Data Management & Warehousing

Tag: White Paper

  • The Business Case For Business Intelligence

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    This white paper looks at the business case that should lie behind the decision to build a data warehouse and provide a business intelligence solution. There are three primary drivers for making the investment in a business intelligence solution Measurement and management of the business process Analysis of why things change in the business in…

  • Process Neutral Data Modelling

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    This paper describes in detail the process for creating an enterprise data warehouse physical data model that is less susceptible to change. Change is one of the largest on-going costs in a data warehouse and therefore reducing change reduces the total cost of ownership of the system. This is achieved by removing business process specific…

  • Data Warehouse Project Management

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    Data warehouse projects pose a specific set of challenges for the project manager. Whilst most IT projects are a development to support a well defined pattern of work a data warehouse is, by design, there to support users asking ad hoc questions of the data available to the business. It is also a project that…

  • How Data Works

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    Every business believes that their data is unique. However the storage and management of that data uses similar methods and technologies across all organisations. As a result the same issues of consistency, performance and quality occur across all organisations. The commercial difference between organisations is not whether they have data issues but how they react…

  • Data Warehouse Governance

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    An organisation that is embarking on a data warehousing project is undertaking a long-term development and maintenance programme of a computer system. This system will be critical to the organisation and cost a significant amount of money, therefore control of the system is vital. Governance defines the model the organisation will use to ensure optimal…

  • Data Warehouse Documentation Roadmap

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    All projects need documentation and many companies provide templates as part of a methodology. This document describes the templates, tools and source documents used by Data Management & Warehousing. It serves two purposes: For projects using other methodologies or creating their own set of documents to use as a checklist. This allows the project to…

  • Overview Architecture for Enterprise Data Warehouses

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    This is the first of a series of papers published by Data Management & Warehousing to look at the implementation of Enterprise Data Warehouse solutions in large organisations using a design pattern approach. A design pattern provides a generic approach, rather than a specific solution. It describes the steps that architecture, design and build teams…