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Other Courses

(In preparation….. available later in 2009)

Course Title:	Master Data Management (incorporating Product and Customer Data Management)
Course Overview:	This course provides a guide of what it takes to implement a successful Master Data Management (MDM) programme in an enterprise. Topics addressed include: What is Master Data?, What is Master Data Management? The components of an MDM programme, MDM architecture, design, technology and product categories, Aspects of Data Governance needed to make MDM work, Infrastructure and services needed for MDM, from Metadata to production support, How to build a business case to get an MDM programme adopted.
Duration:	2 days
Intended participants:	CIOs, Enterprise Architects, Data, Application, or Technology Architects, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, MIS Management, Managers of Applications, Data, or Technology, Data Modellers, including Dimension Modellers, Data Warehouse and Mart team members, Data Content Administrators, MDM Project members, Knowledge Managers, Consultants, Planners Operational Reporting staff, Data Stewards.

Course Title:	Metadata management
Course Overview:	Reliable and well-defined Meta-data is a critical contributor to the success of all business-driven IT projects. An inexpensive but well thought-out and effective meta-data program can still reduce business and IT costs and improve the productivity of the knowledge worker. This course will focus on what companies can do with limited budget, time, people and commitment to manage and leverage the meta-data in their environment. Participants in this course will learn how to build the components of a meta-data program, how to identify the “right” meta-data to manage, and how to immediately formulate a meta-data program and strategy that can reduce costs, improve productivity and data/information Governance, with minimal investment.
Duration:	1 Day
Intended participants:	Business, Technology and Data Managers, Solution Architects, Data Architects, System Integrators, Data Stewards and Consultants charged with the reduction of Information Technology costs and the quality management of information assets.

Course Title:	Performance Measurement and Management (Setting and measuring KPI’s)
Course Overview:	In this course students will learn how to (re-) define, measure, report and manage ‘Actionable Critical Success Factors’ and effective Key Performance Indicators, in order to be able to measure and manage actual performance against pre-set targets.
Duration:	1 Day
Intended participants:	Business Unit Managers and others involved in setting, measuring, monitoring and/or managing Performance.

Course Title:	South African Legal aspects of Data and Information Governance
Course Overview:	This seminar-style course will address the impact of current and future legislation around the management of the corporate data assets, and how to prepare for it. Concepts and Definitions Records Management: Policies and Practices for retention, classification etc.. Access Legislation: Data Privacy, Data Sharing, Data Security, Data Archiving, ‘Right to Access’ Information Security: Policies and practices Impact of Consumer Protection Bill, Protection of Personal Information Bill, etc.. Strategies for success: organisational awareness, resources, coaching.
Duration:	1 Day
Intended participants:	CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, IT Managers, Marketing Managers, Data and Information Managers. Anyone responsible or accountable for Data Management or Governance.

Course Title:	Data Governance & Data Stewardship
Course Overview:	This course discusses the issues facing an organisation considering or embarking on a Data Governance initiative, of which Data Stewardship is an essential component. Participants of this course will learn about the components of an effective Data Governance programme and how to immediately formulate a strategy that can deliver results with minimal investment. The role of the Data Steward will be comprehensively addressed.
Duration:	1 Day
Intended participants:	CIOs, IT Directors, Business and Data Managers, Solution Architects, Data Architects, Data Stewards (and candidate Data Stewards), Consultants charged with reduction of Information Technology costs and IT/Data Quality Improvement, and/or compliance with various legislations.