Managerial decision-makers often require information held in various organisational information systems to make improved strategic decisions. A data warehouse is designed to provide high quality data from a number of sources both inside and outside the organisation and is an example of a large-scale decision system. This unit presents students with coverage of several important aspects of data warehousing. These include the purpose of a data warehouse, data warehouse design, data warehouse architecture, data sourcing, implementing the data warehouse, organisational issues involved with designing and implementing a data warehouse, data warehouse governance and case studies.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hr laboratory/wk
For on campus students, workload commitments are:
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Rob Meredith
Rob Meredith
At the completion of this unit students will:
Examination (2 hours): 50%; In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment One: Data Warehouse Design | 20% | Week 8 |
| Assignment Two: Research Essay | 30% | Week 11 |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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While no software is necessarily required, we will be making use of Microsoft SQL Server and Pentaho in the laboratories. You will also find that a copy of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Visio will be of use during assignments. All of this software is installed by default in the student laboratories, but copies can be borrowed and installed on your personal computer through the Faculty of IT Helpdesk (Level 6, Building H, Caulfield Campus).
| Week | Date* | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 21/02/11 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | 28/02/11 | Introduction to the unit and data warehouse concepts | |
| 2 | 07/03/11 | Data Warehousing as a process | |
| 3 | 14/03/11 | Data Warehouse Design 1 - Dimensional Modelling | |
| 4 | 21/03/11 | Data Warehouse Design 2 - Dimensional Modelling Continued | |
| 5 | 28/03/11 | Physical Design | |
| 6 | 04/04/11 | Data Warehousing Architectures | |
| 7 | 11/04/11 | Methodologies and Data Mining | |
| 8 | 18/04/11 | Organisational Issues and Cases | Assignment 1 Due |
| Mid semester break | |||
| 9 | 02/05/11 | Data quality and metadata management | |
| 10 | 09/05/11 | Data warehouse technology decisions | |
| 11 | 16/05/11 | Data Warehouse Governance | Assignment 2 Due |
| 12 | 23/05/11 | Review and Conclusion | |
| 30/05/11 | SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken in SWOT VAC | |
*Please note that these dates may only apply to Australian campuses of Monash University. Off-shore students need to check the dates with their unit leader.
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The essay will be assessed according to the following criteria:
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