Data Quality Management IP-UML

[salayande]

The Area of Total Quality Management is a pain point for most organisations. Work has been done bt researchers at MIT (Richard Wang et al)to develop a process (Information Product Map, IP-MAP)for managing data as a manufactured product. Recent work was done to align this framework to UML metamodel by suggesting a profile(IP-UML).

This is a great opportunity for Information Analysts, Data Strategy Managers, Data Architects and anyone else interested in data quality/data harmonization to apply the same notation (UML) used for data modeling for data quality requirements modeling.

I am suggesting that SparxSystems consider developing Add-Ins to support this work as it is such support that further separates drawing tools from CASE tools.

I also want to add that Sparxsystems should promote the Add-In developed by researchers at the University of Austria to support UMM (an ISO variant of RUP). UMM is increasingly becoming important for the analysis and modeling of collaborative B-2-B systems for International Trade (UN/CEFACT). There are actually few tools that support this important area.

Segun Alayande
Data Architect
British Airports Authority

[mikewhit]

However this free UMM addin for EA does exist:
http://ummaddin.researchstudio.at/

[«Midnight»]

There is considerable recent interest in UMM/CEFACT - although much of it will likely be under the banner of upcoming ISO standards.

This might be an area where EA could make considerable penetration. This could be in the form of additional price products, or through no-cost add-ons. Sparx or third parties might find considerable opportunities here.

Regardless, the time frame would be short to intermediate. Once there are special purpose products in this space playing catch-up could be difficult.