Managing master data implementations

S. V. Kuznetsov, D. V. Koznov, D. V. Luciv

Saint Petersburg State University

Abstract: Every business organization has a subset of data which must be highly consistent: legal information, supplier and contractual data, customer base, etc. Customers and employees expect to receive the same information about the same data object from different organization sources, which are usually other information systems. The process of consolidation and centralized control of such data throughout the organization is called Master Data Management (MDM). The iterative deployment strategy is a popular way to introduce MDM to a organization that supposes a step-by-step implementation of MDM components based on the real needs of the organization. In this paper, we present a functional MDM model for the early stages of MDM implementation within the iterative deployment strategy. The purpose of this model is to represent real business needs of an organization in terms of MDM, making clear which MDM components should be implemented, and which should not. Detailed description of the model components is provided. Also, a case study, presenting a portfolio of six real MDM projects analyzed from the viewpoint of the proposed model is performed.

Keywords: enterprise applications, master data management, open source, component approach

DOI: 10.15514/ISPRAS-2025-37(4)-9