Data Warehouse Delivery Process
1. IT Strategy: Develop a strategy to secure and retain funding for the project.
2. Business Case Analysis: Justify investment and identify projected business benefits.
3. Education & Prototyping: Experiment with data analysis, educate the team, and use
prototyping for progress.
4. Business Requirement: Define the logical model, source systems, business rules, and
query profiles.
5. Technical Blueprint: Create architecture plans to meet long-term requirements,
including server and data mart design.
6. Building the Vision: Develop the first production deliverable and establish
infrastructure for data extraction and loading.
7. History Load: Load historical data into the warehouse, creating additional tables as
needed.
8. Ad-Hoc Query: Configure tools for users to generate database queries for analysis.
9. Automation: Automate processes like extracting, loading, transforming, backing up,
restoring, and generating aggregates.
10. Extending Scope: Add new data sources and data marts to address evolving business
needs.
11. Requirement Evolution: Continuously update the system to reflect changing
business requirements.