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1. Control COST of data mgt. - Promote wider understanding of value of data assets. - Manage info consistently across enterprise - Align data mgt efforts and technology with Business Needs.






2. Database Support and Data Technology Management






3. CRUD matrices that map data responsibilities across bus process - applications - roles - and organizations. - RACI matrix with clearn accountability and ownership.






4. G ADO SQ RIDM - Governance - Architecture - Development - Operations - Security - Quality - Reference/Master Data Mgt - DW/Business Intelligence - Document and Content Management - Metadata Management.






5. 1. Integrated Decision Support Database 2. All the software used to collect - cleanse - transform - store data






6. Type of model that represents a set of concepts and their relationships within a domain.






7. SITNSH - Subject oriented - Integrated - Time-variant (snapshots of data) - Non-volatile (no updates) - Summarized and Detailed data - Historical






8. SOA - ETL - Replication - Message Brokers






9. Write everything down - Keep everything - Automate - Purpose (Why?) for each task - Don't panic - Business interest - Collaborate






10. Business function of planning for - controlling - and delivering data and information assets. PDC-A






11. 1. Data and info are valuable enterprise ASSETs 2. Manage data/info carefully - like any other asset - by ensuring Quality - Security - Integrity - Protection - Availability - Understanding - and Effective Use. 3. Share responsibility between busines






12. Process - Tools - and Techniques for Organizing - Categorizing and Structuring access to Information Content






13. Data about the business entities that provide context for busines stransactions. e.g. Parties - Products - Financial Structures - Locations






14. TMAC Taxonomy - Metadata - Access - Quality






15. Authentication - User is who they say they are. - Authorization - List of privileges that a user has to data - Access - Enable privileges in a timely manner - Auditing - Review security actions and user activity to ensure compliance






16. Knowledge modeling. Ontology is a semantic model that describes Knowledge.






17. Virtual OLAP cube available as proprietary function of a classic relational database






18. Governance coordination - Architecture definition and coordination - Information requirements analysis - data modeling facilitation - data quality analysis - traditional db design - implementation - production support services.






19. WHO needs WHAT info? - What data is available from different sources? - How does data from different sources DIFFER? - How can inconsistencies be RECONCILED? - How should most valid values be SHARED effectively and efficiently?






20. Responsibility for a Specific Database(s) in all of its environments - rather than database System administration.






21. Query - analysis and reporting off of the DW.






22. Sarbanes-Oxley - financial reporting and auditing - HIPPA - privacy and security of health information - Basel II - Solvency II - PCI-DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards






23. More detailed than Conceptual Data Model - adding: Normalization - Abstraction - Still technology independent.






24. PPTIER Profiling - Parsing/Standardization - Transformation - Identity Resolution and Mapping - Enhancement - Reporting






25. Centralized Data Warehouse designed to serve the BI needs of the entire organization. Adheres to the Enterprise Data Model (EDM).






26. High level perspective on a subject area of importance to the business.






27. Expert technical custodians of data assets






28. ODS - Current-valued - volatile data for operational reporting needs - DW - Historical - non-volatile data for single source of integrated data for corporation - DM - DSS for a department analytic need






29. Improve data Quality and Integration... Provide onsolidated 360 degree view of information about important business entities (Party - Product - Location - Financial Structure).






30. ERP






31. FDPPOS - Functions - Definitions - Principles - Practices - Organization - Scope






32. LEGISLATIVE branch - Policies and standards - JUDICIAL branch - Issue management - EXECUTIVE branch - administration - services - and compliance






33. Source Systems - Staging Area - Data Presentation Area/DW - Data Access Tools






34. Customer - CRM Employee/workforce - HRM






35. Data Strategy and Policies - Standards and Architecture - Regulatory Compliance - Issue management - PROJECTS - Valuation - Communication






36. Top - Definition and List of Goals - Center - List of that function's Activities - Left - Inputs - Suppliers - Participants - Below - Tools used for activities - Right - Primary DELIVERABLES - Consumers - Metrics






37. (GADO SQ RIDM) 1. Governance 2. Architecture Management 3. Development 4. Operations Management 5. Security Management 6. Quality Management 7. Reference/Master Data Management 8. Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence 9. Document and Content Manage






38. Data in context. Business meaning - Format of data presentation - Timeframe - Relevance of data for a given usage.






39. Planning - set strategic and tactical course for other activities - Development - undertaken within implementation projects and recognized as part of SDLC - Control - Supervisory activities - Operational - Service and support activities






40. ETL Source to target mappings






41. Created/acquired - stored - used - destroyed.






42. SQIEC "Squiec" - Stewardship - Quality - Integration - Enterprise - Cultural change leadership






43. Done by DBA - collab with DA.






44. Appointed trustees for data assets






45. RAS - ICIM - DR [Requirements - Architecture - Standards] - [Implement Managed Metadata Environment Capture Metadata - Integrate Metadata - Metrics on Metadata[ - [Deliver Metadata - Report on Metadata]






46. Technology specific - denormalized for performance - Surrogate keys - Indexing - Views -






47. Formal accountability for business responsibilities ensuring effective control and use of data assets.






48. Information mgt - Enterprise Information mgt - Enterprise Data mgt - Data Resource mgt - Information Resource mgt - Information Asset mgt






49. Memory allocation - Locking/blocking - Failure to update Stats - Poor SQL - Insufficient Indexing - Application Activity - Increase in Number/Size of DBs - Db Volatility






50. Data Architect - Business Process Analyst- Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) - IT Auditor - Government and Regulatory Bodies