Drive Business Innovation With a Modernized Data Warehouse Environment
Drive Business Innovation With a Modernized Data Warehouse Environment
Unleash your unstructured data, and marry it with structured data to innovate.
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Modernizing the data warehouse environment without a plan can result in:
Rework due to poor alignment with business pains or opportunities
Wasted investment and further complication of the data environment
Increased business frustration and more instances of shadow IT for data analysis
Developing a clear business case and roadmap for data warehouse modernization leads to:
Stronger IT understanding of the business’ primary drivers
Clearly defined use cases for data warehouse modernization
A deployment that does not require overhauls every year
Module 1: Assess the Current Data Warehouse Environment
The Purpose
Discuss the general project overview for data warehouse modernization.
Establish the business and IT perspectives of the current state.
Key Benefits Achieved
Holistic understanding of the current data warehouse.
Business user engagement from the start of the project.
Activities:
Outputs:
1.1
Review data warehouse project history.
Data warehouse maturity assessment
1.2
Evaluate data warehouse maturity.
1.3
Draw architecture diagrams.
1.4
Review supporting data management practices.
Data architecture diagrams
Module 2: Explore Business Opportunities
The Purpose
Conduct a user workshop session to elicit the most pressing needs of business stakeholders.
Key Benefits Achieved
Modernization technology selection is directly informed by business drivers.
In-depth IT understanding of the business pains and opportunities.
Activities:
Outputs:
2.1
Review general trends and drivers in your industry.
Business ideas for modernization
2.2
Identify primary business frustrations, opportunities, and risks.
2.3
Identify business processes to target for modernization.
2.4
Capture business ideas for the future state.
Defined strategic direction for data warehouse modernization
Module 3: Review the Technology Landscape
The Purpose
Educate IT staff on the most common technologies for data warehouse modernization.
Key Benefits Achieved
Improved ability for IT to match technology with business ideas.
Activities:
Outputs:
3.1
Appoint Modernization Advisors.
Modernization Advisors identified
3.2
Hold an open education and discussion forum for modernization technologies.
Modernization technology education deck
Module 4: Define Modernization Solutions
The Purpose
Consolidate business ideas into modernization initiatives.
Key Benefits Achieved
Refinement of the strategic direction for data warehouse modernization.
Activities:
Outputs:
4.1
Match business ideas to technology solutions.
Identified strategic direction for data warehouse modernization
4.2
Group similar ideas to create modernization initiatives.
Defined modernization initiatives
4.3
Create future-state architecture diagrams.
Future-state architecture for data warehouse
Module 5: Establish a Modernization Roadmap
The Purpose
Validate and build out initiatives with business users.
Define benefits and costs to establish ROI.
Identify enablers and barriers to modernization.
Key Benefits Achieved
Completion of materials for a compelling business case and roadmap.
Activities:
Outputs:
5.1
Validate use cases with business users.
Validated modernization initiatives
5.2
Define initiative benefits.
5.3
Identify enablers and barriers to modernization.
5.4
Define preliminary activities for initiatives.
5.5
Evaluate initiative costs.
Data warehouse modernization roadmap
5.6
Determine overall ROI.
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