Postgraduate - UnitFIT5095 - Data warehousing

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (Evening)

Synopsis

Managerial decision-makers often require information held in various organisational information systems to make improved strategic decisions. A data warehouse is designed to provide high quality data from a number of sources both inside and outside the organisation and is an example of a large-scale decision system. This unit presents students with coverage of several important aspects of data warehousing. These include the purpose of a data warehouse, data warehouse design, data warehouse architecture, data sourcing, implementing the data warehouse, organisational issues involved with designing and implementing a data warehouse, data warehouse governance and case studies.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will:

have knowledge of the theories and principles of data warehousing;
understand the potential benefits of data warehousing;
understand the techniques and tools used to design a data warehouse;
understand the theories and principles of data warehousing with regard to the practice of decision support;
be able to design multi-dimensional data structures;
appreciate how to interact effectively with managers, consultants and vendors in the development of a data warehouse.