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Becoming A BI Architect

Speaker Name

Speaker Title

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Issues To Address

Trust

Shadow IT

Security

Cost

Silos of DataFinance requirements

Marketing analyst requirements

Shortening ETL window

Trust

Lack of User Requirement

Data QualityPerformance

Too Much Data

Control over data capture

Addressing different concernsManaging competing agendas

• Managing information over the

longer term

• Managing through business change

• Single version of the truth

IT Community

• Information Access

• Being a catalyst for business change

through rapid time to benefit

• Heterogeneous & ubiquitous access

BI User Community

• Single version of the truth

• Information management represents

value

• Long term architected approach

• Model centric

• Starting point is probably a blank

sheet of paper

• Heterogeneous & ubiquitous access

• Information consumption represents

value

• Report centric approach

• Change managed through product

• Starting point for discussion is often

a current set of backlog reports

BI

CRM

Sales

The Role of Business Intelligence

FIN

HR

Op 1

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Reference ArchitectureComponents

Reference ArchitectureBI as a Service

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Reference ArchitectureData Design – Staging

•Take it all !

•Right Time not Batch•Right Time not Batch

•Mini-batch

•From message queue

Reference ArchitectureData Design – Foundation Layer

•Protection from

business change

•Retain for as long

as possibleas possible

Reference ArchitectureData Design – Access & Performance Layer

•OLAP over Star when possible

•Resist over design

•// processing

•COTS BI Apps for non core•COTS BI Apps for non core

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Reference ArchitectureThe Value of Abstraction

Reference ArchitectureThe Value of Abstraction

Reference ArchitectureThe Value of Abstraction

Reference ArchitectureThe Value of Abstraction

Reference ArchitectureThe Value of Abstraction

Reference ArchitectureThe Value of Abstraction

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

Silver

Bronze

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Gold

Reference ArchitectureExposing Data Quality

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Bronze

GoldBronze

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Reference ArchitectureBI as a Service Implies Operational Significance

Server

Failures

Data

Failures

Unplanned

Downtime

The Implication of Operational SignificanceMaximum Availability

– 32 –

System

Changes

Data

Changes

Planned

Downtime

Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Securing DW

Identities

Directory

The “Wild”

Infrastructure

Enterprise

Information

People

Identities

Access

Audit

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Agenda

• Issues that a BI Architect should address

• Using a reference architecture

• The major considerations

• Simple lessons for data design

• The value of abstraction• The value of abstraction

• Exposing data quality

• The implication of operational significance

• Security considerations

• Conclusions

Issues To Address

Trust

Shadow IT

Security

Cost

Silos of DataFinance requirements

Marketing analyst requirements

Shortening ETL window

Trust

Lack of User Requirement

Data QualityPerformance

Too Much Data

Control over data capture

Addressing the Issues

Architect Trust

Embrace Shadow IT

Address Security up front

Build in stages

The rule of 1Embrace Finance

Embrace Marketing analysts

Use mini batch for ETL

Architect Trust

Architect for change

Expose Data Quality to business users

Exploit OLAP

Use abstraction

Take control of data

Call to Action

• Attend a free of charge BI Masterclass

• Explore your requirements with Oracle BI Architects

• Ask your sales representative about EX-CITE

• Work with Oracle Consulting to plan your BI

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