Chapter 11

Data Integration Design and Development

Abstract

Data integration combines data from different sources and brings it together to ultimately provide a unified view. If an enterprise has inconsistent data, it is highly likely that it has a data integration problem. The data integration architecture represents the workflow of data from multiple systems of record through a series of transformations used to create consistent, conformed, comprehensive, clean, and current information for business analysis and decision making. This architecture requires a broad set of design, development, and deployment standards. Designing the data integration processes involves creating stage-related conceptual and logical data integration process models and ...

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