{"product_id":"9780133488623","title":"Data Model Patterns: Conventions of Thought","description":"This is  the digital version of the printed book (Copyright © 1996).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLearning the basics of a modeling technique is not the same as learning how to use and apply it. To develop a data model of an organization is to gain insights into its nature that do not come easily. Indeed, analysts are often expected to understand subtleties of an organization's structure that may have evaded people who have worked there for years. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere's help for those analysts who have learned the basics of data modeling (or \"entity\/relationship modeling\") but who need to obtain the insights required to prepare a good model of a real business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructures common to many types of business are analyzed in areas such as accounting, material requirements planning, process manufacturing, contracts, laboratories, and documents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn each chapter, high-level data models are drawn from the following business areas:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Enterprise and Its World\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Things of the Enterprise\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProcedures and Activities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContracts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccounting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Laboratory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMaterial Requirements Planning\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProcess Manufacturing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDocuments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLower-Level Conventions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078951715056,"sku":"9780133488623","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133488623_p0.jpg?v=1763641090","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133488623","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}