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For Speaker List and Biographies, see Resources
May 13, 2008: Regular Meeting on Data Architecture, Analysis & Design and Election of Board Members
March 11, 2008: Regular Meeting on Data Governance
January 8, 2008: Regular Meeting
November 5, 2007: Special Event on Master Data Management, Data Quality, and more
September 11, 2007: Regular Meeting and Election of Board Members
June 12, 2007: Regular Meeting
March 13, 2007: Regular Meeting
January 9, 2007: Regular Meeting
November 14, 2006: Regular Meeting
September 12, 2006: Regular Meeting
May 9, 2006: Regular Meeting
March 7, 2006: Regular Meeting
February 15, 2006: Special Class: XML in Data Management - 8:30 am to 5pm
January 10, 2006: Regular Meeting
November 8, 2005: Regular Meeting (8:30 a.m. at BLS)
November 8, 2005: ICCP Exam in Data Administration (afternoon at BLS)
November 8, 2005: Federal Metadata Management Coalition (FMMC) (1:00 p.m. at BLS)
September 21, 2005: Regular Meeting
June 8, 2005: Special 1 Day Tutorial: Data Modeling 101
May 10, 2005: Regular Meeting
March 8, 2005: Regular Meeting
February 14, 2005: Special 1 Day Seminar: DoD Enterprise Architecture
January 11, 2005: Regular Meeting
November 9, 2004: No Meeting (replaced by Metatopia 2004)
November 4 & 5, 2004: Metatopia 2004 - DAMA-NCR annual conference
September 14, 2004: Regular Meeting
June 4, 2004: Special Seminar with Fabian Pascal
May 11, 2004 (morning): Regular Meeting
May 2 - 6, 2004: DAMA International Symposium (Trip Report for DAMA-I 2004 Symposium)
March 9, 2004: Regular Meeting
January 13, 2004: Regular Meeting
November 12, 2003: Regular Meeting
September 29 & 30, 2003: Metatopia 2003
May 13, 2003: Regular Meeting
May 14, 2003: Special Seminar
April 27 - May 1, 2003: 15th Annual DAMA International Symposium &
7th Annual Metadata Conference 2003 at Orlando, FL
March 11, 2003: Regular Meeting
January 14, 2003: Regular Meeting
November 12, 2002: Regular Meeting
October 24, 2002: Special Meeting
September 10, 2002: Regular Meeting
May 14, 2002: Regular Meeting
April 28 - May 2, 2002: 14th Annual DAMA International Symposium & 6th Annual Meta-Data Conference (San Antonio, TX) - 20 page summary, pictures and more are available (see below).
March 12, 2002: Regular Meeting (note venue is back at BLS)
January 8, 2002: Regular Meeting: note change of venue!
November 27 ¿ 30, 2001: ER2001 Workshop (Yokohama)
November 13, 2001: Regular Meeting: note change of venue!
October 29 - 31, 2001: DAMA International Europe 2001 Conference (London)
October 17-19, 2001: DAMA Australia Conference (Canberra)
September 20-21, 2001: Metatopia 2001: a symposium on metadata and data management.
September 11, 2001: Regular Meeting
May 9, 2001: Special Seminar: Practical Issues in Database Management
May 8, 2001: Regular Meeting
March 23, 2001: Data Warehouse Conference 2001
March 4 - 8, 2001: DAMA International 2001 Symposium
March 13, 2001: Regular Meeting
February 12, 2001: One day Seminar on E-Business: What are the Real Data Issues ?
January 9, 2001: Regular Meeting
November 14, 2000: Regular Meeting
Oct 30, 2000: Hands On Data Modeling Workshop
September 12, 2000: Regular Meeting
May 9, 2000: Regular Meeting
March 19-23, 2000: DAMA International Symposium and Metadata Conference at Washington, DC
March 14, 2000: Regular Meeting
January 12, 2000: Regular Meeting (the normal date was changed to accomodate a special speaker from Australia)
December 6, 1999: SPECIAL EVENT: Data Modeling 101
November 9, 1999: Regular Meeting
October 12, 1999 - Special Event - Ron Ross on Business Rules
October 1, 1999 - DATA WAREHOUSE AND DATA MINING CONFERENCE (with DAMANE)
September 14, 1999: Regular Meeting (first regular meeting of 1999/2000 program year) Topic: Data Quality
August 2, 1999: Data Modeling 101 - full day tutorial
May 25, 1999: HALF DAY SEMINAR - Validating Information Models
May 14, 1999: SOCIAL EVENT - Wine Tasting at the French Embassy
May 11, 1999: Regular Meeting
April 18-22, 1999: DAMA International Symposium and Metadata Conference
Chapter Meeting May 13, 2008 .
Meeting Location:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Conference Training Center - Ground Floor (under "1st floor")
Postal Square Building
2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC 20212Agenda:
The focus for this chapter meeting will be the DAMA-DMBOK area of practice, Data Architecture, Analysis & Design providing attendees an overview of the area of practice as well as an example of information related deliverables in their data architecture. The final speaker, from a complimentary discipline, will talk about the Business Analyst professional organization.Additionally, we will be holding elections for two board member positions. Participating on the board level of this chapter offers a data management professional the opportunity to both help their chosen profession, gain leadership experience, and have a high-profile association with one of the oldest and most respected DAMA chapters in the United States. Please review the job descriptions and consider nominating a colleague or yourself for a position!
