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The core "things" we need to consider at CSU
Concepts & Relationships | CSU Information Models
Concepts & Relationships
A model showing the relationship between key CSU ‘things’. This example is from an Academic perspective but you could describe the whole organisation this way -but it can get very complicated, very quickly!
The line between the boxes means there is a relationship between them. How these two items are related sits above the line in italics. The example above would read like this – “A Student enrols in [an] Subject Offering”. The text in red provides an example.
A student doesn’t enrol in a subject. They actually enrol in a subject offering, which is a combination of subject + location + term + mode (four other ‘things’).
CSU is a complex place and this is one simple example of that complexity. Often this knowledge is only in people’s heads and has never been documented before.
A student doesn’t enrol in a subject. They actually enrol in a subject offering, which is a combination of subject + location + term + mode (four other ‘things’).
CSU is a complex place and this is one simple example of that complexity. Often this knowledge is only in people’s heads and has never been documented before.
CSU Information Models
CSU has created detailed Information or "Data Models". They are similar to the above model but describe in detail many more objects than are shown here. They also include definitions, relationship details, attributes, the systems where information is (and isn't) stored about these things, and who is responsible for them.
Identifying, defining, documenting and disseminating CSU "things" (or entities) is good knowledge management. It aims to improve communication and the information needed to do our jobs. Understanding the relationships between "things" helps determine dependencies and enables us review the impacts of change in a more considered way.
- CSU Enterprise Data Model - a high level logical model of data entities (or assets) that are shared by more than one application or user group within the business activities of CSU, including the relationships between these data entities.
- CSU Domains – a domain is an area of activity within an organisation that contains related business processes. The current CSU Enterprise Data Model can be partitioned into six domains with more to be added as the enterprise data model grows. Current domains are:
- CSU Master Data Definitions [coming soon] – This document describes the entities that have been included in the current version of CSU’s enterprise data model including definition, types, relationships, attributes, rules, stakeholders, and authoritative source.
- CSU Master Data Dictionary – This is a summary description of each data entity and associated attributes within the current version of CSU’s enterprise data model.
- CSU Data Governance Committee - has the responsibility of ensuring the means by which data assets are defined, controlled, used and communicated for the benefit of CSU.
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