Why Semantic Modeling?

Overall Reduced Time Frame

• Business analysis through logical design steps occur simultaneously
• The process becomes intuitive for participants – speeds up
• When it’s done, it’s correct unless the business users change their minds – drastically reduced re-work.

Change Management.

• A small change from the business is only a small change to the semantic model.

Ease of Incorporating Different Models.

• The model is based on definitions at the semantic level – a starting point for modeling components with different definition
• The structure of the model itself provides key information about the components being modeled – providing a quick, visual translation.

Quality Data

• Taking something that has always been somewhat subjective, open to interpretation, and defining all of it at the most accurate levels to become objective.
• Creating data for the whole organization – as opposed to silo’ed data solutions.