<Ul> <Li> Helps common understanding of business data elements and requirements </Li> <Li> Provides foundation for designing a database </Li> <Li> Facilitates avoidance of data redundancy and thus prevent data & business transaction inconsistency </Li> <Li> Facilitates data re-use and sharing </Li> <Li> Decreases development and maintenance time and cost </Li> <Li> Confirms a logical process model and helps impact analysis . </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <Li> Helps common understanding of business data elements and requirements </Li> <Li> Provides foundation for designing a database </Li> <Li> Facilitates avoidance of data redundancy and thus prevent data & business transaction inconsistency </Li>

Areas to focus while creating logical data model