“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” Katherine Hepburn

This SIG will focus on a discussion of CA’s AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler – its functionality as well as tips and suggestions to enhance the tool’s productivity.

Facilitated by the President/CEO of Axis Software Designs, a Model Management Services and Education company specializing in AllFusion Product Suite training and model management infrastructure consulting, this SIG should elicit personal experiences of tips and shortcuts, as well as ‘Don’t Dos!’ from the audience. Come to learn, and come to share.

Marcie Barkin Goodwin is the President/CEO of Axis Software Designs, a Model Management Services and Education company specializing in modeling environments, their infrastructures, and the fostering of communication to ensure successful projects. She has provided education and consulting services to Fortune 500 companies as well as to the government for over 15 years.

Ms. Goodwin has assisted her clients in the development of efficient modeling infrastructures. She is considered to be an industry expert in model management, and her consulting expertise includes the creation of customized standards, procedures and best practices for the management of iterative development and shared data. Her quick wit, engaging personality, and vast ‘hands-on’ experience make her a charismatic and highly entertaining, as well as informative speaker. She has been a successful speaker at conferences including DAMA and CAWorld.

Ms. Goodwin develops and offers thorough, yet entertaining, customized data and process modeling courses, as well as infrastructure consulting. Axis course offerings include: ‘Data Modeling Concepts’, ‘Data Modeling With AllFusion ERwin™’, ‘Process Modeling Overview for Business Users & Managers and ‘Process Modeling With AllFusion Process Modeler (BPwin™).

In addition, Axis offers ‘DM SOS!’ (Data Modeling Set of Standards)™ in CD format, which provides over 25 critical standards, procedures and forms for implementing a customizable model management infrastructure.