Continuous Data Warehousing: An Introduction

This presentation overviews a disciplined, hybrid approach to continuous data warehousing.  This proven methodology is mostly agile, adopting great ideas from lean and traditional WoW to address the shortcomings of a pure agile approach. Data warehouse (DW) teams work differently than software development teams because they face fundamentally different challenges. As a result, methods that work well for agile software development prove insufficient for building and evolving DWs. Learn how agile DW works in practice, working through the full lifecycle from beginning to end and then back again.

A Disciplined Approach to Continuous Data Warehousing

This presentation works through the following agenda:

      • Why we need a hybrid approach to support modern data warehousing (DW)/business intelligence (BI) teams
      • The roles on a continuous DW team
      • Initiating a continuous DW project
      • An agile WoW for construction
      • Evolving to a lean WoW
      • Releasing quarterly, monthly, weekly, and perhaps even daily
      • Evolving from a project-based strategy to a long-term product strategy

Organizations around the world have successfully adopted agile, lean, and more importantly continuous ways of working (WoW) on the DW teams.  You can too.

Audience For This Presentation

      • Data professionals wanting to learn how to take a continuous approach to data warehousing (DW)
      • Agile practitioners – including Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Architecture Owners – working with a continuous DW team
      • Agile coaches who are supporting a continuous data warehousing team

Why You Want to Hear About Continuous Data Warehousing From Me

I have been working in the data space since the late 1980s, building DW/BI solutions before they were even called that. I’m the thought leader behind the Agile Data method and co-creator of PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit. Most importantly, I’ve taught and coached teams to adopt a disciplined hybrid approach to continuous data warehousing and business intelligence.

Presentation History

I have given this presentation in various settings since 2008. Originally it focused on agile data warehousing but overtime evolved into continuous data warehousing. This is one of several topics that I speak on, and you can find about more about What I Do if you’re interested in engaging with me.

Scott Ambler is an international keynote speaker

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