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who we are: history

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information modelling

insurance industry templates

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Problems supporting business interpretations and judgements with complex data?

Business intelligence cannot be accessed.

Business decisions not supported by information systems.

Information / knowledge systems not used.

Lack of fit with business process.

Modelling process gets stuck.

Impossible to merge rival models.

Models don't make sense to business users.

Models cannot be implemented.

Problems connecting systems and services across people and organizations with different vocabularies?

Enterprise lacks connection or integration - for example, after a series of mergers.

Legacy systems and services poorly accessible.

Poor communication - clashes of intention and interpretation between partners.

Errors in business process management and delegation.

How we can help you

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	Business Decision Modelling
	Information Modelling
	Model Assessment
	Modelling Process Assessment
	Training, Coaching & Mentoring

information management

white papers and other materials

title	keywords	version
Data Modelling Crib Sheet (pdf)	Entity, Relationship, Attribute	July 1999
Notes on Identity and Difference work in progress	Entity, Object, Class, Identification	June 1999
Insurance industry: models, architectures and frameworks	Business process, System architecture	June 1999
Towards the lightness of information Post-modern data architecture	Post-modernism, Data Architecture, Knowledge Management	February 1999
The Give and Take of Information	Data Architecture, Organizational Politics, Business Strategy	February 1999
Software Objects and Mediaeval Thought The relevance of Arab and Christian philosophy to object thinking.	Object, Reification, Implementation	January 1999
Organic Information Planning An alternative to top-down planning	Information Planning	December 1997
Modelling History Notes on information and object modelling for historical and archive data.	Information Modelling	August 1997
Archive Fever Review of book by Derrida.	Data Archiving	August 1997
Data and Operations	Data retrieval, operation retrieval	August 1994

books

Richard Veryard, Pragmatic Data Analysis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1984. ISBN 0-632-01311-7
Richard Veryard, Information Modelling: Practical Guidance. Prentice-Hall, 1992. ISBN 0-13-454182-0

training workshops

Modelling Ideas	Masterclass in object and process modelling	1 day
Information Modelling Workshop	Basic training in information modelling	4 days
Modelling Components	SCIPIO: business process improvement using software components	3 days

history

veryard projects is a technology management consultancy, based in London.

Richard Veryard has been practising and teaching information modelling and management since 1980.

Roles include: data modelling, model inspection and reviews, database administration, data dictionary development, data administration, development coordination, architecture management, and method development.

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