Faculty Training Institute, leading education provider, has launched a master class in Information and Data Modelling designed especially for business analysts, information architects and business information specialists who need to master the vital skills and techniques for constructing data models that generate enduring business value.
Information is a critical and often overlooked aspect of information systems. Information architecture is a key pillar of an effective enterprise architecture, and one that can deliver the most sustainable business value through the entire life of a system.
Modern systems that are implemented without strong, efficient data architectures are likely to be error-ridden and will seriously limit functionality and information use and may even hamper the business as it grows and changes.
The differentiating factor of Faculty Training Institute's three-day IDML workshop is that it is not database design course, but approaches information modelling from a business perspective. It takes into account the design of data models, not merely as a technical issue, but one that needs to take into account the requirements of multiple stakeholders, processes and systems that will all need to access and use information over the entire useful lifetime of that information.
“There are quite a few people who understand data modelling from a technical perspective. It is, however, much harder to find skilled individuals who can understand how to embed business rules, information and requirements into models,” says Steve Erlank, MD of FTI and the designer of the restructured course.
With earlier systems architectures it was important to have strong database design skills because performance and tuning dominated the thinking about data. Modern computer architectures place much more emphasis on the presentation and usage of business information to the user, and the relative simplicity of a centralised database has been replaced by systems that draw their information from multiple sources, summarise and analyse it in complex ways, and distribute and replicate it over multiple platforms ranging from intranets to data warehouses. And the skills to structure this data around business requirements are in short supply.
Organisations, with their increasing dependence on information for the solution of business issues and the finding of business opportunities, need strong and efficient data architectures to ensure they gain optimum performance and use from this asset.
This course will benefit people who work with information or data and typical delegates would include business and product specialist, domain experts and users, business and systems analysts, enterprise architects, data, MIS or BI specialists. The course forms the core module of a more extensive range of training products, to be launched soon, that will focus on a developing a range of information management issues.
Faculty Training Institute has a 21-year track record of providing training excellence and skills development to professional individuals within the IT industry and knowledge domains where high-order thinking and the ability to innovate and solve problems is prized.
For information on the Information and Data Modelling Course, commencing 12 July and 4 August, in Cape Town and Johannesburg respectively, or to view FTI's other programmes for professional business analysts, systems analysts and test analysts, please contact Robyn on 021 683 4506 or robyn@fti.co.za, or visit http://www.fti.co.za.
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Faculty Training Institute
Faculty Training Institute (FTI) is a private training company that specialises in offering world-class career-oriented training courses for professional knowledge workers, mainly in the corporate world. Focusing on mid-career rather than entry-level training, FTI specialises in project management, business analysis, systems analysis, technical writing, IT management, enterprise architecture, and technical writing training. It offers a variety of training options, including public or in-house, part-time or full-time courses.
FTI was founded in 1989 by five experienced lecturers from the Department of Information Systems at the University of Cape Town, who perceived a gap between the technical or entry-level training offered by most private training companies, and the longer degree programmes offered by tertiary institutions. During the past 20 years, FTI has expanded its successful product offerings from the initial two diploma courses into growing range of diplomas and short courses that serve the career needs of corporate South Africa.
In October 2006, FTI was awarded Charter Endorsed Education Provider (EEP) status with the International Institute for Business Analysis (IIBA). It is one of a handful of training organisations worldwide that have achieved this status. FTI has received full accreditation from ISETT SETA. Web: http://www.fti.co.za
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