Update 1/21 12:26:

Schedule a second session for in-depth demos and discussion. Meet in Dave's room #422 on Friday at 1 PM!

Party model, General vs. Specific models

Demonstration and discussion of techniques that will help you build a bullet-proof contact management/CRM system. We'll demonstrate and discuss techniques that will help you build bullet-proof contact management/CRM systems and much more.

Party model

Data modeling experts have invested thousands of hours thinking about the proper way to model data for managing information about people and organizations. We'll discuss party model concepts from Len Silverston (The Data Model Resource Book, Volumes 1 & 2) . We'll discuss the advantages, disadvantages, and I'll share my approaches to implement these concepts in FileMaker.

General vs. Specific models

Based on the presentation by Len Silverston and Paul Agnew, we'll discuss "modeling choices ranging from very specific styles of modeling to more flexible and abstract styles of data modeling for modeling three of the most common patterns needed in any data modeling effort, namely, roles, statuses, and classifications." (https://wilshireconferences.webex.com/mw0306l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=wilshireconferences&service=6)

Host:

Dave Graham

Bit Tailor, LLC