From Stories to Solutions

From Stories to Solutions
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From Stories to Solutions: Redefining Communication Between Business and Data Professionals, by Remco Broekmans

Capture business concepts and relationships, align data strategies with business goals, and run effective workshops to identify business needs using proven techniques.

Topics

Introduction

Chapter 1: Mapping the Business

Chapter 2: For Both Sides of the Organization

The Business Side

The IT Side

The GPT—LLM side

Chapter 3: Running Workshops

Chapter 4: Use of GPTs and LLMs for Data Modeling

Chapter 5: The ELM Artifacts

  1. CBC-List
  2. CBC-Canvas
  3. CBC-Form
  4. Event-Canvas
  5. NBR-Matrix
  6. NBR-Form

Chapter 6: The Ontology

Chapter 7; The ELM Approach Applied to Willibald

Introducing Willibald

Workshop 1: Align—phase CBC

Workshop 2 Refine—phase NBR

Workshop 3 Design

Chapter 8: The Templates for the Six Artifacts

In today’s data-driven world, bridging the communication gap between business and IT has never been more critical or challenging. Learn the groundbreaking approach to solving this age-old problem by leveraging the power of stories to build better data models. Rather than diving into technical jargon, we’ll show you how to extract business needs and translate these insights into actionable data solutions.

Written for both business professionals and IT experts, this book introduces the Ensemble Logical Modeling (ELM) approach—a structured yet flexible framework that helps organizations align, refine, and design data models that meet their specific needs. Through practical guidance, real-world examples, and engaging anecdotes, readers will learn how to foster collaboration and ensure that data models accurately reflect business realities without unnecessary complexity or confusion.

For business leaders, create a roadmap for communicating ideas, needs, and requirements without understanding technical complexities. Guide IT towards solutions that truly drive the organization forward. For IT professionals, learn how to decode business language and build models that both sides can understand and work with effectively.

Whether you’re an experienced data professional, a business leader looking to better leverage data, or someone who needs to connect the dots between business needs and IT capabilities, this book is your guide to achieving a shared understanding.

You will learn:

  • A practical step-by-step approach to capturing business stories and translating them into logical, actionable data models.
  • Tools and artifacts such as the CBC-List, Event-Canvas, and NBR-Matrix that guide teams in mapping business concepts and refining relationships.
  • Proven methods for running workshops that foster collaboration and mutual understanding between business and IT stakeholders.
  • Through real-world initiatives, how the ELM approach addresses common challenges in organizational data modeling.

 

Unlock the power of collaboration and common language with the Ensemble Logical Model (ELM).

About Remco

Remco Broekmans, with over 20 years of experience in data management, specializes in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Modeling, particularly Ensemble Modeling and Data Vault. He focuses on aligning business and IT through ELM workshops and logical data models. Remco also serves as a trainer, coach, and advisor, regularly publishing articles, developing educational courses, and speaking at conferences, all while emphasizing a business-first approach to data initiatives.

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