Requirements for a Master Data Management (MDM) Solution - Presentation

Requirements for a Master Data Management (MDM) Solution - Presentation

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  Requirements for anMDM Solution Requirements for an MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 2 Master Data Management… A single, consolidated, authoritative view - the “golden record”
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 3 Three Levels of Requirements Iterative
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 4 • Problem / Opportunity Statement • Business Objectives • Business and System Context Diagrams • Conceptual Data Model • Business Processes • Stakeholder Needs • Features • Critical Success Factors Alignment – Business Requirements A consensus of what is to be achieved
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 5 • Information Requirements • Logical Data Model and Logical Data Facsimiles • To Be Process Maps • Business Rules, including Duplicate Suspect Processing • Entity Lifecycle Analysis • Identification of Epics (Functions) [Core MDM, Information Delivery, and Data Quality] • Operational and Data Quality Metrics • Non-Functional Requirements Solution Scoping – Solution Requirements A blueprint or foundation for the solution
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 6 • Epic (Function) Information Requirements, including Inputs, Outputs, and Data Updates • Identification and elaboration of the Business Rules the Epic (Function) must enforce • Activity Diagram depicting high level logical flow for the Epic (Function) • Identification of User Stories for the Epic (Function) For Agile development… • Elaboration of User Stories, including Acceptance Criteria Elaboration – Functional Requirements Specifications for development
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 7 Requirements Process
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 8 Solution Scoping Output Facilitates and Promotes Reuse - Ensures Consistency A repository of reusable requirements work product artifacts
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 9 The Importance of Solution Scoping with enough depth to ensure: • Requirements are comprehensive, based on key source systems, to minimize rework • Stakeholders are aligned on the solution, prior to investment • There is a clear and common understanding of the solution requirements
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 10 and Requirements Traceability Vertical Traceability traces the requirements work product artifacts across the Solution Development Lifecycle. It helps to ensure all requirements are accounted for in the solution (i.e., completeness of the solution) and that all development traces back to a requirement (i.e., no scope creep).
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 11 An evolution that matures over time…
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 12 • More emphasis on Information Requirements and Data related activities – Identification of Subject Areas during Alignment – Comprehensive Information Requirements – Data Quality Rules • Upfront Solution Scoping effort required to establish Blueprint / Foundation for MDM solution • Process Analysis focus is on interaction between Front-end Systems and MDM Solution • Duplicate Suspect Processing Rules How MDM requirements differ ...
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 13 Print and Kindle versions available The guide is available on Amazon “Good overview of MDM” “I love this Book, Great way to start MDM...” “Useful resource for reference and checklist purposes” “A paint-by-numbers guide to getting it right - anyone with solid data management experience will read this with gratitude” The guide contains 46 illustrations, 32 of which are examples of work products Includes many visual work products, which help to ensure a consistent understanding of the solution Working on Requirements for an MDM solution and looking for thoughts on how to approach the requirements? A detailed guide is available!! What others thought…
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 14 Contains … • The Table of Contents • List of the Illustrations • Preface • Introduction • MDM Overview • Summary • About the Author An excerpt is available on SlideShare
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 15 Articles w/key themes available on LinkedIn
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  12/16/2017 Requirements foran MDM Solution: A proven approach for how to gather, document, and manage requirements for an MDM solution 16