JCK - Excellence in Data Architecture

EXCELLENCE IN DATA ARCHITECTURE

since 1989

4348 Pine Grove Ave
Fort Gratiot MI USA
48059-3732
V: 810 982-8639

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Business Event Analysis & Modeling (BEAM™)

BEAM™ for Decision Support Systems

Extended Relational Analysis (ERA™)

Structured Query Language (SQL)

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What is User Focused Data Architecture?

Extended Relational Analysis ™

Yes, it’s still available. And yes, it works as well as it ever did.

About thirty years ago, a radical thinker named Gerry Rzeppa brought together a few simple ideas and built a technique that changed the world of data analysis.

Ideas like...

...users understand their situations, and can describe them accurately in ordinary language
...well-constructed relational tables can accurately reflect a user’s reality
...if a situation can be described, it can be captured in a well-constructed set of tables using sound relational principles
...well-constructed tables are simple for both users and analysts to understand
...well-constructed tables form a sound foundation for computer systems, speeding development and reducing implementation issues
...when users and designers work together, ambiguities are clarified and sound definitions are hammered out

Gerry called his analytical technique Extended Relational Analysis. It was swiftly adopted by most major database software firms as their analytical methodology and was soon being taught around the world.

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Since 1989, JCK has been devoted to teaching and implementing the principles of User-Focused Data Architecture. UFDA is based on the principle that the users are the data experts in any organization. Sound data architecture should focus on extracting the user's knowledge, clarifying ambiguous defintions, and building understandable data structures. These definitions and structures serve as the basis for system development. The first and most well known UFDA technique is Extended Relational Analysis ™ (ERA), which has been proven for decades. More recent techniques include Business Event Analysis & Modeling ™ (BEAM), which is useful for both Transactional Systems (BEAM TSS) and Decision Support Systems (BEAM DSS).