Data Warehouses

FPT University
Hanoi 2010
Lecture 0: Course Introduction
General Information
 Course Name: Data Warehouses
 No of credits: 3
 Contact time: 30 sessions (Lectures: 12,
Tutorials: 18)
 Textbook: Data Warehousing Fundamentals for
IT Professionals, 2nd Edition Paulraj Ponniah
 Technical facilities: Microsoft SQL Server
Assessment scheme
 On-going assessment:
 1 Assignment: 30%
 6 Labs 10%
 2 quizzes: 10x2= 20%
 Final Exam: 40%
 Final Result: 100%

Completion Criteria:
 Every on-going assessment component >0
 Final Exam Score >=4 & Final Result >=5
Main objectives
 Allow student to:
 Design a data warehouse or data mart to present information
needed by management
 Implement a high quality data warehouse or data mart.

 Effectively administer a corporate data resource in such a way

that it will truly meet management’s needs.

 Evaluate standards and new technologies to determine their

potential impact on your information resource.