Welcome
This is the new blog website for the Core Data Integration Project at the University of Bristol, funded by the JISC Transformations Programme. Contact Enterprise Architect, Nikki Rogers...
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Performance Enhancement – how should technology enable it?
The Performance Enhancement project is now fully underway at the University of Bristol. The project team comprises people with a wide ranging set of skills – from Change Managers to User Experience and...
View ArticleDeveloping a new Integration Architecture – the importance of the “As Is”
The core data integration project is about identifying core master data as a valuable, reusable asset within the organisation. One part of this project’s activity is designing the “to be” architecture...
View ArticleCore Data – an important asset in terms of efficiency, agility and strategy
Earlier in this project I read the JISC infoNet “10 Steps to Improving Organisational Efficiency” with interest, and considered where this project and other activities we are doing at the University of...
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Explaining the importance of a good data integration architecture to senior...
In the summer I ran a workshop with the Portfolio Executive, which is our senior decision making body at the University regarding the distribution of funds to internal projects. In one half of the...
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Important documentation for SOA: the Interface Catalogue and Data Dictionary
Interface Catalogue A few months ago I blogged about our initiation of an Interface Catalogue here at the University of Bristol...
View ArticleCase Study Project Report
This is the case study report given to the JISC, July 2013: Project Name: Core Data Integration Project Lead Institution: University of Bristol Project Lead: Nikki Rogers, Enterprise Architect, IT...
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Designing a SOA Roadmap for the University
Over on my other blog, I talk about our first pass Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) roadmap for Bristol, arising from the Master Data Integration strategy. See the description at...
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