Business Glossary Planning Workshop

This workshop is intended to provide experienced guidance to clients in planning a business glossary project for their company.

The workshop is independent of any tools/products that may be used in its development. It includes both on-site and off-site services.

Workshop Includes:

Phase 1 (Week 1): Discovery

Phase 2 (Weeks 2 and 3): Analysis and Customization

Phase 3 (Week 4): Planning Workshop

Phase 4 (Weeks 5 and 6): Follow Up   

Business Glossary Planning Workshop Objectives:

Understand how the Business Glossary fits into the business and technical ecosystems of the enterprise.

Understand the Business Glossary Life Cycle

Understand the principles of designing a Business Glossary

• Business Glossary Concept
• Design Goals for a Business Glossary
• Business Glossary Design Considerations
• Business Glossary Design Techniques
• Business Glossary Design Methods

Understand the roles and responsibilities of Business Glossary users

Understand planning tasks for Business Glossary development

Prerequisites:

• None

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Infosphere Business Glossary Implementation Workshop

This workshop is intended to provide experienced guidance to clients in implementing a business glossary for their company, using IBM's Infosphere Business Glossary product. The workshop will be conducted using a small custom example selected by the Consultant from the clients environment. It includes both on-site and off-site services.

Workshop Includes:

The workshop is customized for each client, but follows the same general format in every case. There are four phases to the delivery of the Infosphere Business Glossary Implementation Workshop:

Phase 1 (Week 1): Discovery

Phase 2 (Weeks 2 and 3): Analysis and Customization

Phase 3 (Week 4): Implementation Workshop

Phase 4 (Weeks 5 and 6): Follow Up

Infosphere Business Glossary Implementation Workshop Objectives

Define and create users

Review the preparatory documents

Identify business glossary categories

Identify business glossary terms

Strategies for resolving ambiguities

Strategies for populating and maintaining the Business Glossary

Add or import categories into Business Glossary

Add or import terms into Business Glossary

Review and refine categories and terms (synonyms, related terms, nested terms, custom attributes)

Assign data stewards to terms

Assign assets to terms

Reporting

Prerequisites

• Business Glossary Planning Workshop
• Business Glossary Design Workshop

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Business Glossary Design Workshop

This workshop is intended to provide experienced guidance to clients in designing a business glossary for their company. The workshop will be conducted using a small custom example selected by the Consultant from the clients environment.

The workshop is independent of any tools/products that may be used in its development. It includes both on-site and off-site services.

Workshop Includes:

The workshop is customized for each client, but follows the same general format in every case. There are four phases to the delivery of the Business Glossary Design Workshop:

Phase 1 (Week 1): Discovery

Phase 2 (Weeks 2 and 3): Analysis and Customization  

Phase 3 (Week 4): Design Workshop

Phase 4 (Weeks 5 and 6): Follow Up 

Business Glossary Design Workshop Objectives:

Review the principles of designing a Business Glossary that were discussed in the Planning Workshop, and understand how they will be applied in the Design Workshop

• Business Glossary Concepts
• Design Goals for a Business Glossary
• Business Glossary Design Considerations
• Business Glossary Design Techniques
• Business Glossary Design Method

Design the first draft of the Business Glossary structure using the selected client case study

Prerequisites:

• Business Glossary Planning Workshop

More Information:

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