DAMA DATA PROJECT SKILLSDOCUMENTATION · RELEASE 1.1.0

KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY V1.1.0

Data Modeling Delivery Pack

Skill: modeling-data

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Record details

ID Field Project value
artifact_id Artifact ID
project Project
skill Skill
version Version
date Date
status Status
author Author
owner Owner
approver Approver
purpose Purpose
business_outcome Business outcome
scope Scope and exclusions
source_inputs Inputs and sources
assumptions Assumptions and constraints
decisions Decisions
rationale Rationale
risks Risks
exceptions Exceptions
open_items Open items
due_date Due date
acceptance_criteria Acceptance criteria
evidence_location Evidence location
reviewer_decision Reviewer decision
next_gate Next stage gate

Domain analysis and decisions

Business use cases and scope (use_cases)

State the business processes, decisions, and consumers supported by the model.

Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.

Model level and approach (model_level)

Choose conceptual, logical, or physical level and the appropriate relational, dimensional, or other pattern.

Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.

Requirements and terms (requirements)

List governed definitions, disputed terms, and approval status of business rules.

Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.

Grain keys and relationships (grain_keys)

Fix entity or fact grain, keys, cardinality, optionality, and temporal rules.

Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.

Model and source traceability (traceability)

Trace conceptual to logical to physical design and source-to-target mappings and deviations.

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Review and approval (review)

Record findings and decisions from requirements, design, and physical feasibility reviews.

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Version and change control (change_control)

For breaking changes, record impact, migration, compatibility, and rollback.

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Quality and acceptance evidence (acceptance_evidence)

Use scenarios, profiling, and reverse comparison with implementation to verify the model.

Enter project evidence, conclusion, and owner.

Working registers

Data Dictionary (dictionary)

Maintain entities, attributes, keys, and precise definitions.

Entity or fact (entity) Attribute (attribute) Definition (definition) Key (key) Source (source) Owner (owner) Version (version)

Model Mappings (mappings)

Trace source fields to target fields and transformation rules.

Source field (source_field) Target field (target_field) Transformation (transformation) Rule (rule) Owner (owner) Test (test) Evidence (evidence)