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Data Design Principles
Obey the principles without being bound by them. - Bruce Lee Taking a practical approach to developing a well-formed enterprise data warehouse – and by that, I mean one that is accurate, efficie… more →
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Data Design Principles
wrote 1 year ago: Obey the principles without being bound by them. - Bruce Lee Taking a practical approach to developi … more →
Nine ETL Design Principles
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wrote 1 year ago: The principles of ETL design define the guidelines by which data migration will be constructed. Belo … more →
Reference Domains Part IV: Metadata & Governance
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the fourth and final part in the series on working with reference domains, also called class … more →
EDW Roles and Responsibilities: Part I
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wrote 1 year ago: In the next couple of articles, we look at the organizational structure of the EDW development team. … more →
Measuring Success
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wrote 1 year ago: When measuring success the notion of what value is being offered to the business is always raised. T … more →
Naming Standards Governance
wrote 1 year ago: Naming standards in the EDW apply to full descriptive names as well as abbreviations. Full descripti … more →
Data Architecture Governance
wrote 1 year ago: In September of 2010, Marlene was a director responsible for the EDW program. She was juggling four … more →
Data Content Governance
wrote 1 year ago: In the overview of EDW development, data content governance is identified as one of the core process … more →
EDW Process - Part I: Overview
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wrote 2 years ago: Over the next few articles, I would like to map out the processes involved to develop the EDW. These … more →
Effective Data Profiling
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wrote 2 years ago: Data profiling is an item frequently listed as a task on the high-level data warehouse project plan, … more →
EDW Reference Architecture: Metadata
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wrote 2 years ago: EDW Reference Architecture: Metadata As a final note on the series EDW Reference Architecture, intro … more →
EDW Reference Architecture: Why Bother?
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wrote 2 years ago: In the following series of articles I would like to define a possible reference architecture for an … more →
Speaking the Same Language: Of Business Glossaries and Metadata
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wrote 2 years ago: In the biblical tale, Babel is cursed with a plethora of languages, and the eternal struggle of misc … more →
Getting with the Program: EDW Release Management
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wrote 2 years ago: One problem I have seen repeatedly is IT having difficulty managing the development of the data ware … more →
Measure Twice: Analysis Part II
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wrote 2 years ago: Continuing on from the previous posting on approaching analysis of source systems, here we will look … more →
Providing Data Modelling Time Estimates
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wrote 2 years ago: The Agony and The Ecstasy Pope Julius II: When will you make an end? Michelangelo: When I am finishe … more →
Measure Twice: Analysis Part I
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wrote 2 years ago: There are broadly two different tracks to define the scope of a data warehousing project. Either the … more →
Note to Self: Lessons Learned
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wrote 2 years ago: Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong … more →
Finding Faults: Testing the EDW
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wrote 2 years ago: Spock: I made an error in my computations. Bones: Oh? This could be a historic occasion. Mistakes … more →
