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TDWI World Conference Spring 2008

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Suggested Pathways

Please use the following guide to select the appropriate courses to attend. Some of these courses are associated with two tracks. We have designed tracks to appeal to attendees with various levels of experience and roles.

 Leadership & Management Business Analytics
 Data Analysis & Design Data Integration
 Administration & Technology Career
LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT
DAYSESSION
Sunday
S1 TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact
S2P Bringing Business and IT Together: Practical Steps to Improved Working Relationships
S3 BI from Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT
S4 Business Requirements for BI Impact
S8 Convergence of SOA and BI NEW!
Monday
M1 TDWI Business Intelligence Program Management
M2 Leading Change: The People Dimension
M3 Core Competencies for Business Intelligence NEW!
M6P The Future of Data Warehousing NEW!
M7 TDWI Enterprise Metrics: Designing Integrated Business Metrics*
Tuesday
T2 Power, Politics, and Partnership in Data Warehousing Projects
T3P Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business
T5P HandsOn-Business Intelligence Strategy™ SOLD OUT
T7 Putting the Business Back in BI: A Framework for Requirements and Value Management*
T9 Navigating the Next Major Fork in the BI Roadmap NEW!
Wednesday
W2 Negotiating for BI Success NEW!
W4A Let’s Stop Calling It Metadata: It’s about Managing Information
W6A BPM Solution Selection and Implementation Best Practices*
W6P Using Business Architecture to Strengthen Information Architecture NEW!
Thursday
TH2 The Human Side of Data Integration: Powerful Principles Critical to Success
TH4 The Role of Politics, Authority, and Culture in Governing Data
TH7 Boot Camp for Analysts—Proficiency and Skill Development
Friday
F2A Leadership Mastery in Technical Environments NEW!
F2P Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence UPDATED!

BUSINESS ANALYTICS
DAYSESSION
Sunday
S1 TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact
S4 Business Requirements for BI Impact
S7 TDWI Introduction to Business Analytics
Monday
M5 HandsOn-Business Analytics™ SOLD OUT
M7 TDWI Enterprise Metrics: Designing Integrated Business Metrics*
Tuesday
T3P Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business
Monday
T4 Evaluating BI Toolsets and BI Tools in Action UPDATED!
Tuesday
T5A HandsOn-Statistical Analysis for BI™—Essential Business Statistics for BI Applications and Solutions SOLD OUT
Wednesday
W5 HandsOn-OLAP™ SOLD OUT
W7 Statistical Modeling for Non-Statisticians
W8 Dimensional Modeling beyond the Basics: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques
Thursday
TH5 HandsOn-Requirements Gathering: Advanced Techniques for BI Requirements SOLD OUT
TH6 Data Mining Techniques, Tools, and Tactics
TH7 Boot Camp for Analysts—Proficiency and Skill Development
F5 HandsOn-Data Mining™ SOLD OUT

DATA ANALYSIS & DESIGN
DAYSESSION
Monday
M3 Core Competencies for Business Intelligence NEW!
M4 Data Warehouse Lifecycle Overview
Tuesday
T1 TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems
Wednesday
W3 Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration—Practical Skills
W8 Dimensional Modeling beyond the Basics: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques
W9A Data Requirements Analysis NEW!
W9P Data Profiling for Reengineering, Knowledge Discovery, and Information Quality
Thursday
TH3 Data Conversion, Consolidation, and Cleansing—Practical Skills
TH4 The Role of Politics, Authority, and Culture in Governing Data
TH8 Data Modeling in an Unstructured World NEW!
Friday
F3 Integrating Data Warehouses and Data Marts Using Conformed Dimensions UPDATED!

DATA INTEGRATION
DAYSESSION
Monday
M4 Data Warehouse Lifecycle Overview
Tuesday
T3A Integrating Unstructured Data into BI Solutions NEW!
T8 Evaluating ETL Tools and Technologies: Vendors in Action UPDATED!
Wednesday
W1 TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation
W3 Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration—Practical Skills
W4A Let’s Stop Calling It Metadata: It’s about Managing Information
W9P Data Profiling for Reengineering, Knowledge Discovery, and Information Quality
Thursday
TH1 TDWI Quality Management for Business Intelligence Systems NEW!
TH2 The Human Side of Data Integration: Powerful Principles Critical to Success
TH3 Data Conversion, Consolidation, and Cleansing—Practical Skills

ADMINISTRATION & TECHNOLOGY
DAYSESSION
Sunday
S5 BI Technology Review: Developments and Trends UPDATED!
S6 Designing a High-Performance Data Warehouse
Monday
M5 HandsOn-Business Analytics™ SOLD OUT
M6A Capacity Planning for Enterprise Data Warehouse Deployment NEW!
M6P The Future of Data Warehousing NEW!
Tuesday
T3A Integrating Unstructured Data into BI Solutions NEW!
Monday
T4 Evaluating BI Toolsets and BI Tools in Action UPDATED!
Tuesday
T5A HandsOn-Statistical Analysis for BI™—Essential Business Statistics for BI Applications and Solutions SOLD OUT
T5P HandsOn-Business Intelligence Strategy™ SOLD OUT
T6 Real-Time Data Warehousing
T8 Evaluating ETL Tools and Technologies: Vendors in Action UPDATED!
Wednesday
W4P Feeling SaaS-y? Software as a Service Invades Business Intelligence NEW!
W5 HandsOn-OLAP™ SOLD OUT
W6A BPM Solution Selection and Implementation Best Practices*
Thursday
TH5 HandsOn-Requirements Gathering: Advanced Techniques for BI Requirements SOLD OUT
Friday
F1 TDWI Technology Architecture for BI: Planning and Design of the Technical Infrastructure
F2P Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence UPDATED!
Thursday
F5 HandsOn-Data Mining™ SOLD OUT

CAREER
DAYSESSION
Monday
M8A CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam
M8P CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam
Friday
F4 Building a BI Career: A Personal Growth Plan UPDATED!