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38 Rapid Battle Cards

# Concept A Concept B Deciding clue
1 Integration Interoperability movement/consolidation vs ability of systems to communicate
2 ETL ELT Transform before Load vs Load raw then Transform in target
3 Snapshot Delta point-in-time set vs changes since prior transfer
4 Batch Micro-batch scheduled larger groups vs same pattern at higher frequency
5 CDC Replication detect/pass deltas vs maintain synchronized copies
6 Data-based CDC Log-based CDC data/application indicators vs DBMS activity logs
7 Asynchronous Synchronous sender continues vs current process waits
8 Near-real-time Real-time synchronous small delay allowed vs no acceptable delay/current process blocks
9 Streaming Batch continuous events vs periodic sets/files
10 Replication Semantic integration copy same data vs reconcile meaning/structure
11 Point-to-point Hub-and-spoke direct pair links vs common hub/control point
12 Hub-and-spoke Publish-subscribe common exchange hub vs publish once/multiple subscribers
13 Canonical model Source-specific message shared enterprise format vs one-off pair-specific format
14 Tight coupling Loose coupling shared availability/dependency vs independent operation
15 Mapping Orchestration field/rule conversion vs process order/dependencies
16 Orchestration Process controls flow execution pattern vs logs/alerts/exceptions/dependency evidence
17 EAI ESB API-mediated application interaction vs message intermediary
18 ESB SOA bus implementation vs architecture of reusable independent services
19 SOA API service architecture vs interface mechanism often used to expose service
20 ESB CEP move/route messages vs interpret event patterns and trigger response
21 Federation Virtualization combined access across stores vs present heterogeneous stores as one logical DB
22 Virtualization Physical consolidation no required persistence vs data stored in common physical structure
23 DaaS Database-as-a-Service data delivered as service vs database infrastructure delivered as service
24 Cloud integration/iPaaS On-prem ESB cloud-delivered integration vs internally deployed middleware
25 Discovery Profiling find/identify candidate sources vs analyze actual content/fitness
26 Profiling Data Quality program integration-focused inspection vs broader ongoing quality management
27 Lineage Mapping origin/movement/change history vs source-target transformation specification
28 Business rule Mapping rule business constraint/derivation vs how a source value becomes a target value
29 Requirements Architecture what/why constraints vs how solution patterns/components meet the need
30 Data service Data flow reusable access/update capability vs execution path of integration steps
31 Migration Publication controlled move for application change vs producer makes new/changed data available
32 Migration Operational integration repeated trial/final conversion vs ongoing exchange
33 Metadata repository ETL tool stores meaning/rules/lineage/process Metadata vs executes movement/transformation
34 Data Sharing Agreement Technical interface spec use/responsibility/service obligations vs technical exchange definition
35 SLA Sharing Agreement performance/service commitment vs broader acceptable-use/responsibility/restrictions
36 Forward lineage Backward lineage where data is used/goes vs where it came from
37 Enterprise reuse Local one-off fewer reusable standard components vs local speed with proliferation/support risk
38 Business accountability Technical implementation approves meaning/transformation rules vs implements governed rules

Rapid discrimination drill

  • “Which rows changed?” → CDC / Delta.
  • “Same data in another location?” → Replication.
  • “Which source field becomes which target field?” → Mapping.
  • “What runs first / what depends on it?” → Orchestration.
  • “Too many interfaces?” → Hub / canonical / reusable service.
  • “Producer must continue if receiver is offline?” → Async / loose coupling.
  • “Meaningful multi-event condition triggers action?” → CEP.
  • “Where did this value come from / where does it go?” → Lineage.

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