12:30-1:00 Registration & Networking 1:00 -1:15 Welcome & Business Meeting: Officer Elections
- VP of Membership
- VP of Publicity
1:15 – 2:45 Overview of Data Architecture
Anne Marie Smith, PhD.
EW Solutions, Inc.
AMSmith@ewsolutions.com
2:45 – 3:00 Break 3:00 – 4:15 User-Centric Enterprise Architecture
Andy Blumenthal, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Governance,
United States Coast Guard
4:15-4:45 The International Institute of Business Analysts
Ray Siguenza, President IIBA-DC Chapter4:45-5:00 Wrap-up Topic 1: Overview of Data Architecture
Speaker 1: Anne Marie Smith - EWSolutions (see her bio)
Data Architecture is the design of data for use in defining the target state and the subsequent planning needed to hit the target state. Data Architecture is one of the pillars of Enterprise Architecture and should be aligned with the pillars of Business Architecture, Application Architecture and Integration Architecture. This overview presentation will explain Data Architecture, describes how data is processed, stored, and utilized in a given system. This presentation will demonstrate that data architecture provides criteria for data processing operations that make it possible to design data flows and also control the flow of data in the system. An overview of the role of a data architect and the importance of meta data management and data governance will also be included.
Topic 2: User-Centric Enterprise Architecture
Speaker 2: Andy Blumenthal (see his bio)
Andy will discuss how the Coast Guard uses enterprise architecture as a critical information asset base, whereby information/data is made useful, usable, and actionable by the organization.
March 11, 2008: Chapter Meeting
Please note that there is a LIMIT OF 50 attendees to this location.
- No Data Left Behind: An Enterprise Data Management Case Study
- Protecting Your Company and Your Customers: Understanding Information Governance
- Governance, Control, Security and Audit Professionals Association Representative
Fee: Free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: T Rowe Price, Baltimore (see Directions and Security Procedures)To Register:
- All attendees must register in advance.
- Please provide your name, organization, email address, and phone number where you can be reached.
- Email the above information to register@dama-ncr.org
Agenda:
12:30 - 1:00 p.m - Sign In 1:00 - 1:15 p.m - Introduction - Data Governance 1:15 - 2:45 - Practitioners: No Data Left Behind: An Enterprise Data Management Case Study Holly Hyland, Lisa Elliott, Barbara Timm 2:45 - 3:00 - Break 3:00 - 4:30 - Subject Matter Expert/Vendor: Protecting Your Company and Your Customers: Understanding Information Governance Princeton Softtech 4:30 - 5:30 - Complimentary Discipline: Governance, Control, Security and Audit Professionals Association Representative Linda Kostic
isaca-washdc.org/5:30 - ??? - Happy Hour and Networking Event, Location TBD
Topic 1: No Data Left Behind: An Enterprise Data Management Case Study
Speaker 1: Holly Hyland, Lisa Elliott, Barbara Timm
Topic 2: Protecting Your Company and Your Customers: Understanding Information Governance
Speaker 2: Princeton Softtech
Topic 3: Governance, Control, Security and Audit Professionals Association Representative
Speaker 3: ISACA Representative Linda Kostic
January 8, 2008: Chapter Meeting
This meeting qualifies as 4 hours toward recertification for CCP, CDMP and CBIP certifications. It will include three presentations:
Please note that there is a LIMIT OF 40 attendees to this location.
- Applying Semantic Web Technologies toward a Net-Centric Data Strategy” by Matt Fisher
- Breaking the Data Bottleneck to Achieve SOA Objectives by Greg Palmer
- Data Management Certification Process by Loretta Mahon Smith
Fee: Free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)To Register:
- All attendees must register in advance.
- Please provide your name, organization, email address, and phone number where you can be reached.
- Email the above information to register@dama-ncr.org
or- Call DAMA-NCR at 202-465-4399 and leave a message (it will be forwarded to board members as an email attachment).
Agenda:
1:00 - 2:30 p.m - Speaker Matt Fischer 2:30 - 3:00 - Break 3:00 - 4:30 - Speaker Greg Palmer 4:45 - 5:00 - Information on ICCP testing by Loretta Smith
We have the ability to offer Data Management Professionals testing to receive their certifications from ICCP. This will be a brief discussion about the certification and testing process.5:00 - . - Closing 5:30 - ??? - Happy Hour and Networking Event, Location TBD
Topic 1: Applying Semantic Web Technologies toward a Net-Centric Data Strategy
Speaker 1: Matt Fischer
Abstract: One of the latest solutions for collecting information from disparate data sources involves federated semantic queries. They offer many advantages over traditional solutions, ranging from non-disruptive, virtual data aggregation to domain-specific query capabilities. This presentation describes a semantic query architecture which decomposes SPARQL queries based on OWL domain and data source ontologies, SWRL ontology translation rules, OWL-S service descriptions and database mappings, to support federated semantic queries across multiple relational databases, web services and/or SPARQL endpoints. The implementation of such an architecture in a net-centric data sharing environment, as specified in the DoDÍs 8320.02-G directive, will also be discussed.
Topic 2: Breaking the Data Bottleneck to Achieve SOA Objectives
Speaker 2: Greg Palmer
Abstract: Increasingly, organizations are discovering that a big bottleneck to achieving the promise of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is how to properly integrate your data. Most new applications, SOA or not, utilize data from an existing systems foundation. This data is complex, diverse and spread across the enterprise in various technology and application silos. Each source has its own access mechanisms, syntax, security, etc., and few are structured properly for consumption, let alone reuse.
