by Rob Malcolm | Sep 20, 2026 | Glossary
An artefact must be sufficiently coherent, credible and understandable to establish fluency and invite serious engagement, but deliberately incomplete enough to remain challengeable. It should make its assumptions visible, avoid prescribing answers, and enable people...
by Rob Malcolm | Sep 14, 2026 | Glossary
Subject Area* — A coherent, mind-sized portion of the Common Data Model organised around one Root Entity Type and used to understand and validate a specific L3 capability. A Subject Area brings together the Entity Types, relationships, rules and relevant business...
by Rob Malcolm | Sep 12, 2026 | Glossary
Business Object: A major business concept that represents one of the fundamental things an organisation deals with and that provides a stable anchor for its enterprise data model. Business Object — A major business concept that represents one of the fundamental things...
by Rob Malcolm | Sep 10, 2026 | Glossary
Conceptual Data Model: A governed, enterprise-level representation of the principal and important secondary business entities, their meanings and significant relationships, providing a coherent semantic map of the organisation independent of physical systems or...
by Rob Malcolm | Sep 5, 2026 | Glossary
The archetypal boundary spanner who connects people, ideas, teams and communities across intersecting Islands of Cohesion. Background: Nigel belongs comfortably in more than one community. People on both sides of a boundary trust and accept him, and he can move...
by Rob Malcolm | Sep 5, 2026 | Glossary
Nationality: Australian Background: University student studying soil science, with a growing interest in regenerative agriculture and a family connection to Country through his Ngarrindjeri great-grandmother. Narrative Interest: Marko represents the next generation of...