Data Model Patterns

Preface

Learning the basics of a modeling technique is not the same as learning how to use and apply it. Data modeling is particularly complex to learn, because it requires the modeler to gain insights into an organization’s nature that do not come easily. For example, an analyst may be expected to come into an organization and immediately understand subtleties about its structure that may have evaded people who have worked there for years.

This book is intended to help those analysts who have learned the basics of data modeling, but who are looking for help in discovering subtleties and in obtaining the insights required to prepare a good model of a real business. Moreover, the book is intended to help analysts produce models that are easier ...