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ability to Forecast Demand as accurately as possible. See Process P1.5 in Chapter 4
for the basic process step description with tips. Quality Characteristics include:
Stability of the Information Model and Database Design. The Forecast
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Information Model and Database Design will have a tendency to change
more than other Information Models, because Forecasting is dependent
on many factors, many of which are not easily knowable. Its development
will be iterative based upon Design of Experiments to understand the
interactions of the variables and their influence on Demand. The goal is
having completeness of Attributes that influence Demand.
Flexibility of the Information Model and Database Design. The Model
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and design should have very little change if business processes are reen-
gineered. The Model and design should be non-dependent on the way in
which Forecasting is performed. The Model should allow for experimen-
tation in refining the Forecasting process.
Reuse of the Information Model and Database Design is high. Quality
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in the structure of the Forecast and Order and Sales Information Models
(that represents Enterprise Information Requirements and the inherent
relationships among the objects and events the enterprise needs to know
about) and the Database Design should be usable directly by all Enterprise
Stakeholders, including ...