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The DAMA International DAMA-DMBOK® Version 2 Revised has an amazing series of images and diagrams that have been updated and added to since DAMA-DMBOK®1. The most popular of these images were the context diagrams, so DAMA International has decided to provide the public downloadable images for these - negating the need to rebuild them.
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Publications must include the approved bibliographic citation for the second edition, revised:
DAMA International. The DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK2R). 2nd ed, revised. Sedona, AZ: Technics Publications, LLC, 2024.
THE WHEEL DIAGRAMS
The DAMA-DMBOK® would not be the same without a wheel diagram. So click on the heading above to get your Wheel images. Do look further though, at the Evolved Wheel. This is the DAMA International evolved image of what Data Management looks like and how all these functions interact together.
THE CONTEXT DIAGRAMS
Data Handling Ethics
Data Governance and Stewardship
Data Architecture
Data Modeling and Design
Data Storage and Operations
Data Security
Data Integration and Interoperability
Document and Content Management
Reference and Master Data
Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence
Metadata Management
Data Quality Management
Big Data and Data Science
Data Management Maturity Assessment
