The San Diego 2011 Conference is Now Over

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TDWI World Conference Tracks

The field of BI logically segments into five core disciplines, and our courses are organized by track in a similar fashion. The tracks on the Agenda pages are color-coded to help you plan your week at TDWI's World Conference in San Diego. Each course track code indicates how it corresponds to the five core disciplines. Some courses touch upon more than one core discipline.
Administration and Technology
WHEN EVENT
Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M4

Agile Data Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Accelerated BI/DW Development

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M5

Designing a Data Warehouse for High Performance

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M6

Kimball Data Warehouse Lifecycle Overview

Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
T4A

CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T5

Managing and Evaluating Your BI Tool Portfolio and BI Bake-Off

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W4

Survival Skill: Requirements Management for Agile Data Warehousing ProjectsUPDATED!

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W6

Enabling BI for the 21st Century

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH4

Fast and Thorough: Quality Assurance for Agile Data Warehousing ProjectsUPDATED!

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH6

The BI Pathway Approach: Delivering BI for Business Value

Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
F4A

Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP

Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
F4P

Delivering BI for Mobile Users

Business Analytics
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
S1

TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing

Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
S3

TDWI Performance Management: Measurement, Metrics, and Monitoring

Sunday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
S5A

Social Network Analysis: Practical Uses and Implementation

Sunday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
S5P

Overcoming Information Overload with Best Practices in Data Visualization

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M1

TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M2

TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analytics

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M3

TDWI Business Analytics: Exploration, Experimentation, and Discovery

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T3

Business Analytics for Insight and Foresight

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T5

Managing and Evaluating Your BI Tool Portfolio and BI Bake-Off

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W3

Measuring Intangibles: Breaking Down Analytic Barriers

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W6

Enabling BI for the 21st Century

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH3

Data Mining Methods and Techniques: Data Preparation, Model Building, and EvaluationNEW!

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH6

The BI Pathway Approach: Delivering BI for Business Value

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F3

Predictive Analytics: Low-Risk Strategies for High-Impact ProjectsNEW!

Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
F4P

Delivering BI for Mobile Users

CBIP
WHEN EVENT
Monday
9:15 am - 12:15 pm
M7A

CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam

Monday
1:45 pm - 5:15 pm
M7P

CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam

Data Analysis and Design
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
S4A

Building the Agile Database: Delivering Maximum Agility and Maximum ValueNEW!

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M2

TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analytics

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M4

Agile Data Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Accelerated BI/DW Development

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M6

Kimball Data Warehouse Lifecycle Overview

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T2

Dimensional Design: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques*

Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
T4A

CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W2

TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W4

Survival Skill: Requirements Management for Agile Data Warehousing ProjectsUPDATED!

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W5

Mastering BI with Best-Practice Architectures and Data Models: From Hub and Spoke to Agile Development

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH1

TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH2

TDWI Advanced Data Modeling Techniques

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH4

Fast and Thorough: Quality Assurance for Agile Data Warehousing ProjectsUPDATED!

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F2

Agile Data Modeling: The Art of Delivering Quality Models QuicklyNEW!

Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
F4A

Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F5

Hands-On Data Cleansing: A Laboratory Experience

Data Integration
WHEN EVENT
Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T6

TDWI Data Quality Fundamentals

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W1

TDWI Master Data Management Fundamentals

Thursday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
TH5A

MDM for Practitioners: Developing Your MDM Plan

Thursday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
TH5P

MDM for Practitioners: Deploying Your MDM Solution

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH7

Hands-On Data Quality Assessment: A Laboratory Experience

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F1

TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F5

Hands-On Data Cleansing: A Laboratory Experience

Keynote
WHEN EVENT
Monday
8:15 am - 9:00 am

KEYNOTE: Agile Pitfalls, Anti-patterns, and Gotchas

Thursday
8:00 am - 8:45 am

KEYNOTE: Scaling Agile Data Warehousing for the Enterprise

Leadership and Management
WHEN EVENT
Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
S1

TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing

Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
S2

BI from Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT

Sunday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
S4P

Agile Data Warehousing 201: Agile Project LeadershipNEW!

Monday
9:15 am - 5:15 pm
M1

TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 p.m.
T1

TDWI Project Management for Business Intelligence

Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
T4P

How to Build a Data Warehouse with Limited Resources

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T7

Data Governance for BI Professionals

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W1

TDWI Master Data Management Fundamentals

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W3

Measuring Intangibles: Breaking Down Analytic Barriers

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W7

Power, Politics, and Partnership: A Path to a More Agile OrganizationUPDATED!

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH1

TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems

Thursday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
TH5A

MDM for Practitioners: Developing Your MDM Plan