Consistent Definitions and Deployment

A critical information infrastructure task in many organizations is to identify and define common elements across the organization. Gaining cross-functional consensus on definitions can be difficult -- and until now, keeping standards alive once established has been nearly impossible. OneData enables business users to create and maintain their definitions, and, more importantly, to deploy and distribute it.

Business Ownership

Identifying the right owners is difficult, and the identified owners do not have tools to manage their entities and definitions. This leads to ownership gradually becoming system-driven. The OneData methodology helps identify business owners, and the software helps manage entities and definitions and provides security levels to ensure correct ownership and access.

Change Management

Changing data standards, ownership issues, and a single source for reference data dictates a need for integrated data and change management. OneData’s built-in workflow and approvals mechanism along with the embedded change request and notification features provide data owners with the necessary tools to manage changes to data definitions and entities. A separate staging area provides an isolated facility for safe modifications.

Transition and System Integration

Once new processes and a new standard data foundation are planned, the issue of disparate systems need to be addressed. Data must move seamlessly between systems and without impact to legacy systems. OneData works with both “As-Is” and “To-Be” processes and systems, enabling a smooth transition. Customers can start standardization with a small domain and gradually extend the reach.