Chapter 1 — Meridian Applied Lab
Data Management Baseline & Strategy
Status: Built and migrated online.
Technology gate: None. SQL/database work is optional observation only.
Original files
- Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ti73eZ5IeeHEbh8etGTJvFQGx0MP5Bzph5Pvkq7Ylws/edit
- PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RnS37SIKEGoXzn2tCTuLXwYBKdc-V7GB/view
- Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ErMlCURsLULUb5uwP65GYQmO-QwqRavh
Online lab
- Part 1 — Baseline, Inventory, Value & Risk
- Part 2 — Lifecycle, Strategy & Knowledge-Area Mapping
- Part 3 — Independent Rebuild, Debrief & Completion Key
Related theory
Core purpose
Use Meridian to make Chapter 1 concrete: identify enterprise data assets, reason about business value and management priority, trace lifecycle responsibilities, separate business/data requirements from tool choices, and turn findings into a small Data Management program baseline.