TDWI World Conference

Prerequisite: This course assumes familiarity with basic data warehouse architectures, data transformation processes, and elementary project management concepts.

Ralph Hughes

This course details how to double the speed of the typical data warehousing and business intelligence team by means of two popular agile development approaches: Scrum and XP. Agile data warehousing eliminates the work of writing seldom-read specifications that are validated through endless committee reviews. Instead, developers are unleashed to craft a steady stream of customer-pleasing BI/DW modules. Techniques for rapidly gathering requirements, estimating work quickly and accurately, and quality assurance through automated and continuous integration testing will be central to the discussion, as well as strategies for advocating an agile approach to skeptical IT management.

You Will Learn

• How to identify the aspects of traditional project management that decimate traditional BI/DW teams’ delivery speed
• How to work the complete BI/DW development lifecycle according to the principles of Scrum and XP
• How an agile method mixes with the latest generation of BI/DW tools to dramatically streamline the standard BI/DW data and process architecture so development teams can deliver applications faster, better, and for less money

Geared To

• Senior-level participants in data warehousing projects or programs, including program managers, project managers, solutions architects, and lead technical team members