Building a Foundational Data Program

Foundational Data represents key data domains that are used within and across various Lines of Business in an Organization and examples include: Customer, Product and Account data.

The Foundational Data Program has been setup to administer, develop and maintain the following categories of information within the aforementioned data domains:

Reference Data – Standard code sets
Master Data – Primary data requiring integration (Identifiers, Attributive Data)
Relationship Data – Hierarchy and Cross Domain relationships.

High Level Topics to be covered:

Program Partners
Architecture Framework
Processes
Scenarios

Since 1999, Bill Brantly has been an Information Architect for Wells Fargo specializing in Information Architecture, the development of an Enterprise Information Model and Information Management Strategies & Best Practices across the corporation using data and process modeling tools. He is currently involved in a Foundational Data Program for the bank which is focused on an MDM Repository of critical enterprise information as well as touch the areas of Data Governance & Stewardship, Data Architecture, Metadata, Data Quality and Data Integration. He has successfully designed and implemented solutions in the areas of risk management, contact management, customer grouping, a product repository and a financial profiling system.