Thu. August 28, 2008

TDWI World Conference Summer 2008

Make the Most of Your Week

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
S6 Leading and Organizing Business Intelligence Teams: Improving Individual and Team Performance*
S7 Building and Growing a Successful IQ Function NEW!
Monday
M5P The Future of Data Warehousing
M7 BI from Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT
M8A How to Build a Data Warehouse with Limited Resources
Tuesday
T2 TDWI Enterprise Metrics: Designing Integrated Business Metrics
T7 BI BBQ: Cookin’ Up Better Business ReQuirements
T9 Data Quality for Data Warehousing: A Practical Guide
Wednesday
W2 Power, Politics, and Partnership in Business Intelligence Projects
W4A Predictive Analytics: A Business Perspective
W5 CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives NEW!
W8 Data Quality Assessment—Practical Skills
Thursday
TH4 Data Warehouse Project Management
TH8 Business Requirements for BI Impact
Friday
F3P 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
S2 TDWI Introduction to Business Analytics
S4 Data Visualization for Discovery and Analysis
Monday
M3 A Systems-Thinking Approach to Business Analytics
M4 Dashboard Design for Immediate Insight
M6 HandsOn-OLAP SOLD OUT
Tuesday
T2 TDWI Enterprise Metrics: Designing Integrated Business Metrics
T6 HandsOn-Business Analytics SOLD OUT
T7 BI BBQ: Cookin’ Up Better Business ReQuirements
T8 Evaluating BI Toolsets and BI Tools in Action UPDATED!
Wednesday
W3 Enterprise Business Metrics in Practice: Using Metrics to Maximize Business Performance
W4A Predictive Analytics: A Business Perspective
W4P Predictive Analytics: Making It Work
W6A HandsOn-Requirements Gathering: Advanced Techniques for BI Requirements SOLD OUT
W6P HandsOn-Statistical Analysis for BI—Essential Business Statistics for BI Applications and Solutions SOLD OUT
W9A Text Analytics for BI/DW Practitioners NEW!
W9P Using Text Analytics to Understand the Voice of the Customer NEW!
Thursday
TH1 TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analytics
TH3A Collective Intelligence: The Convergence of BI with Content, Search, and Collaboration NEW!
TH3P Using Embedded BI Analytics to Drive Operational Decisions and Actions NEW!
TH5A DW 2.0: Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing NEW!
TH5P Integrating Unstructured Data into the DW 2.0 Framework NEW!
TH6 HandsOn-Advanced Analytics SOLD OUT
TH8 Business Requirements for BI Impact
Friday
F3A Virtualization Technologies for BI Environments

DATA ANALYSIS & DESIGN
DAYSESSION
Sunday
S4 Data Visualization for Discovery and Analysis
Monday
M1 TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems NEW!
M2 Dimensional Modeling from a Business Perspective: A Model the Business Can Understand NEW!
Tuesday
T4 Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
T9 Data Quality for Data Warehousing: A Practical Guide
Wednesday
W1 TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems
W4P Predictive Analytics: Making It Work
W8 Data Quality Assessment—Practical Skills
Thursday
TH1 TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analytics
TH7A Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration—Practical Skills
TH7P Using the Data Model Scorecard to Improve Data Model Quality
Friday
F2 Dimensional Modeling: Advanced Topics

DATA INTEGRATION
DAYSESSION
Sunday
S7 Building and Growing a Successful IQ Function NEW!
Monday
M9 Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information for the Data Warehouse NEW!
Tuesday
T1 TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing
T3 Evaluating ETL Tools and Technologies: Vendors in Action UPDATED!
T4 Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
Wednesday
W5 CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives NEW!
W7 Beyond the Data Warehouse: Architectural Options for Data Integration
Thursday
TH5A DW 2.0: Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing NEW!
TH5P Integrating Unstructured Data into the DW 2.0 Framework NEW!
TH7A Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration—Practical Skills
Friday
F1 TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation
F4A Using Metadata to Improve Quality NEW!
F6 HandsOn-Data Integration

ADMINISTRATION & TECHNOLOGY
DAYSESSION
Sunday
S3P Assessing Your BI Maturity: How to Take Your BI Environment to the Next Level NEW!
S5 Designing a High-Performance Data Warehouse
Monday
M5A Capacity Planning for Enterprise Data Warehouse Deployment
M5P The Future of Data Warehousing
M6 HandsOn-OLAP SOLD OUT
M8P Feeling SaaS-y? Software as a Service Invades Business Intelligence
Tuesday
T3 Evaluating ETL Tools and Technologies: Vendors in Action UPDATED!
T5 Real-Time Data Warehousing
T6 HandsOn-Business Analytics SOLD OUT
T8 Evaluating BI Toolsets and BI Tools in Action UPDATED!
Wednesday
W6A HandsOn-Requirements Gathering: Advanced Techniques for BI Requirements SOLD OUT
W6P HandsOn-Statistical Analysis for BI—Essential Business Statistics for BI Applications and Solutions SOLD OUT
Thursday
TH6 HandsOn-Advanced Analytics SOLD OUT
Friday
F3A Virtualization Technologies for BI Environments
F3P Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence UPDATED!
F6 HandsOn-Data Integration

CAREER
DAYSESSION
Thursday
TH2A CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam
TH2P CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam
Friday
F5 Building a BI Career: A Personal Growth Plan