Learn how Data Services, a specialized form of Web Service optimized for the real-time time data integration demands of SOA, can help organizations overcome these bottlenecks.
November 5: Special Event on Master Data Management, Data Quality, and more!
Fee: Free to members, or with paid Metatopia registration
Non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
$90 to attend the full-day event, including all 6 speakers
$120 includes attendance at the event and 2 years DAMA-NCR membership, which includes free attendance at chapter meetingsLocation: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
To Register:
- All attendees must register in advance. Please note that there is a LIMIT OF 40 attendees to this location and it will be first-come, first serve.
- Please provide your name, organization, email address, and phone number where you can be reached.
- Email the above information to register@dama-ncr.org .
Agenda:
8:30 - 9:00 - Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) 9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome 9:15 - 10:15 - Speaker David Hay, President Essential Strategies, Inc. 10:15 - 10:30 - Break 10:30 - 11:30 - Speaker David Loshin, President Knowledge Integrity, Inc. 11:30 - 1 p.m. - Lunch Join the speakers for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices.) 1:00 - 2:00 - Speaker David Webber, SOA Architect 2:00 - 2:15 - Break 2:15 - 3:15 - Speaker Bonnie O'Neil, Sr. Principal Data Architect
Yazmin Rowe, Data Architect4:00 - 5:00 - Speaker Suzanne Acar, Senior Information Architect, 5:00 - 5:15 - Closing 5:30 - ??? - Happy Hour Topic 1: Data Structure: Data Modeling or XML?
Speaker: David Hay, President Essential Strategies, Inc.
Abstract: XML was designed as a way to organize data for the purpose of transmitting data from one place to another. A relational databases is intended to be a way of organizing data for the purposes of storing and managing them. While both technologies are concerned with data structure, their purposes are clearly different, and confusing them (which is often done) is done at a companyÍs (or a government agencyÍs) peril.
This presentation will describe the history of data organization, from hierarchical to relational to hierarchical again. This presentation will present an example of the same domain presented as a data model (and its corresponding relational database design) and as an XML schema, showing the information lost in converting from one to the other.Topic 2: Principal MDM Components and Capabilities
Speaker: David Loshin, President Knowledge Integrity, Inc.
Abstract: The proliferation of enterprise-level application expectations for shared, synchronized information drives the need for the development of a single view of the key data entities in common use across the organization. At the technical level, the drivers and fundamentals of master data management (MDM) can be summarized as processes for consolidating variant versions of instances of core data objects distributed across the organization into a unique representation. In turn, that unique representation is continually synchronized across the enterprise application architecture to allow master data to be available as a shared resource. The result is a master repository of uniquely identified key data entity instances integrated through a service layer with the applications across the organization.
However, the devil is in the details. In order to accomplish what may seem to be a relatively straightforward set of ideas, the organization must be prepared for the technical, operational, and management challenges that will appear along the way. And in fact, the deployment of an MDM solution could evolve through a number of iterations, introducing data object consolidation for analytic purposes as an initial step, then following on with increasing levels of integration, service, and synchronization.
The end-state master data management environment exists as an enterprise resource integrated with the enterprise application architecture through a collection of provided services. This tutorial reviews the components and capabilities needed to develop an MDM solution that can mature along with the needs of the client enterprise applications with which it is integrated.Topic 3: SOA Data Integration - The Unsolved, Unspoken Problem
Speaker: David Webber, SOA Architect
Abstract: While SOA seeks to provide reusable agile services across enterprise systems little has been articulated on the challenges of information integration. How do implementers ensure that their information can be consumed, purposed and reused reliably and securely? We know from the prior ebXML, ISO 11179 and CEFACT work that role, context and common metadata and core component semantic definitions are vital to enable consistent information use. However XML and XSD schema use over the past ten years has not advanced past the capabilities of EDI systems in many respects and particularly in its abilities to support context, role and metadata core components. Coupled to this is the need to have support for business process models and definitions and the document handling across their workflow state transitions. All these are challenges to implementing agile information exchanges that implementers face today. The new OASIS CAM specification standard provides considerable new capabilities for information integration using familiar XML enabled techniques with XPath, XML DOM and xslt based handlers. CAM templates can be immediately created to speed adoption of common information formats, rules and contextual handling between participants and systems. These are vital to allow rapid SOA service integration and reuse. Techniques from CEFACT CCTS, CCMA and NDR can also be leveraged to create reusable and consistent subassembly components. This provides a much more agile and flexible information exchange model that can meet a variety of SOA needs based on the role and context of the service users. Unlike todays XSD based web services that are brittle, static and hard to document, CAM templates allow fault tolerant and adaptive content handling with multiple structures and instant documentation generation. This delivers key support for SOA services and their information exchanges own data services layer needs.In addition support for work on Genericode metadata for reference code lists from ISO and the UN is included in CAM templates so international standard code values can be incorporated and checked.
