Assignment: Data Warehouse Design Scholarly

This assignment calls for you to provide a substantive response (3-5 pages) to a set of questions directed to data warehouse and ETL design.

Each question: (a) calls for demonstration of higher levels of cognition (i.e. analysis, synthesis, and evaluation), (b) is complex in nature, and (c) requires a clear and concise, explicit expository response. The formulation of your response should follow a logical presentation (e.g. introduction, analysis & discussion, and summary & conclusion(s)), be developed with strong referential integrity to academic sources, and strictly follow APA guidelines.

The assignment will be graded on structure, content, and format (APA).

Scholarly Response 1: Data Warehouse Design-

Bill Inmon and Ralph Kimball are considered two of leading authorities in data warehouse research. Compare and contrast each approach to data warehouse design and implementation. Be sure to include the major guidelines for each paradigm. Also, research data warehouse best practices and provide critical success factors in implementing a data warehouse solution.

Scholarly Response 2: ETL Tools-

Research a vendor ETL tool, such as Informatica PowerCenter or IBM's DataStage. Describe the capabilities and functionality of that software. Be sure to include how the tool is used to perform ETL processing and provide your evaluation of the software. What are some capabilities that you would look for to ensure the vendor tool can adequately handle ETL processing and interoperate within your enterprise architecture? Research market trends in the ETL tool market and include this in your research paper.

Lastly, provide pros and cons of implementing vendor ETL tools versus building a custom ETL tool.