Teradata V13-Course Design Document

Teradata V13 Course

Course Design Document
Ver 3.1

Prepared By Development Approval Release Approval

(to be updated by SME (to be updated by the
after updating the Section (to be updated by the BU Product Manager after
1A, 1B, 1C and 1D) Senior Manager or Above) reviewing Section 1 & 2 and
updating Section 3)

Sudeshna Pal, Sarnava

Name
Das RE BU APPROVAL
REQUIRED -RE Asset Creation Teradata 13 Practitioner - reg. .msg

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Role
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Signature

Date 05/15/2012
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Table of Content
1. Pre Development Phase.............................................................................................. 3

A. Course Section..........................................................................................................................................3

i. Course Name and Objective..........................................................................................3

ii. Learning Methods.........................................................................................................3
iii. Pre-Requisites (Courses, Certifications & Competencies)............................................4
iv. Course Competencies..................................................................................................6
v. RLO Objectives and Names...........................................................................................7
vi. RIO Objectives and Names...........................................................................................8
vii. Deliverable for Each Learning Method.....................................................................10
viii. Learning Materials for Assessment..........................................................................11
B. Learner Section.....................................................................................................................................11

i. Target Audience..........................................................................................................11
ii. Learner Profile............................................................................................................12
C. Trainer Section......................................................................................................................................13

i. Trainer’s Skill-set (Mandatory)....................................................................................13

ii. Vendor Certification (if required)...............................................................................13
iii. Additional Information..............................................................................................13
D. Infrastructure Section........................................................................................................................14

i. Hardware, Software Specification...............................................................................14

2. Pre Release Checklist................................................................................................ 15

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1. Pre Development Phase

A. Course Section

i. Course Name and Objective

This section lists the course name, objective (at a higher level), course duration, and
the course level.

Course Name Course Objective Course Level Durati

on
( Learner /
Practitioner/ (Hrs)
Specialist )

Teradata V13 After completing the course, the Practitioner 20

Practitioner Level Associate should be able to:
Course

 Understand Teradata Vs other

databases like Oracle 10g and
DB2

 Use Teradata SQL

 Understand Advanced SQL

 Use Teradata Load/Unload

utilities

 Understand the new additional

features introduced for Teradata
V13

ii. Learning Methods

This section helps you to identify the different learning methods that would be
implemented for imparting the training.

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SNo Learning Method Offshore Onsite

(Yes / (Yes /
No) No)

 1. Courseware

1.1 Classroom Training Yes

1.2 Virtual Classroom

1.3 Dovetail

1.4 Webinar

1.5 Self - Paced Learning Resources – Self Reading

1.6 Classroom Training / Virtual Classroom

1.7 Classroom Training / Webinar

1.8 Dovetail / Virtual Classroom

1.9 Classroom Training / Dovetail / Virtual Classroom

2. Assessments

2.1 CCP - Assessments

2.2 Custom Assessments

2.3 L2 – Assessments (Pre Test)

2.4 L2 – Assessments (Post / Exit Test)

2.5 Dovetail - Assessments

2.5 ELT - Assessments

3. References

iii. Pre-Requisites (Courses, Certifications & Competencies)

This section helps you to list the relevant competencies for the courseware along
with the proficiency levels as per the ELM requirements.

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Prerequisite Courses, Certification and HCM Competency

Pre-Requisite

A. Course Names (along with Course Codes) and Mandatory /

Certifications ( External and Internal) Recommended

1.

2.

3.

B. Prerequisite HCM Proficiency Level Mandatory /

Competency Recommended
(Learner/Practitioner/Sp
ecialist)

1.Database Basics Learner Recommended

2.Database Concepts Learner Recommended

3.

Note:
Refer to the following for HCM Competency information:
1. https://cworld.cognizant.com/MyCognizant/MyCareer/default.aspx . Refer to this link to
provide Role Skill Matrix Competencies. Click on Verticals, Horizontals, Business Consulting
and Corporate Functions under the Competency Definitions block
2. https://ch1workspaces.cognizant.com/sites/SW41/HCM%20Competency
%20Master/Forms/AllItems.aspx and open the file HCM Competency Master.xlsx for the
complete list of HCM competencies.

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iv. Course Competencies

(If this section has already been updated in the Requirements Tracking Document
(RTD), the following table need not be updated.)

ELM Requirement

List the HCM Competencies & Proficiency Level of this course

Proficiency Level
HCM Competency (Learner/Practitioner/Specialist
)

Teradata BTEQ, Loader utilities Practitioner

Teradata Architecture

Teradata

ETL Tool Application Development

ETL Tools

Note:

Click the link - https://channelone/sites/Shared Workspace/ALA/Course Master

List/Forms/AllItems.aspx and open the file Learning Catalog Master (LCM_vN.NN). Refer
to the ‘HCM Competency Master’ sheet for the complete list of HCM competencies.

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v. RLO Objectives and Names

This section lists the RLO (module) objectives and names for the course.

# RLO Objectives RLO Name Theory Hands- Learning

Duration on
Duration Method(s)
(Hrs)
(Hrs)

1 After completing Teradata V13 20 ILT

this module, you
will be able to:

Explain Teradata
V13

vi. Session Plan – Classroom Training - Offshore

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.

Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

1. After completing this Teradata Vs Other 1

chapter, you will be able Databases
to:

 Compare
Teradata with
Oracle 10G ,DB2
and other
databases

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

2. After completing this Teradata Architecture and 1

chapter, you will be able Access Methods
to:

 Explain Teradata
Architecture

3. After completing this Join Strategies 0.5 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Use Different joins

available

4. After completing this Teradata SQL 1 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Explain Teradata
SQL

5. After completing this Advanced SQL 1 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Use the different

Teradata functions

6. After completing this Date time conversion 0.5 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Explain different
data types available
and how the data
types can be
formatted /
converted

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

7. After completing this Performance Management 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Explain
Performance
Management

8. After completing this Stored Procedure Cursor 0.5 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Define Stored
procedure
cursors

9. After completing this Teradata Transaction 1 0.5

chapter, you will be able Modes
to:

 Describe
Teradata
Transaction
modes

10. After completing this Tools and Utilities 1.5

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Have an overview of
Tools and Utilities

11. After completing this Tpump 1 0.5

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Explain Tpump
utility

12. After completing this Triggers 1 1

chapter, you will be able
to:

 Create, alter and

drop triggers

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

13. After completing this Teradata 13.0 Additional 1.5 0.5

chapter, you will be able Features
to:

 Explain the
newly added
features for
Teradata 13 as
compared to
previous versions

vii. Deliverable for Each Learning Method

This section lists the different types of deliverables applicable for each learning
method.

Courseware

Learning Method ( whichever is

applicable)

Deliverables Classroom Dovetail Virtual Webinar

Training Classroom

Session Plan 
Presentations 
Hands-on Exercise Document
Case Study
Model Solutions for Hands on
exercise / Case Study

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viii. Learning Materials for Assessment

This section lists the learning materials such as Baselined Courses, Books, Manuals,
and Web Links that are required to prepare for an assessment.

SNo. Public Course / Book / Name Availability

Manual / Web Link /
Digital Library / Other (update here) (Location of the
material)

1.

2.

3.

B. Learner Section

i. Target Audience

This section helps you to identify the target audience for the course. Typically, the
target audience can be classified into three categories based on the role of an
Associate.

Select () the appropriate cells in the Table below to indicate the Target Audience for the
Course/Assessment.

Designation Senior Associates & Managers & Above & All Associates
Above Equivalent
Geography

Global

India 

Europe

North America

List of countries

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Geo-wise Learner Groups Countries Covered

India Employees IND,  PHL, CHN  (Philippine, China)
North America Associates USA, ARG, BRA, CAN, MEX
CHE, BEL, CZE, DEU, DNK, FRA, NLD, NOR, SWE, GBR,
Europe
IRL, HUN,FIN

Note: Please ensure that the above table is in synch with the Implementation Table
(Section 7.0) in the Requirements Tracking Document.

ii. Learner Profile

This section captures additional information for the learner which will help the
learner to take up the course.

 Years of Experience in specific Technology / Domain : 1 year or more

 Other : Needs to have basic understanding of RDBMS fundamentals

C. Trainer Section

i. Trainer’s Skill-set (Mandatory)

This section captures the Skill-set of the trainer.
Technical/Domain/Behavioral Skill-set

# Competency Area Proficiency Level Years of

(1-Learner/ 2 / 3 / 4 / Experience
5-Guru)

1 Teradata 2/3 2.5 – 3 or

more

ii. Vendor Certification (if required)

 Recommended (not mandatory): Teradata 12 Basics (TE0-121)
 Recommended (not mandatory): Teradata 12 SQL (TE0-122)

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iii. Additional Information

This section captures any additional information required to conduct the course.

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D. Infrastructure Section

i. Hardware, Software Specification

This section captures the hardware and software specifications for the effective
delivery of the course.

a. Hardware Specification
Server Specification

Desktop / Client Specification  Operating System Requirement:

Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack
3 or Microsoft Windows 7 operating
system or Microsoft Windows Server
2003 with Service Pack 2 or Microsoft
Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows
Server 2008
 Intel Pentium II or above based PC
 Minimum 1 GB of memory
 2.2 GB to 12 GB of free disk space
depending on database size and utilities
installed.

Others

b. Software Specification
# Name of the software (s) Version License License Descriptio Can be used
to be installed available in available in n of any through
RAMS? RAMS for patch to be Tool Wire /
onsite? installed SoftGrid?
(Yes/No)
(Yes/No)

1 Teradata Express 13.0 ** 13.0

** Teradata Express 13.0 can be downloaded and installed from the following link by
NSS after GIS approval.

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http://www.teradata.com/express-terms.aspx?id=12305

Instruction for installing the software in the “Tool Wire/SoftGrid”

environment (if the response is ‘Yes’ in the last column in the above table) :

# Name of the software Instruction

2. Pre Release Checklist

Requirement Yes / No / NA

* Learning Methods have been validated

* Learner Groups (LG) have been validated (LG modification is allowed
on quarterly basis)
* Trainer Profile available
* Session plan for trainer available
* Participant Profile available
* Model solution to the Case Studies ( if any) is available
* Model solution to the Hands-on Exercises ( if any) is available

* Infrastructure details available for onsite and offshore

* If the course is developed for Global Audience, then it must have
content for Virtual Classroom. Only Classroom Training is not accepted.

Pilot testing required

List of the Trainers for conducting this training is available
Course information summary available
Workshop facilitation instructions available
Content meets course objectives and has right balance between
concepts and experience sharing (examples)
** Any additional inputs if External Trainer is used to execute this
course

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*Indicates Mandatory Component.

Course will be released only on the availability of all the mandatory components. Any
exception will have to be approved by BU approver and Academy approver.

Pilot Testing Feedback and Action Taken

# Feedback Action Taken

**Inputs for External Trainer:

<Include the instructions for the external trainer here>

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