DISTINCTIVES: VDDW Distinctives   >   Degree of Integration

  • Degree of Integration speaks to how many valuable points of data, and from how many various operational domains, the system pulls together, the depth at which it connects it all, and how accessible / navigable the resultant schema is to an end user.
  • A well-integrated schema will capture a vast amount of valuable information, deeply joined, and still make it easy for an end user to get at the answer they need. A less integrated schema will fall short of this.
  • How Degree of Integration relates to the other sectors of comparison

    Degree of integration influences ease of use, depth of analysis, verifiable accuracy, and organizational buy-in.

    Because a well and deeply integrated solution involves transforming and connecting together scads of transactional data, and because it is important to keep this big data navigable and accessible to users, a well-integrated solution will also need to be highly scalable. Furthermore, a well-integrated solution can simplify the system landscape by removing a host of poorly or superfluously integrated point solutions, thereby improving topological efficiency.


  • Why the VDDW rates well for Degree of Integration

    1. The vast swath of critical information it schematically connects to elucidate corporate performance. The VDDW pulls together operational data with financials and business process all at the same transactional grain, and further connects it to the drivers of that performance, the contribution of various resources to that performance, and the way in which various consumers of those processes drive performance to begin with. The VDDW simply puts it all “right there.”

    2. The depth at which these connections are made. These critical points of data are all deeply joined at the transaction level and physically persisted in the system. The burden of pulling all this together isn’t pushed off to a reporting solution where the processing complexity would be overwhelming or join potential reduced by prematurely aggregating numbers to say the customer or product level prior to comparison.

    3. The ease with which the VDDW enables navigation of these connections, even at great levels of detail, so that users can gain a comprehensive view of the who, what, when, where, and why behind enterprise performance, and the levers for improving it.