Document Construction Process
This document was constructed starting with the contents from the first edition, almost 1000 terms. In order to group similar terms alphabetically, some terms were reformatted. Some terms that were actually different forms of the same term were combined.
A review of the question and answer sets in the ICCP specialty exams that are part of the CDMP program (Data Management Core, Data Development, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Data & Information Quality, Data Operations, and Zachman Enterprise Architecture Framework2 exams) was performed in order to keep the definitions and terms in synch with the exam contents. This resulted in 300 new terms and 25 updated terms. A thorough search through the DAMA-DMBOK was conducted, resulting in 40 new terms and 30 updated terms, including some citations. A search of relevant websites provided by Kewal Dhariwal, ICCP Executive Director, was also completed. References within the dictionary to definitions in the DAMA-DMBOK were also added. Several people suggested or sent in lists of terms and definitions to add to the Dictionary. Lastly, an internet search was conducted to find related terms in order to complete the dictionary. Each definition that has no citation was worded to accurately represent the term’s meaning, while avoiding copyright issues. The result is a list of terms, more than double the original size.
Once this process was complete, the dictionary contents were put on a website using Google docs in order to conduct a peer review. Each entry was on a separate page allowing for edits and comments to be recorded on the term’s definitions, as well as allowing suggestions of more entries. Sixty-seven people were added as reviewers, from an international distribution including the US, Canada, Australia, Turkey, South Africa, and the Netherlands.
Several terms were proposed that were not included, such as names of programming languages, and terms more specific to other specialized practices, such as project management. It is not within the scope of this dictionary to define specific terms outside of data management.
During the review period, over 450 comments were generated. This process resulted in more than 1000 changes and 350 new terms. Then the manuscript was prepared and hyperlinked before being turned over to the publisher for final review and processing.
The result of all this collaborative work is what you see before you now.