Select Computing - Data Management
Clients:
US Health and Human Services
Data management focuses on the conceptual and logical gathering and organization of information facts. The objective is to discover the relevant facts (data) in a business description of the information needed to perform a function. The result of the activity usually is a model consisting of entities, their attributes and their relationships. Because of this objective, customers often re-discover their business processes and can improve them. Success depends on a grasp of the information subject matter the is the organization life blood.
Data architecture enables the establishment and reusability of data by providing flexible yet solid definitions and usage of the logical entities and attributes found in all the organization's data and file structures. In advocating and participating in the planning and coordination of the information resource across related applications and business areas, the amount of data sharing can be maximized, and the amount of design and data redundancy can be minimized.
Data administration structures the management of the information model's definitions, standard names, formats, common code sets, etc. and its accessibility. This information about the model is commonly referred to as metadata.