The available open source implementation of CAM (jCAM Æ http://www.jcam.org.uk) provides Eclipse editor tools and cross platform validation and handling runtime tools. It also supports generating interactive documentation (iDocs) from xslt scripts along with other exciting capabilities for exploiting the capabilities underpinning the OASIS CAM template formats. The presentation will include demonstration of simplifying and aligning complex interchange schemas such as UBL using the Eclipse Wizard tools and sample exchange XML transactions. Also generating iDocs and how these can be extended to collaborative metadata registry and wiki-based vocabulary uses. Existing developmental work and future directions will be discussed. Participants will take away a strong understanding of how they can quickly and easily leverage the CAM standard capabilities to enhance their own XML interchange needs. Sharing and building libraries of CAM templates in support of SOA initiatives will also be discussed and examples of UBL, PESC, EML and other XML standards domains provided.Topic 4: Data Quality: Prerequisite for Data Sharing
Speakers: Bonnie O'Neil, Project Performance Corporation
Yazmin Rowe, Technology In Motion, Inc.Abstract: At a government bureau focusing on Law Enforcement, data sharing is an imperative for the Bureau to accomplish its mission and to ferret out the “bad guys”. Other government agencies and even within the Bureau itself need the data created by the Bureau to fight crime together. However, the Bureau began to examine the data to figure out what it would share and discovered it wasn’t even sure what the data represented in certain circumstances, let alone if it was in good enough shape to share. Therefore, we embarked on a Data Quality initiative that was well-received. This presentation involves a Case Study about Data Quality and Data Sharing and will cover the following topics:
- Top Down/Bottom up Approach to Understanding Data
- The importance of definitions to Data Quality
- Involving business people and Data Stewardship
Topic 5: Federal Data Quality Profile: A Framework for Better Information Sharing
Speaker: Suzanne Acar, Senior Information Architect, Federal Data Architecture Sub-committee Co-chair
U.S. Department of the InteriorAbstract: As agencies migrate from a program-centric towards a citizen-centric environment where information is made easier to find, understand, and access, the quality of that information becomes imperative. Problems with data quality in a networked world can result in tangible and intangible damage ranging from loss of information consumer confidence to loss of life and mission.
Managing data quality is essential to mission success. It ensures that quality data supports effective decision-making and that data gets to the right person at the right time in the right way. Federal agencies and Communities of Interest often have a number of data quality disciplines at their disposal, but rarely will they implement all disciplines at once because improving data quality is a process and not an event.
The Federal Data Quality Profile is designed to provide the framework for consistent understanding and practices of data quality across agencies and Communities of Interest. It explains how systematic data quality improvement within federal agencies supports the objectives of the Federal Enterprise Architecture at every level, to facilitate better cross-agency collaboration. Suzanne Acar, Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee co-chair, will discuss government best practices for data quality and the intended outcomes of the Federal Data Quality Profile.
September 11: Regular Meeting and Election of Board Members
Geographic Information Services, Guest Speaker Michael Scofield of ESRI, Manager of Data Asset DevelopmentFee: free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
To Register:
- All attendees must register in advance.
- Please provide your name, organization, email address, and phone number where you can be reached.
- Email the above information to register@dama-ncr.org
or- Call DAMA-NCR at 202-465-4399 and leave a message (it will be forwarded to board members as an email attachment).
Agenda:
8:30 - 9:00 a.m - Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) 9:00 - 9:15 - Business Meeting, Election of Board Members
Nominee for President -> David Colpitts, Tom McCullough,
Nominee for Vice President of Program Planning -> Loretta Smith
Nominee for Vice President of Administration and Finance -> Paul Englehart9:15 - 11:30 - Speaker to be announced. 11:30 - Noon - Product demo by sponsor Noon - 1 p.m. - Lunch Join the speakers for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station.
(see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.)1:30 - 4:30 - Workshop on Data Exchange Topic 1: Introduction to Geospatial Data Architecture and GIS Data Management
Speaker 1: Michael Scofield, Manager of Data Asset Development at ESRI, Redlands, CA (See his bio)
Abstract: Geographic information systems are a growing category of data assets. GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. Data include traditional maps (albeit digitalized) and components of maps (“layers”) as well a variety of image types. All these can be integrated for creating unique displays and presentation as well as some very powerful analysis of issues which are geographically-dependent.
GIS databases pose unique challenges in data management because of their complexity and unique structural requirements. While a number of standard data models have been created for specific topics (such as census, water features, transportation, and utilities) not all the data available conforms to these models. And the very nature of geography on an imperfect and not quite spherical globe introduce new challenges to achieving accuracy in positional data.
GIS analysis offers great potential in evaluating non-geographic behavior characteristics of customers and corporate assets from a geographic perspective. This is much more than the traditional questions of optimum placement of retail establishments. It includes epidemiology and environmental studies. But integrating the data presents a major challenge.
Topic 2: Managing the Data Exchange Relationship
Speaker 2: Michael Scofield
Abstract: Any time data is exchanged between distinct and dissimilar organizations, a relationship exists with a variety of duties, expectations, and technical issues. This relationship must be managed.
When one party seeks to acquire data from another, there are a host of issues which must be addressed unambiguously. The acquisition of data (particularly from business production systems) usually places some kind of burden upon the data originator/supplier, both for initial extract, and recurring updates. Issues of architectural differences, architectural stability, scope, data quality, replication techniques, permissible usage, liabilities—all these must be addressed.
Of particular concern are incremental extractions of data after the first big bulk transfer. It is crucial to understand the difference between updates and corrections. It is also important, if the incremental transfers occur over a longer period of time, to detect changes in scope, architecture, meaning, and quality of the incremental updates.
