UDM
- 1. Universal Data Models Sandeep Kaur Dept. of Information Technology September 26,2012
- 2. Introduction to UDM Universal Data Models (UDM) helps organizations integrate their information, systems and people and develop the highest quality data models in the shortest period of time with services, training, consulting and library of re-usable, template data models.
- 3. History of UDM Len Silverston was contracted as a data model consultant for a large telecommunications company to help them develop an enterprise data model, along with about 100 other modelers. After spending $150 million on their data model, the company decided that they did not receive benefit from it, and cancelled the effort. After this engagement, Mr. Silverston decided that he either needed to leave the data management field since it seemed so unproductive, or else change the industry, so organizations did not have to repeat wasteful efforts like this. In the beginning of 1992, he opted for the latter and started developing re-usable or ”Universal” data models so that organizations did not have to waste time and money while developing suboptimal models since they were ”re-inventing the wheel” when data modeling.
- 4. Advantages of UDM Provides the standard templates. This helps in political issues. Can be cutomized according to our needs. Saves a lot of time and money. Redundant data is minimized to the maximum.
- 5. Advantages of UDM Provides the standard templates. This helps in political issues. Can be cutomized according to our needs. Saves a lot of time and money. Redundant data is minimized to the maximum.
- 6. Advantages of UDM Provides the standard templates. This helps in political issues. Can be cutomized according to our needs. Saves a lot of time and money. Redundant data is minimized to the maximum.
- 7. Advantages of UDM Provides the standard templates. This helps in political issues. Can be cutomized according to our needs. Saves a lot of time and money. Redundant data is minimized to the maximum.
- 8. Advantages of UDM Provides the standard templates. This helps in political issues. Can be cutomized according to our needs. Saves a lot of time and money. Redundant data is minimized to the maximum.
- 9. An example where it is used In a situation where a person or organization plays more than one role in the organization or an organization supplies products and/or services to our organization and also buys products from us. Does this mean that we maintain their name, addresses, contact numbers and other organizational information in both the CUSTOMER and SUPPLIER entities? Under this scenario, if a name or address changes, the information needs to be changed in two places. Each time an organization’s role is modeled as a separate entity, there is a potential for redundant and inconsistent information.
- 10. UDM in action
- 11. Description The basic information about each person or organization such as their names, credit rating, addresses, phone numbers and other contact information is associated with the PARTY. The PARTY RELATIONSHIP is sub-typed into the applicable business relationships, CUSTOMER, SUPPLIER, DISTRIBUTOR, EMPLOYEE and INTERNAL ORGANIZATION. This allows each person or organization to be involved in one or more of those relationships Each PARTY RELATIONSHIP sub-type may have different attributes to define that specific relationship type.
- 12. Description The basic information about each person or organization such as their names, credit rating, addresses, phone numbers and other contact information is associated with the PARTY. The PARTY RELATIONSHIP is sub-typed into the applicable business relationships, CUSTOMER, SUPPLIER, DISTRIBUTOR, EMPLOYEE and INTERNAL ORGANIZATION. This allows each person or organization to be involved in one or more of those relationships Each PARTY RELATIONSHIP sub-type may have different attributes to define that specific relationship type.
- 13. Description The basic information about each person or organization such as their names, credit rating, addresses, phone numbers and other contact information is associated with the PARTY. The PARTY RELATIONSHIP is sub-typed into the applicable business relationships, CUSTOMER, SUPPLIER, DISTRIBUTOR, EMPLOYEE and INTERNAL ORGANIZATION. This allows each person or organization to be involved in one or more of those relationships Each PARTY RELATIONSHIP sub-type may have different attributes to define that specific relationship type.
- 14. Description The basic information about each person or organization such as their names, credit rating, addresses, phone numbers and other contact information is associated with the PARTY. The PARTY RELATIONSHIP is sub-typed into the applicable business relationships, CUSTOMER, SUPPLIER, DISTRIBUTOR, EMPLOYEE and INTERNAL ORGANIZATION. This allows each person or organization to be involved in one or more of those relationships Each PARTY RELATIONSHIP sub-type may have different attributes to define that specific relationship type.