How Data Models Fit Into Projects: a must read!
see below, the key part is this:
CHAPTER 7 How Data Models Fit Into Projects . .
suggest: it is a MUST read chapter.
CHAPTER 1 Understanding and Organizing Data: Past and Present . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 2 Introducing Relational Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CHAPTER 3 Understanding Relational Modeling Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CHAPTER 4 Understanding Data Modeling Methods: Graphical Syntax . . . . . . 89
CHAPTER 5 Introducing Object-Oriented Data Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
CHAPTER 6 Examining Levels of Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
CHAPTER 7 How Data Models Fit Into Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
CHAPTER 8 Building a Conceptual Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
CHAPTER 9 Building a Logical Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
CHAPTER 10 Transforming a Logical Model into a Physical Model . . . . . . . . . . 303
CHAPTER 11 Designing a Physical Model Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
CHAPTER 12 Introducing Dimensional Data Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
CHAPTER 13 Reverse-Engineering a Data Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
CHAPTER 14 Communicating with the Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
CHAPTER 15 Improving Data Quality and Managing Documentation . . . . . . . . . 487
CHAPTER 16 Introducing Metadata Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
CHAPTER 17 Exploring Data Modeling Working Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
APPENDIX A Data Modeling: Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563