Workshop – Continuous Data Warehousing For Leadership

High-quality data is required in any organization that wishes to take a data-driven, or more accurately data-informed, approach to decision making. It is also needed for the development and operation of AI-based systems, including GenAI. Most organizations find that they do not have such high-quality data – data that is accurate, consistent, timely, and accessible – and as a result have chosen to embark on the development of a data warehouse (DW)/data lake/data lakehouse/business intelligence (BI) solution. Having struggled with traditional strategies, and in some cases with agile, they realize they need to adopt a better approach. A continuous data warehousing strategy, one where new, high-quality data assets are made available to business users on a regular basis, will meet their evolving needs. But how to go about doing so?

This one-day, interactive workshop overviews a proven and disciplined strategy for people who are leading, governing, or working with data warehousing teams. The morning comprises an interactive workshop where we walk through critical concepts that are a hybrid of agile, lean, and traditional ways of working (WoW) and ways of thinking (WoT). We work through the challenges that you face, why mainstream agile nor traditional strategies will work well for you, and what to do about it. The afternoon is tailored 100% to the unique needs of the people in the workshop. We identify the topics that you want to learn about, identify the most pressing ones, and the work through how to address them in your context.

 

What You Will Learn in Continuous Data Warehousing for Leadership

    • Discover the challenges faced by teams taking an agile, or lean, approach to data warehousing
    • Learn why you need to look beyond mainstream agile methods such as Scrum to be successful.
    • Identify the critical roles required on data warehousing/business intelligence teams.
    • Explore why modern data warehousing teams often start with an agile project approach but evolve to a lean continuous delivery approach.
    • Learn why traditional funding strategies are insufficient for continuous data warehousing and how to take a more effective approach.
    • Identify lean, risk-based strategies to govern continuous data warehousing teams.
    • Understand the importance for stakeholders to be actively and regularly involved with the team.

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Logistics

    • Length: 1 day – 7 hours class time (exclusive of breaks)
    • Delivery strategy: On premises

Audience

This workshop is designed for people who:

    • Lead a continuous DW team
    • Sponsor, support, or work with a continuous DW team
    • Govern a continuous DW team

 

Prerequisites

    • An understanding of Agile and Lean concepts is very useful. We will review key concepts that are applicable to continuous DW/BI teams.  You may want to read the short book Choose Your WoW! 2/e that presents a hybrid way of working (WoW) and way of thinking (WoT) that is well-suited for continuous data warehousing teams.

Detailed Outline of Continuous Data Warehousing for Leaders

Foundational Concepts (Morning)

      • Defining DW, business intelligence (BI), Agile, Lean, and Continuous DW
      • Agile and lean ways of thinking (WoT) for DW
      • Explore common challenges faced by agile DW teams

How Continuous Data Warehousing (DW) Teams Work (Morning)

      • Roles on Continuous DW teams
      • Comparing project and continuous delivery approaches
      • The agile project lifecycle for data warehouses
      • The lean continuous delivery lifecycle for data warehouses

Leading Continuous Data Warehousing (DW) Teams (Morning)

      • Revisiting the challenges with agile and DW
      • Funding the team
      • Working with the team
      • Governing the team

Tailoring a Strategy for Your Team (Afternoon)

      • The afternoon is completely tailored to your needs.  We begin with a brainstorming session to identify the topics that you want to explore.  We collaboratively group and then prioritize the topics so that we can focus on your most pressing needs. The overall goal is for students to identify viable strategies to take back to their organization.

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