Old advice is still good advice, if it is truly good advice.

Martyn Richard Jones

It’s an older piece (from the nineties), but a lot of it is still relevant and pertinent.

So, here is a brief run-down on how to avoid crashing and burning Data Warehousing.

Understand that a Data Warehouse should only contain subject oriented, integrated, non-volatile and time-variant information to support strategic and tactical requirements of management – Keeping the purpose of the Data Warehouse highly focused will eliminate the dilution of a Data Warehouse solutions effectiveness. If what Bill Inmon said in this respect almost invariably results in successful DW projects – and that’s not speculation but proven fact – then I don’t see any rational reason at the moment to change our views on this. Continue reading →