Overview

Creating a managed meta data environment that is accessible and relevant to its users is essential to an organization's successful use of their information assets. This course provides attendees with an overview of full lifecycle strategy and methodology for defining meta data requirements, analysis of the meta data tools market, specific ROI definition, capturing/integrating meta data, and accessing the managed meta data environment (MME). The managed meta data environment provides the developers and users with a road map to the rich, strategic information contained within an organization’s data warehouse. “Meta Data Fundamentals” is an excellent introductory course for data administrators, data management team members, enterprise architects and C-Level executives.

Benefits To Your Company

• Understanding meta data management can help you align your information systems more accurately and can enable a more adaptable IT environment.
• Meta data provides the semantic layer between the decision support system and the business end users. This significantly enhances the value of any business intelligence efforts/applications.
• Making proper use of meta data can reduce development time for a data warehouse or other decision support system.

Who Should Attend

• Data administrators/data architects
• Data management team members
• C-Level executives

Learning Objectives

• Provide overview of full lifecycle meta data management strategy
• Review a methodology for defining meta data requirements, capturing/integrating meta data, and accessing the managed meta data environment

What Makes This Certified Course Unique

This EWSolutions-certified class gives you an overview created by David Marco, the world’s foremost authority on meta data management. Benefit from Mr. Marco’s extensive experience and insight into the discipline of meta data management.

Course Outline

1. Understanding Meta Data - Analyze the Current State of the Meta Data Industry
   • Cutting through the meta data market hype
   • Defining meta data
   • Technical meta data
   • Business meta data
2. Challenges in the meta data industry
   • Selling the concept of building an MME to management
   • Creating a solid ROI for the MME
   • Active vs. passive meta data
   • Top 10 things to avoid to ensure project success
3. How to Implement an MME
   • Challenges of implementing an MME
   • Keys to a sound MME architecture
   • Defining meta data requirements
   • Identifying sources of meta data
   • Integrating sources of meta data
   • Accessing the MME
   • Meta data delivery methods
4. Meta data environment architecture
   • Centralized, decentralized, and distributed
   • Advanced architecture techniques (bi-directional, and closed loop)
5. Workshop conclusion
   • Summary, additional exercises, sources for further reading, etc.

Standard Duration

• 1 day (may be customized as needed)

To learn more about how EWSolutions can provide our World-Class Training for your company or to request a quote, please feel free to contact Dr. Anne Marie Smith, our Director of Education at AMSmith@EWSolutions.com or call her at 856.468.6194.

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