Over 94 questions which you should ask about the data exchange are clustered into the following general topics:
- Kinds of data and information
- Data suitable for your needs
- Burden placed upon source organization
- Logical data architecture of source
- Physical format and media
- Data semantics and meaning
- Documentation and testing
- Scope
- Completeness
- Currency
- Versioning
- Quality
- Update/refresh/corrections
- Confidentiality
- Ownership and usage
- Purpose of original data collection and transfer
- Liability
Fee: free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: Baltimore at St. Paul's Plaza building Conference Room 27E.
T. Rowe Price
200 St. Paul Plaza, Baltimore, Maryland
(410)345-2000From the north:
Take I-83 South (Jones Falls Expressway) directly into Baltimore City.
Exit at St. Paul Street South.
Follow St. Paul Street for many blocks, at the split, stay to the right.
The Tremont Hotel will be on the right at the top of a steep incline.
200 St. Paul Plaza is the next building on the right.
Turn right onto Lexington Street - the parking garage is the first entrance on the right.
Registration Procedure: Send email to register@dama-ncr.org and state the date of the meeting. Please provide name, organization, and phone number.
Please note that access to the meeting is via a secure elevator, and that our host, Lorraine Smith of T. Rowe Price will be arranging for our access to the meeting room.
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:00 | - | Peter
Aiken Topic: Overview: XML in Data Management |
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| 11:15 | - | 1:00 p.m. | - | Anne Marie
Smith Topic: Master Data Management |
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| 1:00 pm | . | - | Lunch
Join the speakers for lunch at Mick O'Shea's (see www.mickosheas.com for prices ) |
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| After Lunch | - | Depending
on interest ICCP exams may be given after the lunch. Contact Loretta_Smith@troweprice.com to arrange a test seating. |
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Topic 1: Overview: XML in Data Management
Speaker 1: Dr. Peter Aiken (see his bio)
Abstract:
XML can be to data what Java is attempting to be to programming languages. Wrap an application?s data once with XML-based metadata and utilise it with any XML-enabled application! XML-based data integration will soon be the norm. In many cases XML permits a simple to use and inexpensive to implement yet more robust means of electronically exchanging data than ? electronic data interchange (EDI). Some say that XML is EDI for the rest of us! XML is sufficiently mature to have been architected into the core of Microsoft Office 2000. In Office, XML is used to represent the internal formats and styles used by the integrated applications. This permits versions of Office 2000 documents to be saved as html files and then subsequently reopened by office components without losing relevant formatting detail. More importantly, it represents one important new source of previously unstructured data that ? using XML ? data administrators can begin to incorporate into existing corporate data assets.
Topic 2:
Speaker 2: Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D. (See her bio)
Abstract:
Master data management (MDM) is the disciplined technique of managing process, technology and integration architectures related to acquisition, collation, mapping, cleansing, storing and publishing reference-oriented data required to create and maintain an enterprise-wide "single source of truth" for core business entities in order to capture transactions and measure results for these entities. The main steps for master data transformation are:
Consolidating information into a single master database,
Refining and enriching data centrally for distribution across an enterprise, and
Synchronizing data for a consistent enterprise view.
Effective data management process consists of four steps: domain analysis, data integrity assessment, data quality assessment and process orchestration. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle to reconcile master data from across the enterprise, particularly as it is duplicated and maintained in multiple systems.
This presentation will provide an overview of master data management (MDM), a set of principles to follow for successful development of a master data management approach, and outline the recommended processes used to create and maintain a master data management environment, and offer.
Presentation Outline:Introduction to Master Data Management
Master Data Management Across the Enterprise
Principles in Master Data Management Development
Best Practices and Recommended Approaches to MDM
Obstacles to Avoid in MDM
MDM and Information Management Professionals? Role
Conclusion and Questions and Answers
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Fee: free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: Leveraging your Embedded Metadata Download presentation
Speaker 1: David Beulke, President Pragmatic Solutions, Inc. (See his bio)
Abstract:
There is metadata everywhere and today's system can happily supply you with an abundant amount of information. Harvesting this data is very easy and this presentation will show you how to quickly and easily gather this information and build a metadata encyclopedia. This encyclopedia can provide an extensive data dictionary, help you track data quality and data lineage throughout your systems. This presentation will help you learn how you can build this information and help your business analysts and developers understand your system metadata better.
Topic 2: A Holistic Approach to Enterprise Data Management Download presentation
Speaker 2: Deborah Brooks, Principal Information Systems Engineer, The Mitre Corporation (See her bio)
From Wikipedia: (Enterprise Data Management) strategy and governance:
ñEDM (Enterprise Data Management) requires a strategic approach to choosing the right processes, technologies and governance. While traditionally thought of as a technology problem data/information can now be thought of as a business problem and as such can require a different range of techniques.î
From Wikipedia: Holistic:
ñHolism (from λος holos, a Greek word meaning all, entire, total) is the idea that all the properties of a given system (biological, chemical, social, economic, mental, linguistic, etc.) cannot be determined or explained by the sum of its component parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave.
Please join us on March 13 to learn how a holistic approach to Enterprise Data Management can make a difference in data management for your organization.
Meeting Sponsor: Pragmatic Solutions,
Inc.
Pragmatic Solutions will provide a demonstration of their Syspedia solution,
and will join us for lunch and discussion at the America Restaurant.
Please join us for lunch after the meeting at the America Restaurant at Union
Station.
