Visual Knowledge Lab
Complex Knowledge. Made Visual.
Data & DMI

From Data Usage to Critical Data Element

Domain: Data & DMI

Scenario: a customer makes a digital payment and receives a transaction notification.

Understand Critical Data in 3 Minutes
Educational simulation using a fictional, generic scenario. Organisations use their own approved data management frameworks.
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Business Process

A customer makes a digital payment and receives a transaction notification. What data does this business process depend on?

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What data does this process depend on? Pick an element

What is it?

Value of the payment.

Where is it used?

Posting, notification, reconciliation and reporting.

Why does it matter?

Directly drives customer and financial outcomes.

If it's wrong

Incorrect balance, reconciliation break, financial discrepancy.

Start with the business process, not the database. Ask what the process is trying to achieve and which decisions or customer outcomes depend on it.

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