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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm the database design
   • Review the database design document, including the data structures, queries, reports and user interface
   • Identify any possible "Big Data" applications
   • Compare the database access and security design, with the business security plan
2. Identify the required data and sources
   • Identify the required data, with reference to the enterprise’s knowledge management strategy
   • Identify subject areas, with reference to the business processes and the required data
   • Explore operational data, define the warehouse sources and record the outcomes
   • Develop the warehouse source specifications, with reference to the existing data tables and files
3. Determine warehouse operational steps and processes
   • Develop the warehouse targets, with reference to the business processes and the required data
   • Identify the warehouse agents, according to the system’s configuration
   • Identify and develop, warehouse steps and processes
4. Design and develop the warehouse features
   • Design and develop the warehouse user interface, with reference to the principles of user interface design
   • Develop and implement the warehouse security strategy, according to the enterprise’s security plan
   • Identify dimension tables and fact tables, with reference to the required data
   • Cost the technology requirements for the implementation of the warehouse security strategy, and include them in e-business budgeting
   • Develop a warehouse information catalogue, with reference to the enterprise’s knowledge management strategy
5. Test and implement the data warehouse
   • Test the data warehouse against the business requirements, to ensure that iterations meet the business objectives
   • Recommend changes to business processes, to ensure compatibility with the data warehouse and the knowledge management strategy
   • Implement the data warehouse
   • Establish an ongoing maintenance schedule in order to keep the system efficient
   • Benchmark and document, the performance level of the data warehouse
6. Finalise work processes
   • Arrange for users to have ongoing training in the data warehouse
   • Validate the results
   • Obtain sign-off for the data warehouse

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

review and document the database’s design, and security, for the current and future business requirements

identify and document, the specifications for the storage of different types and sources of data

develop a cost benefit analysis for a data warehouse

design, develop, test, and implement a data warehouse that reflects the business’s knowledge management strategy

document the operation of the data warehouse.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain the business operating systems related to the data sources

outline database management system (DBMS) fundamentals, in order to facilitate the extraction of data

define "Big Data" and summarise its use and management, in the corporate sector

identify and apply, the decision-support systems related to knowledge management strategies

explain encryption and authentication as they apply to database security features

outline the functions and features of dimension tables and fact tables

explain the installation and use of proprietary software

explain the logical database model knowledge needed to facilitate data extraction

describe the relationship between databases and data warehouses

define the levels of technical documentation required for newly developed data management systems.

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