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Exploring the future of data modeling, metadata‑driven engineering, and business‑friendly mappings.

Summary

This is a living roadmap of upcoming articles I’ll be publishing on Medium. It outlines the subjects I’ll cover in the coming months around business‑oriented data modeling, model‑driven data engineering, and business‑friendly mapping.

Each section lists the key discussion points that will form the basis of future deep‑dive articles.

Over the coming months I’ll be writing a series of articles about business‑oriented data modeling, model‑driven data engineering, and business‑friendly mapping. These topics sit at the intersection of business analysis, data architecture, and modern engineering practices.

Instead of keeping my editorial plan private, I’m sharing it openly here. That way you know what’s coming, and you can even suggest which topics interest you most. I’ll keep this roadmap updated as new subjects emerge.

1) Requirement Models in a Model‑Driven Workflow

Category: Model‑Driven Data Engineering (MDDE)

Summary: Requirement models have long been used in tools like SAP PowerDesigner. Do they still matter in today’s metadata‑driven and code‑first world? I’ll explore their relevance, value, and how they fit into a modern engineering approach.

What I’ll cover:

• Using requirement models in our way of working.
• The concept of requirement models (esp. SAP PowerDesigner’s definition).
• The value of the models: business outcomes, traceability, testability, governance.
• Are they still necessary in 2025? Trade‑offs versus code‑first approaches.
• Where they fit in our methodology (place in lifecycle, inputs/outputs, roles).
• How requirement model metadata is part of the total metadata set.
• Requirement models in relation to vertical lineage (business → conceptual → logical → physical → runtime).
• Organizing requirement models in VSCode where requirements are YAML or Markdown files.
• Requirements as a hierarchy with linking and traceability.
• Import/export requirement metadata with Notion, Obsidian, or Confluence, depending on the organization’s tooling.

2) Next subject coming soon

(Placeholder — I’ll update this roadmap as new topics are added to my draft list.)

3) Stay tuned

I’ll publish one article every week or two, and this roadmap will grow as I refine ideas. If a particular subject resonates with you — or if you’d like me to cover something adjacent — let me know in the comments or reach out directly.