Re: Enterprise Data Model benefits

"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote:

>"Dean" <dean_at_bluerose.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:cd776a1a.0305130103.cf79703_at_posting.google.com...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here's a question.
>>
>> How much (as say a % of development costs) could a company expect to
>> save over the medium to long-term (5 to 10 years) if they started a
>> process to develop an enterprise data model?
>>
>> Open-ended and dependant on countless other factors I know, but I'm
>> trying to get a grip on the tangible benefits of such a model.
>
>On the basis of no information, I can safely say the limit of the net
>benefit could approach infinity from either direction. Every company is
>different and what is necessary for one is waste for another.

     Agreed. Another take: Look at it as having a strategy.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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