This seminar is designed for those data management professionals who are responsible for deploying an MDM project and are looking for specific information from experts who have already succeeded in MDM

Attend our free in-person seminar and learn:

How to develop an effective road map for MDM
How to identify the critical components for developing the MDM road map
Techniques for prioritizing and segmenting the MDM project and deliverables
Samples of successful MDM project deliverables
How to design a master data management system with a solid, stable foundation
    to avoid huge costs and time when information requirements change
Patterns that can be used to establish flexible data models for master data
    management systems
How to categorize data that are needed for data modeling within
    master data management solutions
Case studies and examples of how other master data management efforts
    have implemented flexible solutions and gained from their use
MDM case studies in the real world from those who have deployed MDM
MDM tools and solutions

Agenda

8:00     -  Registration and continental breakfast
9:00     -  Welcome
9:15     -  Developing an Effective Road Map for Master Data Management - John Ladley
10:15   -  MDM Solutions
10:45    -  Morning break and networking
11:15   -  MDM Solutions
11:45   -  Lunch
1:00     -  MDM in the Real World - User Case Study - Tom Carlock
2:00     -  Afternoon break and networking
2:15    -  The Power of Using Flexible Data Models for MDM Systems - Len Silverston
3:30     -  Open forum Q&A with the experts

Sessions

Developing an Effective Road Map for Master Data Management
John Ladley

While Master Data Management certainly has a reasonable value proposition, and is relatively well understood in concept and application, many organizations have trouble specifying and sustaining a continuous high value roll out strategy. The most asked for deliverable (in this speaker’s experience) is a pragmatic, useful road map that specifies how the MDM efforts are to unfold. This session will cover the critical components for developing a road map and present samples of successful MDM project deliverables. Topics covered will be:

•  Components of the MDM road map
•  Techniques for prioritizing and segmenting the work
•  Sustaining elements required for any road map to MDM

The Power of Using Flexible Data Models for Master Data Management Systems
Len Silverston

Information requirements for master data management systems change over time. For example, in typical customer data integration efforts, there are new ways to categorize customers and new ways of following up with customers. In product master data management effort, there are new ways of managing product information and new types of features that arise over time. New information laws often require new processes and new types of master data.

How can we design a master data management system with a solid, stable foundation to avoid huge costs and time when information requirements change?

In this presentation, Len Silverston, best -selling author of The Data Model Resource Book series, will share patterns that can be used to establish flexible data models for master data management systems, thus allowing for adaptability when information requirements change. Based upon many years of research and experiences implementing these types of patterns, he will share examples of modeling choices ranging from very specific styles of modeling to more flexible and abstract styles of data modeling for master data management solutions. In this seminar, you will learn:

•  Specific examples of very common patterns, such as ways to categorize data as well as
   manage states, that are needed for data modeling within master data management solutions
•  Various ways to model these patterns from specific styles to more abstract styles
•  The pros and cons of modeling these patterns different ways
•  Examples of how other master data management efforts have implemented flexible
   solutions and gained from their use