Data Resource

Management

Learning Objectives

Explain the importance of implementing

data resource management processes and
technologies in an organization.

Illustrate each of the following concepts:

Major types of databases
Data warehouses and data mining
Fundamental database structures

Data Resource
Management

Applies information systems technology to

managing data resources to meet needs of
business stakeholders

Data Planning
Corporate planning and analysis function
Developing the overall data architecture

Data Planning & Database Design

Planning & Design Process
Enterprise model
Develop logical framework for the physical
design

Data Administration
Standardize collection, storage, and
dissemination of data to end users
Focused on supporting business
processes and strategic business
objectives
May include developing policy and
setting standards

Levels of data
Character
Single alphabetical, numeric, or other
symbol
Field
Groupings of characters
Represents an attribute of some entity

 Records
Related fields of data
Files (table)
A group of related records
Classified by
Primary use
Type of data
permanence

Database
Integrated collection of logically related
data elements
Consolidates records into a common
pool of data elements
Data is independent of the application
program using them and type of
storage device

Types of Databases

Operational
Supports business processes and operations
Also called subject-area databases, transaction
databases, and production databases

Distributed
Replicated and distributed copies or
parts of databases on network servers at
a variety of sites.
Done to improve database performance
and security

External
Available for a fee from commercial sources or
with or without charge on the Internet or World
Wide Web

Hypermedia
Hyperlinked pages of multimedia

Data warehouse &Data mining

Data warehouse
Stores data extracted from operational,
external, or other databases of an organization
Central source of structured data
May be subdivided into data marts

Data mining
A major use of data warehouse databases
Data is analyzed to reveal hidden correlations,
patterns, and trends

Database Management System

Software interface between users and
databases
Controls creation, maintenance, and use
of the database

Database Structures

Hierarchical
Treelike
One-to-many relationship
Used for structured, routine types of transaction
processing

Network
More complex
Many-to-many relationship
More flexible but doesnt support ad hoc
requests well

Relational
Data elements stored in simple tables
Can link data elements from various tables
Very supportive of ad hoc requests but slower at
processing large amounts of data than
hierarchical or network models
Multi-Dimensional
A variation of the relational model
Cubes of data and cubes within cubes
Popular for online analytical processing (OLAP)
applications