Intro to Master Data Warehousing
A Bridge Over Siloed DataRob Paller, Consultant
Baseline Consulting
Overview● Data as an enterprise asset
● What is data?● What is an asset?● Data as an asset● How does data compare?
● Types of Data● Master Data● Master Data Management
(MDM)● The Master Data Warehouse
What is data?
“… Data is the raw material ... used by information consumers to create information.”
-- DMReveiw.com
24 Gigabytes
Data Overflow
What is an asset?
“an item of value owned”
– Webster’s Dictionary
Data as an asset?
Value is quantifiable
Helps achieve strategic
goals
Awareness of the asset’s importance
How does data compare?
Checkpoint ● Data as an enterprise asset● Types of Data
● Transaction● Reference● Metadata
● Master Data● Master Data Management
(MDM)● The Master Data Warehouse
Types of Data
Transaction Data
Reference Data
Metadata
● Data as an enterprise asset● Types of Data● Master Data● Master Data Management
(MDM)● The Master Data Warehouse
Checkpoint
Master Data and the State of Michigan is…
… about people, places, and phenomena.
● Data as an enterprise asset● Types of Data● Master Data● Master Data Management
(MDM)● 5 Levels of Master Data
Maturity● Master Data Benefits● Master Data Challenges
● The Master Data Warehouse
Checkpoint
Master Data Management
“is the set of disciplines and methods to ensure the currency, meaning, and quality of a the State’s reference data within and across subject areas and systems”
-- Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth
Dyche, Jill and Evan Levy. Wiley (July 21, 2006)
5 Levels of Maturity for Master Data Management
Level 5 Enterprise Data Convergence
Level 4 Business Rule and Policy Support
Level 3 Centralized Hub Processing
Level 2 Peer-Based Access
Level 1 List Provisioning
Level 0 No Master
Master Data Benefits
Master Data Challenges
● Data as an enterprise asset● Types of Data● Master Data● Master Data Management
(MDM)● The Master Data Warehouse
Checkpoint
Current Environment
DHS DCH CSES
The Master Data Warehouse
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