Overview:
This two-day seminar covers specific modeling and analysis techniques that focus on how to develop complete, and clear specifications with, and for, your Data Warehouse clients. Learn project-saving techniques unique to specifying Datawarehouse requirements. This course teaches proven and practical techniques – which can be easily applied to your DW projects – to gather and prepare quality specifications for Datawarehouses, Data Marts and Decision Support Systems.
| Name |
"Data Warehouse Requirements Analysis" (DWRA) |
| Duration |
Two (2) days |
| Type |
Instructor-led |
| Target |
Business Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Project Leads |
| Rating |
4+ stars |
| Purpose |
To learn and apply practical techniques for eliciting requirements for Data Warehouse and BI projects |
| Pre-req |
none |
Course Content:
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Data Warehouse Best Practices
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Determining the Data Warehouse Project Objectives and Scope
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Identifying Informational Requirements for the Data Warehouse
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Defining the Metadata Model & Data Transformation Rules
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Conducting the Data Warehouse Requirements Discovery Session
Learning Objectives:
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Identify & document the information requirements of a data warehouse so that it is meaningful to the key business and systems users
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Identify & document the information so that it is organized by subject area, usage & data
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Perform dimension modeling and learn how to deal with slowly changing dimensions
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Establish granularity, metrics & historical storage requirements of fact tables
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Define and describe data transformation rules
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Use a Business-Focused DW Inquiry Process
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Produce Clear, Complete Specification