Click here to learn more about author Michael Blaha. This is the second of a two-part series about data model quality. This blog discusses quality for data warehouses. The prior month’s blog discussed quality for operational applications. Data warehouses have a much different architecture and different business motivations than operational applications. For example, operational applications […]
A Conceptual Data Model is Physical
Click here to learn more about Donna Burbank. Conceptual data models are a tool that I use frequently in my consulting practice, and I’ve found them invaluable as a way to communicate technical information concepts to a business audience. But, too often, the term “conceptual data model” comes with some negative baggage. Perhaps it is the […]
4 Criteria for a Good Data Model
A recent blog post takes a look at what constitutes a good data model: “Designing data models is fun – at least if you are a geek like me. But as much as I like the academic thrill of building something that is complex – I am aware that it is often humans that eventually […]