In which we ask the first question “Do I meed a PDM” – answer, NO! unless you have a big enough problem – and describe the basic metric for “Big Enough”. And then go on to Metadata (which does not exist), and characterise it as business process data guided by the MUST of Metadata – Management, Usage control, Search and Trust.

• 5.1 PDM – Our First Field Trip
• 5.2 How Big is the Knowledge Gap?
• 5.3 The MUST of Metadata
• 5.4 MUST – Management – Identifiers
• 5.5 MUST – Usage – Security Classification and Access Control
• 5.6 MUST – Search
• 5.7 MUST – Trust – Approvals and Maturity
• 5.8 To Shangri-la and Integrated Design Management
• 5.9 Summary – Or is it?