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Course Overview

Business Intelligence Best Practice Workshop.

Topic

Description

Semantics

Introduction to data warehousing, what are the differences between operational and analytical systems, what is OLAP, what are cubes and what sorts of reporting are there?

Design and development

Discussing Kimball’s Business Dimensional Lifecycle and the various steps in a data warehousing project, from project planning to maintenance & growth.

Data modelling

What are star- and snowflake schemas, what are the contents of a star schema?

Data cascade

What data warehouse stages should we define, what processes must be covered to transfer data between stages?

Data presentation:

What different presentation techniques can be selected?

Roles in a project

What responsibilities come with which roles in the project?

Most common pitfalls:

What are the most common reasons for failure of a data warehouse project?

Trends in BI and data warehousing and discussion:

What are current developments in data warehousing/BI?

The training is not technical and is meant to give an overview of the added value of a data warehouse/ BI environment. It also provides insight in the problems one encounters when implementing a data warehouse and the way to avoid these problems.

The training is not tool specific and is ideal to use as a kick off for a project, in order to establish a common vocabulary amongst the people involved in the project.

Who Should Attend?

  • (IT) managers
  • IT professionals
  • End users of management information
  • Sponsors/decision makers

iSPartners is a Microsoft Gold Partner that specialises in Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Corporate Performance Management and Knowledge Management. Please contact us on 011 463 8155 or info@ispartners.co.za for more information.

How to enrol?

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Contact details

Telephone: 011 463 8155

Fax: 086 215 8327

E-mail: jackieb@ispartners.co.za

Website: www.ispartners.co.za

 
 
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