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Thursday
15:00 - 16:00 | |
| There are many reasons for developing a business case for MDM: one is that it will improve the success rate for the project. This is a facilitated discussion on the steps required and the sharing of practitioner experiences in developing the business case for MDM. |
Thursday
15:00 - 16:00 | |
| Join your peers for an analyst-hosted discussion and brainstorming on this increasingly important subject. What new kinds of information will become available to your industry because of advances in sensors, government open data initiatives or other major trends? How might these impact competitive strategies in your industry? How will you help ensure your business leaders understand what’s at stake and get that perspective recognized in the business strategy? |
Thursday
17:15 - 18:15 | |
| Metadata management is a challenging but highly critical competency. Join this analyst-facilitated practitioner discussion exploring successful strategies and lessons learned for enabling metadata management in support of MDM. |
Thursday
17:15 - 18:15 | |
| Have you leveraged your BI dimensional and reporting data to kick off MDM? Does MDM make BI and data integration easier? Share your experiences in finding effective ways that BI implementations and MDM programs can work together. We begin with a real case study that went from BI to MDM to EIM; then everyone joins in. |
Friday
10:45 - 11:45 | |
| Many IT organizations struggle to convey the transformational business benefits that can be realized by the implementation of MDM across multiple data domains. Share ideas with your peers regarding the use cases and technologies that successful IT teams are employing to persuade their business partners to take MDM to the next level. |
Friday
10:45 - 11:45 | |
| Most organizations deal with a highly-complex, diverse and often overlapping landscape of information-related tools and technologies. Discuss with your peers how to begin rationalizing and modernizing that landscape in order to best support MDM and your broader information management goals. |
Friday
12:00 - 13:00 | |
| MDM is usually immature in organizations. SOA is generally equally less mature. Yet, SOA is one of the best approaches for integrating MDM into existing applications. Discuss with your peers how MDM demonstrates that data governance is independent of use case and applications and enables SOA. |
Friday
12:00 - 13:00 | |
| Master data and business process are inextricably linked, yet many organizations don't align their MDM and BPM efforts. This facilitated roundtable session will allow attendees to explore successful strategies and best practices for establishing a joint MDM/BPM approach that improves business outcomes and delivers measurable business value. |
Friday
14:15 - 15:15 | |
| MDM implementations require the collection, publishing, delivery and synchronization of master data: data integration needs. Discuss with your peers how to navigate the complex landscape of tools and architectures to make the best choices for your integration infrastructure in support of MDM. |
Friday
15:45 - 16:45 | |
| There are many reasons organizations engage external service providers for their MDM development and deployment. Such engagements represent a significant commitment that has to be properly formulated, initiated, and finally executed in order to be successful. |
Friday
15:45 - 16:45 | |
| Master Data Management projects are complex, multi-year business and IT programs. Leading an MDM project requires a strong vision and determined program management. This session explores the leadership skills and experiences your peers have had in making their MDM projects successful.
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