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Modelling Business Information : Entity relationship and class modelling for Business Analysts.
This is an essential guide to entity relationship and class modelling for business analysts in line with, and beyond, the BCS Data Analysis syllabus.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Swindon :
BCS Learning & Development Limited,
2017.
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| Colección: | ITpro collection
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: THE BASICS; 1 WHY BUSINESS ANALYSTS SHOULD MODEL INFORMATION; WHAT IS BUSINESS ANALYSIS?; INFORMATION AND DATA; THE IMPORTANCE FOR A BUSINESS ANALYST OF UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION NEEDS; THE ROLE OF MODELS IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS; DATA MODELS AND DATA; ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELLING; CLASS MODELLING; USE OF DATA MODELS IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS; WHAT MAKES A GOOD DATA MODEL?; INTRODUCING DATA ANALYSIS.
- 2 MODELLING THE THINGS OF INTEREST TO THE BUSINESS AND THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEMENTITIES AND OBJECTS; NAMING OF ENTITY TYPES AND OBJECT CLASSES; INTRODUCTION TO RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS; RELATIONSHIP NOTATION IN ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELS; ASSOCIATION NOTATION IN UML CLASS MODELS; DEGREES OF CARDINALITY AND OPTIONALITY; MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS; RECURSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND REFLEXIVE ASSOCIATIONS; EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 2; 3 MODELLING MORE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; THE PROBLEMS WITH MANY-TO-MANY RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
- RESOLVING ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL MANY-TO-MANY RELATIONSHIPSRESOLVING CLASS MODEL MANY-TO-MANY ASSOCIATIONS; THE 'BILL OF MATERIALS' STRUCTURE; MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS; GENERALISATION AND SPECIALISATION IN ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELS; GENERALISATION AND SPECIALISATION IN CLASS MODELS; AGGREGATION AND COMPOSITION; EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 3; 4 DRAWING AND VALIDATING INFORMATION MODEL DIAGRAMS; THE MODEL DRAWING PROCESS; IDENTIFYING THE ENTITY TYPES OR THE OBJECT CLASSES; IDENTIFYING THE RELATIONSHIPS OR ASSOCIATIONS; DRAWING THE INITIAL DIAGRAM; VALIDATING THE DIAGRAM.
- EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 45 RECORDING INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS; REVISITING ENTITY TYPES, OBJECT CLASSES, RELATIONSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS; INTRODUCTION TO ATTRIBUTES; THE NAMING OF ATTRIBUTES; ENTITY TYPE, OBJECT CLASS OR ATTRIBUTE?; UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS; DOMAINS; THE UML EXTENDED ATTRIBUTE NOTATION; SHOWING OPERATIONS ON CLASS MODELS; EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 5; 6 RATIONALISING DATA USING NORMALISATION; WHAT IS NORMALISATION?; THE RELATIONAL MODEL OF DATA; THE RULES OF NORMALISATION; STARTING THE NORMALISATION PROCESS; FIRST NORMAL FORM; SECOND NORMAL FORM; THIRD NORMAL FORM.
- THE THIRD NORMAL FORM DATA MODELCANDIDATE KEYS, PRIMARY KEYS AND ALTERNATE KEYS; THE RELATIONSHIP OF NORMALISATION TO MODELLING; EXERCISES FOR CHAPTER 6; PART 2: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL; 7 OTHER MODELLING NOTATIONS; THE IDEF1X NOTATION; THE INFORMATION ENGINEERING NOTATION; THE CHEN NOTATION; COMPARISON OF THE NOTATIONS; 8 THE NAMING OF ARTEFACTS ON INFORMATION MODELS; THE NAMING OF ENTITY TYPES OR OBJECT CLASSES; THE NAMING OF DOMAINS; THE NAMING OF ATTRIBUTES; THE NAMING OF RELATIONSHIPS IN ELLIS-BARKER ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELS ; THE NAMING OF ASSOCIATIONS ON UML CLASS MODELS.