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Fee: free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: Enterprise Architecture
Speaker 1: Dr. Jerry Rosenbaum (see his bio)
Abstract:
Enterprise architecture refers to how your systems are organized to meet the business needs. Every company has enterprise architecture. However, most companies do not know what that architecture is, and all too many companies build or buy systems without thinking about their architecture, and then somehow make it ñworkî.
A good enterprise architecture enables one to better design (or buy) systems that are intended to work together in a planned way to solve the business problems. In this talk we will discuss
´ What are the essential parts of an enterprise architecture
´ How can one build one in a reasonable amount of time without breaking the piggy bank
´ How can one use an architecture to help extricate their companies from their current ñsituationî and move them towards a proper architecture
´ Cost/benefit issues
´ Management issues.
Topic 2: Changing the Economics of Data Governance and Integration
Speaker 2: Todd Goldman (see his bio) download the pdf presentation
Abstract:
Data mapping is more important than ever. Information flows within legacy systems have compromised data quality within federal agencies. Efforts to remediate ñspaghettiî information flows have frequently been abandoned, often being seen as just too expensive even to contemplate. Plans to implement MDM (Master Data Management) have been abandoned for similar reasons. The increasing importance of data in the post-911world has highlighted the importance of data as an important corporate resource. Efforts such as data governance have been used to address issues such as data quality, sensitive data leaks and data sprawl.
Todd Goldman, VP of marketing at Exeros, will discuss what large organizations are doing to address the new challenges of data management and governance. He will explain how new technology now enables automation of data consistency between applications, the finding of hidden business rules and hidden sensitive data, and the discovery of data lineage between systems; along with 5-10X decrease in time to deployment for these projects. Case studies demonstrating the discovery of the unknown paths that sensitive data can travel within an organization, rationalization of multiple data sources and de-identification of sensitive HIPAA data will be presented.
Meeting Sponsor:
Fee: free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 2:15 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 2:30 p.m. | - | 3:15 p.m. | - | Late Lunch Join the speaker
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: Data Interoperability
Speaker 1: Michael Gorman, Owner of Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation (see his bio).
Abstract:
We here in the Washington, D.C. area almost all either work for the Federal Government or for a contractor that provides services to the Federal Government. Mainly, what we "manufacture" is information. Regrettably, most of the databases and information systems we have built over the past 50 years have been "Interoperability Challenged." Some are even level -3 on a 1-5 point SEI scale.
In response.... our agencies demand that we amend our ways. We must produce interoperable databases and systems, and by yesterday if not sooner. Great pronouncements are made, strategies are set into place, Power Point presentations are produced at prodigious rates, and if we're lucky, funding follows. Surface validity to the pronouncements and approaches abounds everywhere.
Over the years, however, we have all too often seen that rather than do the hard work of building interoperable databases and systems, we have been directed to jump onto the newest fast traveling silver bullet that almost always has our death as the only result.
This talk is not about another new silver bullet.
Rather, this talk is about how to achieve data interoperability the old-fashioned way. Earned. That is, accomplished by engineering metadata repository environments, having clear missions, functions, organizations, and such, and then building, through consensus, interoperable data and process specifications, one at a time within our communities of interest. We then move to ever more expansive specifications, by intersecting shared data across communities of interest, finally ending up with the ability to share the data we need.
The key components of this approach have been tried before and succeeded. The underlying strategies have been placed into U.S. Army regulations and pamphlets. The U.S. Navy has gone a long way in their administrative systems using analogous parts of these strategies to position themselves to have interoperability. The approach works both ways: Forward and Reverse engineering.
What this presentation does is lay all this out in a step by step manner. It builds on concepts that we already know. It provides the blueprint of the metadata infrastructure, the interoperable product specifications, and the work breakdown structures. All these materials have also been brought together in a single 300+ page handbook that can be used by data interoperability teams. Five of these handbooks will be door prizes.
We sure hope you all come. Clearly, data interoperability is a problem we have all been striving to solve. We have. The solution is right before our eyes. It's common sense, clear thinking, and hard work. So, let's get to it.
Fee: free to members, $30 for non-members (see membership fees and benefits)
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: Data Governance for Effective Data Sharing: Risks and Opportunities - The Realities and Politics of Data Governance
Speaker 1: David Colpitts (see his bio)
Abstract:
Data sharing has changed in priority, to become a critical concern in the post 9-11 world. In fact, Data sharing has become a prerequisite for national security. The Office of the President has issued Executive Order 13356, directing agencies to make their information available for sharing with other agencies, to enable effective counterterrorism operations. Data Governance on the other hand, has often remained a difficult-to-reach ideal. Some executives are uncertain about exactly what constitutes Data Governance, and whether the final objective is worth the investment in time and money.
The talk will present:
- Why Data Governance is a requirement for Effective Data Sharing”;
- Why Data Governance has remained a difficult goal for most organizations;
- A review of the critical prerequisites for Data Governance, which will determine the level of success;
- Implementation strategies which can assure success of Data Governance;
- Lower cost approaches to ensure a high return on the investment in time and resources.
In addition, the results of a survey of organizations on their Data Governance practices will be presented. Finally, the presentation will conclude with “lessons-learned” from various organizations implementing Data Governance to achieve data sharing.
