Agenda


Track Key :
 BI Essentials Business Analytics
 CBIP Data Analysis and Design
 Data Asset Management Keynote
 Leadership and Management
Sunday, February 12, 2012
TIME EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
S1  TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing

Mark Peco, CBIP
Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
S2  Dimensional Modeling from a Business Perspective: A Model the Business Can Understand

Laura L. Reeves
Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
S3  TDWI Design Techniques for Dashboards and Scorecards

Dave Wells, CBIP

Tony Lopykinski
Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
S4  BI From Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT

Jill Dyché, CBIP
Sunday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
  
S5A  Best Practices in Enterprise Information Management

Stephen Brobst
Sunday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
  
S6A  Agile Data Warehousing 201: Agile Project Leadership

Ken Collier, Ph.D.
Sunday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
  
S5P  Social Network Analysis: Practical Uses and Implementation

Stephen Brobst
Sunday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
  
S6P  Agile Analytics: Value-Driven Data Warehousing and Business IntelligenceNEW!

Ken Collier, Ph.D.
Monday, February 13, 2012
TIME EVENT
Monday
8:00 am - 8:45 am
  
KEYNOTE: What Is True? What Is Real? What Is Good? Questions Business Analysts Should Ask

Frank Buytendijk
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
M1  TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact

Mark Peco, CBIP
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
M2  TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analysis

Chris Adamson
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
M3  TDWI Performance Management: Measurement, Metrics, and Monitoring

Tony Lopykinski
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
M4  Agile Data Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Accelerated BI/DW Development

Ralph Hughes
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
M5  Designing a Data Warehouse for High Performance

Stephen Brobst
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 am
  
M6  Kimball Data Warehouse Lifecycle Overview

Warren Thornthwaite
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 am
  
M7  TDWI Data Quality Fundamentals

Dave Wells, CBIP
Monday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
  
M8A  CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam

Deanne Larson, CBIP
Monday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
  
M8P  CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam

Deanne Larson, CBIP
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
TIME EVENT
Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 p.m.
  
T1  TDWI Project Management for Business Intelligence

Nancy Williams, CBIP
Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
T2  Dimensional Design: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

Chris Adamson
Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
T3  TDWI Business Analytics: Exploration, Experimentation, and Discovery

Michael L. Gonzales, Ph.D., CBIP
Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
T4A  CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives

Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D.
Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
T5A  Managing and Evaluating Your BI Tool Portfolio

Cindi Howson
Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
T6A  Survival Skill: Requirements Management for Agile Data Warehousing Projects

Ralph Hughes
Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
T7  Root Cause Analysis for Data Quality ManagementNEW!

Dave Wells, CBIP
Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
T8  Beyond the Data Warehouse: Architectural Options for Data Integration

Evan Levy, CBIP
Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  
T4P  Benefits and Challenges of Trending BI Deployment StrategiesNEW!

Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D.
Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  
T5P  Evaluating BI Dashboards and Bake-Off

Cindi Howson
Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 PM
  
T6P  Fast and Thorough: Quality Assurance for Agile Data Warehousing Projects

Ralph Hughes
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
TIME EVENT
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
W1  TDWI Data Governance Fundamentals

Michael L. Gonzales, Ph.D., CBIP
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
W2  TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems

Jonathan G. Geiger, CBIP
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
W3  Business Analytics for Insight and Foresight

Dave Wells, CBIP
Wednesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
W4A  The Ethics of AnalyticsNEW!

Frank Buytendijk
Wednesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
W5A  Understanding the Value of a Business Analytics Program: A Manager’s GuideNEW!

David Loshin
Wednesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
W7A  Social Analytics in the Enterprise

Shawn Rogers
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
W6  Enabling BI for the 21st Century

Mark Madsen

Steve Dine
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
W8  Power, Politics, and Partnership in Business Intelligence ProjectsUPDATED!

Maureen Clarry

Lorna Rickard
Wednesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  
W4P  Values, Culture and Behavior: The True Drivers of Business PerformanceNEW!

Frank Buytendijk
Wednesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  
W5P  Organizational Readiness for Business-Oriented Analytics: A Manager’s GuideNEW!

David Loshin
Wednesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
  
W7P  SaaS, the Cloud, and BI

Shawn Rogers
Thursday, February 16, 2012
TIME EVENT
Thursday
8:00 am - 8:45 am
  
KEYNOTE: Building the Foundation for a Successful Information Strategy

Frank Brooks
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH1  TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems

John O'Brien, CBIP
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH2  TDWI Advanced Data Modeling Techniques

Jonathan G. Geiger, CBIP
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH3  Data Mining Methods and Techniques: Data Preparation, Model Building, and Evaluation

Thomas A. Rathburn
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH4  Gathering Requirements to Optimize Business Performance

Mike Lampa
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
  
TH5  Mastering BI with Best-Practice Architectures and Data Models: From Hub and Spoke to Agile Development

Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D.

Len Silverston
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH6  The BI Pathway Approach: Delivering BI for Business Value

Nancy Williams, CBIP
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH7  TDWI Data Quality Assessment and ImprovementNEW!

Dave Wells, CBIP
Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  
TH8  Best Practice Techniques for Data Quality and Data CleansingNEW!

Gian Di Loreto, Ph.D.
Friday, February 17, 2012
TIME EVENT
Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
  
F1  TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation

Jonathan G. Geiger, CBIP
Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
F2A  Conducting a Structured Data Inventory

Lisa Loftis, CBIP
Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
  
F3  Predictive Analytics: Low-Risk Strategies for High-Impact Projects

Thomas A. Rathburn
Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
  
F4A  Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP

John O'Brien, CBIP
Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
  
F5  TDWI Master Data Management Fundamentals

Mark Peco, CBIP
Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
  
F2P  Organizing Your Data Management/EIM Team

Kimberly Nevala
Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
  
F4P  Delivering BI for Mobile Users

John O'Brien, CBIP

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