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BMEWS
Back to the Conceptual Data Model.
This page defines the Business Rules that the Data Model must comply with to support an operational Database.
Our Design Approach is to create a Template for each Super-Type or Generic 'Thing of Interest', and to use the Template for each Sub-Type. 
A. What are the Requirements ?
The Requirement is to designa Database to support a family of generically similar Systems :-

  1. BMEWS - Business Monitoring and Early Warning Systems.

  2. An ICT Toolkit for Development Applications.

  3. An Integrated Compliance Framework.


B. What are the Things of Interest ?
B.1 Individuals, such as 

    

  1. Staff

  2. Users

  3. Volunteers


B.2 Organizations, such as 

    

  1. Counterparties

  2. Customers

  3. Employers

  4. Suppliers

  5. Third Parties


B.3 Performance measures, such as :-

    

  1. KPIs

  2. Risk Factors


B.4 Projects, such as :-

    

  1. To Be Specified


B.5 Roles, such as :-

    

  1. Manager

  2. Team member


C. How are they Related ?
C.1 A User can be responsible for zero, one or many KPIs.
D. What else do we know about them ?


Barry Williams
4th. January 2004
Principal Consultant
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