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Understanding and appreciating the other perspectives and the whole

picture when resistance or conflict arises and working to find solutions

that are truly win-win.

Finally, we covered other topics regarding socializing these patterns. We

discussed how the patterns may be used not only for enterprise-wide stan-

dardization but also for many other circumstances such as jump-starting

the development of a data model for a specific project. We recognized that

upper-level management support helps, but in our opinion, the universal

principles we discussed in this chapter are core to not only gaining manage-

ment support but also to achieving success. We provided some suggestions

regarding estimating return on investment of the patterns, and we hope these

patterns yield a great return on investment for you and your organization.

References

1

See Chapter 9 for more information on how to use the patterns for

these types of efforts.

2

The Data Model Resource Book: Revised Edition, Volume 1, A Library

of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises by L. Silverston (Wiley,

2001).

3

Power Versus Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by

David R. Hawkins (Hay House, 2002).

4

The Sedona Method by Hale Dwoskin (Sedona Press, 2003).

5

From the Routledge Dictionary of Quotations,editedbyRobert

Andrews (Routledge, 1987).

6

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