Scott Thorne of the Data Administration and Warehousing Team will join us to discuss best practices and benefits to accessing the DW resources on a project.* Resource requests

• • should be made during the planning phase (assigning team)
  • PM sends email to data-admin@mit.edu
• Reporting requirements

• • should be completed during the requirements phase
  • can take 1-3 1 hour sessions, set up by the BA, facilitated by DM
  • member of DM will work with BA, business owner and key users (stakeholders) to capture reporting requirements
  • BA incorporates into documentation
  • should be completed prior to design
• Conceptual modeling and business process models

• • should begin during requirements phase (middle to end)
  • can take up to 1-3 2 hour sessions, set up by the BA, facilitated by DM
  • member of DM will work with BA, business owner and key users (identified by business) to create conceptual model (document the relationships)
  • DM will then help BA map the business processes as well, if desired (or BA can do on their own)
  • BA incorporates into documentation
  • should be completed prior to final requirements sign off

• • • test requirements against conceptual model and business process maps as further validation
    • modify as needed
  • team can then take conceptual model to physical level (design) and define data (fields)
  • team can then test design against conceptual model prior to design review
• Maintenance requests

• • enhancement requests should always refer to model to see if:

• • • you will break model with additional functionality OR
    • you need to extend the model to incorporate new functionality