Client: CommunityAmerica Credit Union
Service: Metadata Management
Industry: Commercial; Financial Services
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Business Case
Through merger and acquisition activities CommunityAmerica Credit Union (CACU) has grown to be the largest credit union in the Midwest. These activities resulted in a high volume of data migration and transformation across all business segments. CACU envisioned that improvements in their data management practices would improve the integration of the previous mergers and acquisition activities. CACU desired to partner with industry experts to improve their data management practices to a world-class level. Central to this effort was the development and implementation of improved metadata management tools and processes. As an initial movement toward metadata management, CACU desired to develop a working prototype.
Solution
Data Blueprint’s metadata management experts utilized their “Repository in a Week” program to develop and implement a prototype metadata repository that was customized meet to CACU’s specific requirements.
Technical Environment
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Sharepoint
Results
The many benefits that CACU realized from Data Blueprint’s solution include:
- Working prototype of a metadata management repository
- Mentoring and advising CACU staff through data and metadata modeling exercises
- Guidance on personnel requirements, environmental guidelines, project and data source selection
- Analysis of chosen data sources and potential use validation
- Incorporation of best practices in the design and development of the prototype repository
- Recommendations on future requirements, phasing and transition of prototype to future state
Client Testimonial
“Data Blueprint was able to significantly accelerate our metadata repository efforts. By taking advantage of the “Repository in a Week” program, we were able to gain valuable knowledge, create a working prototype and actually start gathering metadata! With help from the experts at Data Blueprint, in just five days we were able to quickly get our staff up to speed on metadata concepts and build a functioning repository.”
Glenn Carney, Director, Data Services and Business Intelligence, CACU
