September 2001
Beginner
544 pages
17h 43m
English
Content preview from DATA WAREHOUSING FUNDAMENTALS: A Comprehensive Guide for IT Professionals
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4.8. EXERCISES
Match the columns:
top-down approach
single-vendor solution
team roles
team organization
role classifications
user support technician
executive sponsor
project politics
active user participation
source system structures
tightrope walking
not standardized
requisite for success
enterprise data warehouse
consistent look and feel
front office, back office
part of overall plan
right person in right role
front-line support
guide and support project
As the recently assigned project manager, you are required to work with the executive sponsor to write a justification without detailed ROI calculations for the first data warehouse project in your company. Write a justification report to be included in the planning document.
You are the data transformation specialist for the first data warehouse project in an airlines company. Prepare a project task list to include all the detailed tasks needed for data extraction and transformation.
Why do you think user participation is absolutely essential for success? As a member of the recently formed data warehouse team in a banking business, your job is to write a report on how the user departments can best participate in the development. What specific responsibilities for the users will you include in your report?
As the lead architect for a data warehouse in a large domestic retail store chain, pre -pare a list of project tasks relating to designing the architecture. In which development phases will these tasks be performed?
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