Meetup #16 - Data Modelling & Real World AI

Meetup #16 at Electric Works (in front of the coach station and just up the road from the central train station).

Doors open from 5:30 to give you time to grab a drink and chat to fellow attendees. Talks running from 6 with food provided after the sessions by sponsors Simpsons Associates.

Session 1 - **Johnny Winter -** *Data Modelling for Super Stars! How to collaboratively design your star schema with end users*

Despite claims to the contrary, dimensional modelling and star schemas are alive and well the in the modern data world. But whilst developers might have great technical skills and understand how to build a star schema, they may lack the business domain knowledge to ensure that what they deliver is fit for use by analysts and self-service users. On the flip side, these end users often know what they want and need from a data platform, but struggle to explain this in a way that makes it easy for developers to implement.

How can we improve the requirements gathering process