Establishing 'Making it Happen' as a 'Formal & Predictable' Discipline

DW Project Scoping and Planning	DW Dimensional Modeling Concepts

Execution-MiH ENCYCLOPEDIA → Enterprise Intelligence → SECTION - Data-Warehouse/Mart →

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DW Business Requirement Phase

Its time to get into details on the business requirements. Business requirements are less to do with detailing of business objectives, information needed and scorecards & dashboards. This phase is tough as it forces a clarity on business thinking.

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Data Warehouse Project plan

Post Business Requirement and project re-estimation, one has a more realistic understanding of the asking order. This is the stage for first detailed project plan. The project plan will include factors like modeling, designing, testing, personnel, deployment and training.

Data Warehouse Business Requirements

Unlike transactional systems, the data warehouse business requirements have limitless possibilities and are constantly changing. This is a tough phase for business, as it demands a clarity on business thinking.

Data Warehouse Information Systems Assessment

Existing system set-up is key determinant of effort estimation. Robust, well designed and well integrated systems are most helpful.

Data Warehouse Requirements Assessment

With more detailed business requirements in place the second cycle of assessment of project effort and timelines is proposed.