From the course: How to Perform Business Analysis in a Virtual Environment
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Virtual data modeling: Prepare it
From the course: How to Perform Business Analysis in a Virtual Environment
Virtual data modeling: Prepare it
- Have you ever agreed with a colleague to go get lunch? You both agree, but when lunchtime comes, you're expecting to go pick up the lunch. Your colleague though was looking forward to going out. You agreed to the same thing, but the details were totally different. Data modeling is a way for more than one person to completely understand what is meant by a term or concept. Data models provide visualized ways to describe concepts with details. These are the adjectives, descriptions, and what we often might call metadata and properties. And when you're working virtually, having everyone on the same page is going to save you a ton of time. But don't worry, you don't have to be a data scientist to be good at data modeling. We want to use data modeling when we want clarity on data in how people are using it. So first, always identify if you're having a data challenge or a communication challenge. The simple way to do this…