This exercise has been created for the Data Modeling Meetup Munich (DM3). It works best with small groups (3 to 5 people).

If possible, split your team in multiple groups (2 to 4). Then, you can discuss and compare the results from the different groups afterwards.

By Fernando de Sousa from Melbourne, Australia (Flickr) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Case Study

Cinemania is a successful movie theater chain with multiplex cinemas in multiple locations.

Films are shown in 2D or 3D, dubbed, with subtitles or in their original foreign-language versions. There are special offers like discount days, family screenings or sneak previews.

You can buy tickets online, via phone or at the box office.

Possible Core Business Concepts

  • Cinema
  • Screen
  • Film
  • Screening
  • Customer
  • Ticket
  • Employee

Exercise

As a group, create the backbone of a data vault model (hubs and links) for Cinemania on a whiteboard, flipchart or Miro board.

Use the list of
possible core business concepts as inspiration for your hubs. Take 10 to 15 minutes.

First published on Medium, 2018-05-11