Abstract for session at TDWI Conference, Amsterdam, November 18-19, 2007.
Talk at DMIQ Conference Europe
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DMIQ Conference Europe 2008.
Sander Hoogendoorn, Chief architect ADP
BI projects are highly dynamic and can benefit massively from frequent customer feedback. Thus, applying an agile approach to these projects is most natural.
During this interactive talk Sander Hoogendoorn and Sandra Wennemers will demonstrate how agile software development matches business intelligence, and how UML modeling can serve in designing and planning such projects.
First the speakers introduce agile software development characteristics and how theses are best applied to BI projects. Next, the agile methodology Smart is discussed which applies smart use cases as main unit of both estimation and work. It is shown how the Data Warehouse reference architecture and dimensional models can be mapped on these UML models. After this introduction different estimation methods can be compared.
Next, Sander and Sandra will delve into modeling smart use cases, and how smart use cases can be used to model requirements in BI projects. After the identification of standard BI types of use cases, it is explained how activity diagrams can be used as design patterns to complete the traditional Data Warehouse architecture. Last but not least, the speakers draw their conclusions on the dimensional versus pragmatic modeling approaches.
Sander Hoogendoorn¶
In his role of principal technology officer at Capgemini in The Netherlands, Sander is involved in the innovation of software development. His target is to develop high quality software at high speed and Sander is responsible for Capgemini's agile software development ecosystem called Accelerated Delivery Platform (ADP). Many features of this platform not only apply to regular software development, but equally apply to business intelligence, content management and enterprise projects.
Sander is specialized in agile software development, .Net, design patterns, modeling techniques , including UML, and software architecture. He coaches organizations and projects, and is a well known speaker at international conferences on these topics. Sander has published two books, on agile software development and on UML, and writes columns and articles for a number of international magazines. Sander is also a member of Microsoft's Partner Advisory Council for .Net.
Sandra Wennemers¶
Sandra Wennemers is managing consultant with Capgemini in The Netherlands. As Business Intelligence Consultant she has a broad experience in the field of data warehouse design, development and implementation. Dimensional Modeling, OLAP, strategy maps and even data mining are some of the subjects that can be mentioned. Sandra currently teaches a wide variety of Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse courses for the Capgemini Academy and advises clients on Data Warehouse architecture and BI Competence Centers.