Resource Book.
John Wiley, 2001.
First published 1997 in one volume. Revised edition
now in two volumes, with CD-ROM.
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