Topic 2: Managing Data For Long Retention Periods: Requirements and Challenges
Speaker 2: Craig S. Mullins - Corporate Technologist for NEON Enterprise Software (see his bio)
Abstract:
Several events in recent years have changed the requirements for retaining data from operational databases to long periods of time. Required retention periods have ballooned to many years, and in some cases, to many decades. This coupled with the rapid rise in data volumes and the importance of providing archived data on demand many years after it is created, has surfaced the need for companies to build a solid practice for archiving and managing business data from their online operational databases. The presentation covers the basics of an archiving methodology and a number of topics that require special consideration in building an database archiving practice. Topics covered are application independence, metadata independence, data authenticity, change management, storage management, and access control.
Product Demo and Meeting Sponsor:
Fee: free to members, $25 for non-members (see membership fees & benefits)
Registration: All attendees must register in advance. To register:
Please provide name, organization, and phone number.
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Advance registration required by cob May 5. Registration procedure
Topic 1: Creating Trust In the Reports You Give Your Boss
Speaker 1: Douglas S. Jones, Public Sector Manager, Business Objects See his bio
Abstract:
How easy is it to answer top brass questions like: Readiness? Supply Logistics? Tenure? Man Hours? Trained Personnel for a given aircraft? How confident are you that the answers are timely and accurate? Agencies continue to work hard to develop the best approaches to meaningful reports, however, more focus and interest is spent understanding the quality, accuracy and completeness of the source data systems (i.e., supply chain information (RFID), human resources and personnel-related data).
Effective business decisions demand high quality data. Whether that data is stored in a data warehouse, in operational or source systems, or in enterprise applications, trusted information requires proven data quality solutions. Join the DAMA-NCR chapter to learn how business intelligence solutions coupled with data quality software can provide government knowledge workers with the ability to make systems more accurate, reports more valuable and build better processes to answer all the top brass questions. Please attend this event and learn what critical activities every agency and its supporting business partners must be doing now to improve their ability to manage enterprise data as valued assets.
Topic 2: Models for Information Quality and Incorporating IQ into Government Systems
Speaker 2: Jeffrey Worthington - US
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information.
See hisbio.
Elizabeth Haddad ¿ The Washington Center (TWC), Intern program at US Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information. See her
bio
Abstract: Download
the presentation.
The language of information quality is a new language to many managers and in fact, many quality managers. Understanding and communicating information quality concepts may be dependent on the ability to adequately express the IQ challenges and solutions in models consistent with management language and expectations. This presentation summarizes terminology and models and demonstrates one approach to capture IQ in planning at the Agency, Program, Project, and Products levels.
Product Demo & Meeting Sponsor: Business Objects.
Jeff Knotts, Business Objects solutions engineer will provide a demo of the IQ Insight data profiling solution.
IQ Insight allows global organizations to monitor, analyze, and report on the quality of information. Customers can gain control of their information assets and get optimum value from critical enterprise applications through IQ InsightÍs key attributes, such as redundancy profiling, drill-down frequency distributions (both at a field and word level), cross-column and cross-table comparisons, pattern recognition and analysis.
This data assessment application is designed to help develop a repeatable process for monitoring data quality issues. The analysis can be scheduled to provide continuous monitoring and trend reporting. IQ Insight can also alert a business if their data exceeds a threshold based on its business rules. IQ Insight provides various means of communicating the assessment results and business rules to the cleansing side of the data quality initiative.
The application provides the tool needed to perform data inspection, measure data issues, determine the cause and impact of those defects, and report the results of the analysis to stakeholders.
Fee: free to members, $20 for non-members. We accept cash or checks at the door. (see membership fees & benefits)
Registration: All attendees must register in advance. NOTE: The cutoff date for registration is the Friday before the meeting. To register:
Please provide name, organization, and phone number.
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: Enterprise Data Management - A National Priority
Speaker 1: Cindy Walker: Technical Director, Enterprise Data Management at Pinkerton Computer Consultants, Inc. (see her bio)
Abstract: (download Cindy Walker's slides)
Now more than ever, every federal agency must govern, assure, and share its enterprise data assets. In this session, you will hear a perspective on how successful enterprise data management and data governance strategies can help Federal agencies improve data integrity, protect information privacy, ensure information security, and respond swiftly and effectively to satisfy key executive orders and presidential mandates such as cross-agency information sharing, OMB mandates, the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) guidelines, and business systems modernization.
Topic 2: An Expanded View of Project Management
Speaker 2: Austin Russ, Chief Enterprise Architect, Robbins-Gioia (see his bio)
Download Austin Russ' slides:
1.
Overview of Project Management
2.
Executive Branch Management Scorecard - Agency Trends
3. OMB
Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework
Abstract:
Traditional notions of project management -- scheduling and control -- are no longer sufficient to ensure project funding and success. Project managers must develop a practical understanding of a broader set of disciplines, including strategic planning, enterprise architecture, information security, business case development, and IT portfolio management to ensure their projects obtain funding and demonstrate results in an increasingly competitive budget environment. This session presents a perspective on how various planning and project disciplines interact. Strengths and weaknesses of the respective disciplines are highlighted as a basis for improving project performance.
Product Demo & Meeting Sponsor: Jon Hughes, Information Technology Consulting Group at Robbins-Gioia LLC (download the slides)
Topic: Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution Capabilities Overview and Demonstration
DAMA-NCR is proud to bring you the following seminar offering:
Who: Peter Aiken
What: XML in Data Management Class
Where: Bureau of Labor Statistics
When: Feb 15 - 8:30 am to 5pm
Cost: $30
E-mail: Admin@dama-ncr.org to register and bring payment day of the class
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
XML has evolved from an interesting to a necessary capability. Focusing on practical
implementation, Europe's longest running XML seminar teaches solution designers/technology
managers/data architects how XML best compliments/assists ongoing data management
(DM) activities. Delegates learn how to architect XML-based solutions
capable of leveraging "best" practices and your existing DM efforts.
