2794 Designing a Business Intelligence Solution For The Enterprise Microsoft SQL Server en Monterrey

Introduction
Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

The purpose of this two-day instructor-led course is to teach Business Intelligence (BI) professionals working in enterprise environments to design a BI solution architecture. Students will be taught the importance of keeping all components of the solution and stages of the lifecycle in mind. The first day focuses on foundational standards and practices for the enterprise. The second day focuses on a project-specific lifecycle for capturing requirements and deriving a solution architecture.

This is the first course in the Business Intelligence curriculum and will serve as the entry point for other courses in the curriculum.

Module 1: Introduction to Business Intelligence Architecture

In this module, students will learn about key design principles that should be considered when scoping a BI solution, and about the components of the back end and front end of a BI solution, so that they can design and develop appropriate BI solutions for organizations.

Lessons
- Overview of Business Intelligence
- Overview of Business Intelligence Architecture

Lab 1: Identifying Business Intelligence Solution Requirements

- Examining a BI Solution
- Documenting the BI Architecture

After completing this module, students will be able to:

- Describe the purpose and nature of a business intelligence solution.
- Identify the main components of a comprehensive business intelligence architecture.

Module 2: Overview of the Business Intelligence Project Lifecycle

This module examines the core processes and requirements to achieve a successful Business Intelligence project.

Lessons
- Planning a Business Intelligence Project
- Determining Business Intelligence Requirements
- Revising and Updating a Business Intelligence Project

Lab 2: Planning a Business Intelligence Project

- Identifying Requirements
- Estimating Task Durations

After completing this module, students will be able to:

- Describe the major components of a business intelligence project lifecycle.
- Determine requirements for a business intelligence solution project.
- Revise and update a business intelligence project plan.

Module 3: Introduction to Business Intelligence Development

This module describes how to plan and manage the development process for a Business Intelligence project. It discusses considerations for assembling the development team, managing the development process, testing, and deploying the solution.

Lessons
- Overview of Business Intelligence Development
- Managing Business Intelligence Development
- Determining Data Management Process

Lab 3: Developing a Business Intelligence Solution

- Identifying Team Requirements
- Determining Naming Standards

After completing this module, students will be able to:

- Determine Business Intelligence development requirements and implement a Business Intelligence development project.
- Manage a Business Intelligence development project.
- Determine effective data management processes.

Module 4: Designing Business Intelligence Infrastructure

This module describes how to identify infrastructure requirements for a Business Intelligence solution, and how to design an effective infrastructure to provide the required levels of scalability and availability.

Lessons

- Determining Infrastructure Requirements
- Planning for Scalability and Availability

Lab 4: Supporting Business Intelligence Infrastructure Growth

- Designing a BI Infrastructure
- Evaluating Software Requirements

After completing this module, students will be able to:

- Determine infrastructure requirements for a BI solution.
- Plan for scalability and availability.

Module 5: Managing Business Intelligence Operations

This module explains how to manage and operate a Business Intelligence solution.

Lessons
- Overview of Business Intelligence Operations
- Managing Maintenance and Operations Tasks
- Managing Data Archiving
- Managing Business Intelligence Operations for Business Continuity

Lab 5: Using Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) to Manage Business Intelligence Operations

- Planning the Operations Solution
- Evaluating Operational Costs and Risks
- After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Manage BI operations.
- Identify and plan maintenance and operations tasks for a BI solution.
- Describe considerations for planning and implementing data archiving in a BI solution.
- Describe business continuity and how it applies to BI operations.