What Data Elements should be added to the Data Dictionary? How much work should teams invest in this process?
Any time a Data Elements is stored or transmitted using any computer system within the Minnesota Department of Education, it becomes a candidate Data Element in the Data Dictionary. But that does not determine if a detailed If a Data Element must be formally reviewed by a Data Element Approval Team (DEAT). Each DEAT determines the Return on Investment (ROI) of the effort required to create semantically precise definitions for the Data Element. This is a non-trivial process and requires time by senior staff members that are frequently in high demand. There are several factors that are used to determine how much work should be spent on each Data Element. These are known as Data Element Value Factors (DEVF). They include factors such as how many systems used this Data Element, is this Data Element included in data transferred between computer systems outside the Minnesota Department of Education, how frequently do the enumerated values change, what business processes are impacted if the d
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