Ù XML Basics
´ Context, expectations, development
philosophy, capabilities, & appropriate usage
Ù XML Data
Management Usage/Overview
´ Focus on information integration/delivery
Ù XML Component
Architecture
´ How various constituent capabilities
can be assembled (i.e., XMLS Schemas, SOAP, RDF, Web-services, etc.)
Ù XML Framework
Technologies
´ How .NET, EB-XML, and other industry-specific
efforts leverage XML capabilities
Ù XML &
Data Engineering
´ Using XML to implement classes
of solutions to gain efficiencies
Ù XML /DM Technologies
´ XML servers, editors, CASE tools,
& repositories
Ù XML -based Portal
Capabilities
´ State-of-the-art information integration/delivery
capabilities
Ù XML Success
Stories
´ Numerous implementation examples
based on a series of design pattern solutions
Participants will:
Delegates include data-technology analysts, managers, consultants, developers, and project managers who architect XML/DM solutions. They are anxious to understand the contexts in which XML can be productively applied. The seminar assumes no prior knowledge of XML and teaches XML concepts but does not teach significant amounts of XML syntax ¿ that is another seminar.
Drawn from years of practical experience, in this updated version of the longest running XML/Data Management seminar, Peter Aiken (co-author with Clive Finkelstein of the first XML/DM book) now includes material from his new book (co-authored with David Allen). All delegates will receive a copy of XML in Data Management (his sixth book) and a CD/ROM containing copies of the course materials and supplemental examples/information offering many hours of post-seminar learning opportunities.
| Peter Aiken is an award-winning, internationally recognized thought leader. A practicing data manager, consultant, author, and researcher, he has been improving organizational data architecture/engineering practices for more than twenty-five years. |
Fee: free to members, $20 for non-members (see membership fees & benefits)
Registration: All attendees must register in advance. To register:
Please provide name, organization, and phone number.
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: The Dream of a Common Language: Extending the Role of the LDM
Speaker 1: Deborah L. Brooks (see her bio) (Download her presentation in MS PowerPoint format, 1.3 MB)
Abstract:
This presentation discusses how the role of a logical data model at one government agency was extended to become the Òcommon languageÓ used to integrate different types of architecture and align department, agency, program and project level architectures.
You will see how to unleash the power of your logical data model to support information sharing and data transition by incrementally building the underlying meta-model and discussing the benefits realized at each step
Topic 2: Wikipedia with an Attitude: Collecting and Using Business Semantics
Speaker 2: Bonnie O'Neil (see her bio) (Download her presentation in MS PowerPoint format, 1.2 MB)
Abstract:
This presentation will expand on lessons learned from using Wikipedia in creative ways in a media company to both capture and deliver business semantics directly from business people. The presentation format will explore how you can take these concepts and turn them into useful solutions in your environment.
This presentation also explores some interesting twists in governance, using a new version ("Governance Lite") to allow business people the maximum amount of flexibility to submit content but still have some sort of "authorized" content. In addition, we will discuss when governance is a good idea and when it should be relaxed a bit for maximum benefit to the organization.
The presentation shows how you can start a knowledge capture mechanism "on a shoestring" and slowly expand it to encompass more and more areas of usefulness to the business.
You will gain insights and practical tips on launching a corporate dictionary, including the following:
- The role of governance, and how to set up some governance but still allow users flexibility of expression
- How to use PR to get users involved
- How to use Bonnie's Law: "whatever is lying around" to get the job done
Product Demo & Meeting Sponsor: Enterprise Elements, http://www.enterprise-elements.com/
Demo Topic: Repository Technology (Download their presentation in MS PowerPoint format, 2.3 MB)
Abstract: The Elements Repository is specifically designed for the management and analysis of dynamic, highly-interrelated data and metadata. The Elements Repository can manage the complete lifecycle of information - from initial input through review, versioning, analysis, reporting and retirement - or can act as an analytical warehouse of information drawn from other sources, such as modeling tools, ERP systems, asset management systems, etc.
This demonstration will be of interest to anyone seeking a powerful repository technology to support ambitious programs, capturing complex data and enterprise architectures.
Fee: free to members, $20 for non-members (see membership fees & benefits)
Registration: All attendees must register in advance. To register:
Please provide name, organization, and phone number.
Location: BLS Conference Training Center (see Directions and Security Procedures)
Agenda:
| 8:30 | - | 9:00 a.m | - | Registration (breakfast goodies furnished by sponsor) | |
| 9:00 | - | 9:15 | - | Business Meeting | |
| 9:15 | - | 11:30 | - | Lectures and discussions | |
| 11:30 | - | Noon | - | Product demo by sponsor | |
| Noon | - | 1 p.m. | - | Lunch Join the speakers
for lunch at America Restaurant in Union Station. (see Menu with prices. Tax and tip will be paid by the meeting sponsor and DAMA-NCR.) |
Topic 1: Consolidating and Re-Engineering Legacy IT Systems Using Advanced Database Design Tools
Speaker 1: Terry Hardgrave, Pearson Federal (see his bio)
Abstract:
This presentation will compare and contrast the preferred approaches to developing totally new systems with those used to re-engineer multiple legacy systems into a single consolidated system. In particular, some Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
