"Data Modeling for BAs"

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the objectives and principles Data Modeling
• Learn very practical business analysis techniques for data modeling
• Understanding the differences between Conceptual, Logical & Physical Models
• Learn how to apply the fundamental constructs of data modeling needed by a BA, including:

1. the identification of entity types (concrete, reference, activity and agreement);
2. how and why to easily define data relationships;
3. metadata definition (description, optionality, cardinality, business rules, etc.);
4. simplified data attribution techniques for BA's that drastically simplifies normalization theory to just what a BA needs to know.