Iteration Project Planning

The Data Warehouse is implemented (populated) one subject area at a time, driven by specific business questions to be answered by each implementation cycle. The first and subsequent implementation cycles of the Data Warehouse are determined during the BQA stage. At this point in the Process the first (or next if not first) subject area implementation project is planned.

The business requirements discovered in BQA and, to a lesser extent, the technical requirements of the Architecture Design stage are now refined through user interviews and focus sessions to the subject area level. The results are further analyzed to yield the detail needed to design and implement a single population project, whether initial or follow-on.

The Data Warehouse project team is expanded to include the members needed to construct and deploy the Warehouse, and a detailed work plan for the design and implementation of the iteration project is developed and presented to the customer organization for approval.