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Course Catalog
Information
Modeling for Information Analysts
Database
Design and Performance Tuning
Advanced
Topics in Information Modeling
Training Rates
Scheduled Classes
If you are
looking for the most effective information modeling training available,
then contact us to
schedule a class!
Did You Know?
We can tailor our presentations to fit your
system development environment? For example, our Information Modeling
course can be presented in any of five different CASE tool dialects,
and may be edited to suit the number of days you have available
for training. These options come at no additional cost.
Gary Schuldt is also available for consulting projects. Please
contact us for rates and schedules.
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Advanced Topics in Information Modeling
Overview of ADVIM: 3 Days
The Method
Information Modeling is an analysis method that defines
and structures business information. A completed Information Model:
For the Information Systems Analyst, the primary uses of Information
Modeling are:
The Seminar
Attendance is limited to 30 people.
Instructional Objectives
- The seminar is designed to alert the attendees to new ideas,
to challenge and deepen their knowledge of familiar ones, and
to common solutions to thorny data modeling problems. The course
is designed to serve the higher goal of helping the attendee to
build useful Information Models better and faster.
Who Should Attend
The seminar is primarily directed toward experienced data
modelers who have worked with the E-R-style of Information Modeling:
The seminar will also serve the needs of:
Materials
Each participant will receive a copy of the seminar visuals
(about 180 pages).
Core Topics
Section I
A. Introduction and Perspective
B. Data Modeling Paradigms
C. Connections to Other Models
D. The Natural Language Connections
E. Inheritance Relationships
F. The Essence of an Entity
G. Seven Deadly Sins of the Data Analyst
H. Sub-entities
I. Leveling E-R Models
J. Event Modeling and Entity Life Histories
K. Breaking the Rules!
L. Relationships
M. Information Modeling and the Object-Oriented Viewpoint
N. Flexible Models
O. The Importance of Being "Useful"
Z. Attendees' Modeling Issues
Section 2
A. The "Business Rule" Paradigm
B. Metaphors for the Analyst
C. Data Integration
D. Walk-thru Techniques
E. Statistical Data in the Information Model
F. Modeling "Time"
G. Cross-Component Rules
H. Create and Delete Rules
I. Null-Valued Attributes
J. More on Attributes
K. Nested Relations
L. Dependent Entities
M. Shortcuts
N. Performance Tuning
P. The Kitchen Sink!
O. References
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