TDWI World Conference

Prerequisite: This course assumes knowledge of DW fundamentals.

Jonathan G. Geiger

CBIP

Metadata management has made the transition from an arcane specialty to a discipline that has attracted broad attention. It is generally recognized that metadata is an essential component of any successful BI or DW effort, and that metadata management holds great potential value for all IT initiatives. More importantly, metadata management is becoming recognized as the discipline needed to manage information about the company’s information assets.

However, this increased familiarity has not been accompanied by an increase in practical, cost-efficient solutions to help manage metadata. Metadata management efforts today still tend to be lengthy and expensive propositions that require a great deal of patience and perseverance before tangible results are seen.

This course will provide an alternative strategy to deploying a metadata management environment. It will provide the approach needed to deploy the information (i.e., metadata) management system, including both the business and technology aspects. The approach builds on systems development approaches and describes the roles and responsibilities, major activities, architecture, and strategy.

You Will Learn

• The role of metadata in supporting business initiatives and data warehousing
• A phased approach for a metadata management strategy using existing tools in its initial iteration
• How to develop a pragmatic metadata program around specific business/technical uses for metadata

Geared To

• Managers and analysts responsible for DW efforts or metadata management programs