An important focus of all InfoDynamics engagements is knowledge transfer. Building a data warehouse or a decision support system or a strategic information access system are all complex processes which cross both organizational and technical boundaries. Successful systems require a team of people with expertise in a number of areas and a shared understanding of the general concepts and processes.
To encourage that shared understanding, InfoDynamics has made the following documents available.
This document summarizes the InfoDynamics project methodology and recommended architecture for building a data warehouse. In addition to describing suggested roles and responsibilities for InfoDynamics and the client , this document also details typical tasks and deliverables. To receive a copy of this document, please contact InfoDynamics directly.
A 1995 InfoWorld article highlights work that InfoDynamics principals Joy Mundy and Warren Thornthwaite on the Stanford University data warehouse. As the article states in its introduction, "The Stanford warehouse is an object lesson for enterprises looking to field data from heterogeneous source systems and make it available in a form that can be readily queried. It uses data marts -- customized miniwarehouses -- for specific user needs." To receive a paper copy of this article, please contact InfoDynamics directly.
This article, written by InfoDynamics Principal Joy Mundy, summarizes many of the key issues and lessons someone should take into account when building an enterprise data warehouse. This article is available online.
