Practical Advice for Managing Poor Warehouse Performance
This paper will identify many of the causes of poor performance in data warehouse queries and identify practical solutions for…
A Component Framework Model for Information Technology Architecture
This article is the first in a planned series in TDAN which will attempt to contribute in a meaningful way…
Change Management
The only constant in American enterprises is change. There are external changes in politics, climate, laws, markets, competition, and customer…
Seven Keys to Selecting a Decision Support Consulting Firm
You have fought hard and worked your internal organization to build the case for beginning a decision support initiative. Now…
A Project Model is a Constrained Subset of an Enterprise Model
The material below argues that it is a simplistic understanding of the problem and the Project Model should be defined…
Patterns and the Zachman Framework
John Zachman originally called row one of his framework, “Scope” (1), representing the point of view of the CEO who…
What’s in a Name?
Establishing and enforcing naming conventions is typically one of the first duties to be tackled when implementing new software. Adequate…
Justification for an Enterprise Model
Purpose Models are created not only to represent the business needs of an application but can also depict the business…
Enterprise Information Architecture
The primary objective of an "architected" environment is to deliver higher quality, integrated systems and information at a significantly reduced…
The Warehouse Meets the Web
This article explores the expanding world of Web-enabled OLAP. The shortcomings of traditional client-server OLAP are identified followed by a…