Practical Techniques to Define, Design and Sustain Your Data Warehouse

Practical Techniques to Define, Design and Sustain Your Data Warehouse

As data warehouse nestles into the information architecture tool kit, many companies and organizations are still grappling with fundamental development challenges and growth issues. In a focused and pragmatic style (and occasionally entertaining) this class cuts through vendor fog and guru religious wars. Without any preaching, attendees will learn practical techniques to define, design and most importantly, SUSTAIN their data warehouse.

Objectives:

Learn how to initiate or re-initiate a Data Warehouse project
Learn how to create a manageable project plan and learn why project management in a Data Warehouse is different than in other projects
Understand data quality and the affect on the Data Warehouse
Learn how to assess the readiness of an organization to use and sustain the Data Warehouse
Understand how to define Data Warehouse requirements
Understand what pitfalls to avoid, no matter what it says in the book
Understand how to develop requirements that the business REALLY needs
Learn how to engage the business user to sustain buy in
Learn how to design the data base structure you need, versus what someone else says
Learn how to make sure that the Data Warehouse environment is efficient and cost effective
Understand the current state of Data Warehouse and BI technology?
Find out if you really need at ETL tool?
How to define the technology requirements
How to develop, maintain, and sustain the Data Warehouse
Learn data Warehouse testing and development
Learn the latest Data Warehouse techniques
Best practices and new trends and uses for the Data Warehouse

Duration: 2 days

Who Should Attend:
Data Warehouse Managers, New Developers, Business Users, and Experienced Data Warehouse Professionals needing a refresher in the latest techniques.

Course Format: Lecture, group discussion

Instructor: John Ladley