The book covers best practices from data warehouse project inception through on-going program management. About 30 to 40% of the content in the book is updated and new. This revised tutorial covers major lifecycle topics such as dimensional modeling, tech architecture, ETL, BI etc. It is targeted at both novice and experienced data warehouse professionals.
· Introducing the Kimball Lifecycle
· Launching and Managing the Project/Program
· Collecting the Requirements
· Introducing the Technical Architecture
· Creating the Architecture Plan and Selecting Products
· Introducing Dimensional Modeling
· Designing the Dimensional Model
· Designing the Physical Database and Planning for Performance
· Introducing Extract, Transformation, and Load
· Designing and Developing the ETL System
· Introducing Business Intelligence Applications
· Designing and Developing Business Intelligence Applications
· Deploying and Supporting the DW/BI System
· Expanding the DW/BI System
