Implementing Metadata

This course will prepare you to deliver valuable Metadata that can assist you and your organisation meet its objectives. In addition, the course is aligned to DAMA DMBoK and will help you prepare to write the DAMA CDMP exam and receive your Metadata Specialist Certification.

Metadata will play a critical role in your success if you are involved in any of the initiatives listed below:

• Responsible for the Data Architecture
• Modelling data
• Involved in the System Development Life Cycle
• Implementing a Master Data Management System
• Need to get Data Quality right
• Want to establish a Data Governance Program
• Need to migrate data?

• An introduction to Data Management, within the context of Metadata
• Metadata – the theory according to DAMA DMBoK
• Applying Metadata – how to go about it
• Implementation in all aspects of Data Management
• Some practical real-life experience
• An overview of the technology to assist you, including AI, what the tools can do, and some of the products available.

After attending this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the different types of Metadata required to support the organisation’s requirements
• Understand where Metadata is created throughout the Data Lifecycle
• Establish the appropriate Metadata Architecture to suit the organisation’s objectives
• Implement mechanisms to support Metadata availability
• Understand and identify the Data Quality requirements of Metadata
• Understand Data Architecture and Data Modeling for Metadata
• Understand the risks of no or poor-quality Metadata
• Identify and implement Metadata requirements in all aspects of Data Management
• Register to write the DAMA CDMP Metadata Specialist Certification Exam.

* A certificate of attendance will be provided on completion of the course

This course deals with the Metadata aspect of all Data Projects, and will be of interest to:

• Data Architects
• Data Stewards
• Business Analysts
• Data Analysts
• Developers
• DBAs
• BI Analysts

Training a team together creates organisational capability. Transform learning into a shared operational improvement initiative, not just a once-off course.

When teams learn together:

• Develop a shared understanding of terminology
• Communicate more effectively
• Implement new practises more easily
• Strengthen accountability and ownership
• Are able to apply consistent processes across the organisation
• Collaborate better
• Return aligned, motivated, and ready to execute.