Technology Magazine March 2020 | Page 55

BEST PRACTICES FOR A DATA WAREHOUSE DEPLOYMENT
KNOW THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT
MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE
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BEST PRACTICES FOR A DATA WAREHOUSE DEPLOYMENT
As powerful as today ’ s data warehouses are , they need a successful deployment in order to be useful . That ’ s why it ’ s important to follow some best practices to make the most of the latest innovations in data warehousing .
KNOW THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT
Scope creep is a risk of any transformative project . Before deploying a cloud data warehouse , it ’ s critical to understand what the end goals are . This means determining the structure , the data sources , and the business objectives of the new data warehouse . Without clear goals , the project can become bloated with less important to-dos .
MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE
A successful cloud data warehouse deployment has the power to transform an organisation . However , if nobody is using this shiny new data warehouse because they don ’ t understand how to use it , then no value was created .
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