This seminar describes the trends in the evolution of application development in the information age. 

It describes how one can and must exploit today's information technology for competitive advantage applications.

You learn the emerging directions in information management and data modeling along with their ramification on application engineering and information resource development. 

You learn characteristics of a value-centric application architecture and approach that can reduce the cost of application development while increasing the quality of applications.

Upon completion of this seminar, you will be able to:

• Describe what conceptual data modeling is and why it is required
• Describe the goals and objectives of a shared data environment
• List the functions and responsibilities of DA as it relates to application development
• Describe the required value-centric development tasks in the application development life cycle
• List the components of a strategic automation architecture
• Define subject areas as a mechanism for organizing the information resources of an enterprise
• Describe elements of effective information management standards and procedures
• Describe a business-driven entity-relationship model and how it reflects the enterprise view of its data
• Describe normalization from a business viewpoint
• Describe how to validate the stability of the conceptual data model
• Identify and model entity types and subtypes
• Describe techniques to model entity life cycles and business rules

It describes how one can--  and must--  exploit today's information technology for competitive advantage applications.

You learn the emerging directions in information management and data modeling along with their ramification on application engineering and information resource development. 

You learn characteristics of a value-centric application architecture and approach that can reduce the cost of application development while increasing the quality of applications.