Assignment 1 : Warehousing Fundamentals
Due Week 2 and worth 100 points
This assignment contains two ( 2 ) sections : Written Report and PowerPoint Presentation . You must submit both sections for the completion of this assignment .
Section 1 : Written Report
Imagine you are the information technology specialist at your organization . The CIO has asked you to give a presentation to a select group of managers from different departments on business intelligence ( BI ). He suggested that you start by writing a report that would address the basics and bring the managers to the point of understanding the need for business intelligence . Considering the fact that the managers will be technical and nontechnical , you decide to take the CIO ’ s advice . In your report , start with the basics and conclude with a compare and contrast analysis of two ( 2 ) BI solutions .
Write a three to five ( 3-5 ) page paper in which you :
Examine and explain the relationship between data , information , and knowledge . Define “ strategic information ” and explain its relationship to a data warehouse .