Clay Rehm, CCP, PMP, is president of Rehm Technology (www.rehmtech.com), a consulting firm specializing in data integration solutions. Rehm provides hands-on expertise in project management, assessments, methodologies, data modeling, database design, metadata and systems analysis, design and development. He has worked in multiple platforms and his experience spans operational and data warehouse environments. Rehm is a technical book editor and is a co-author of the book, Impossible Data Warehouse Situations with Solutions from the Experts. In addition, he is a Certified Computing Professional (CCP), a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science and a Masters Degree in Software Engineering from Carroll College. He can be reached at clay.rehm@rehmtech.com.

How can one show intermediate deliverables/results to the business uses/sponsors?
October 1, 2007

Please give some suggestions to prepare an estimation effort for our ETL process.
October 1, 2007

How do you decide on the roles and responsibilities of operational or analytical reporting teams?
August 1, 2007

Could you recommend a review process for the logical model of our pilot data warehouse?
May 1, 2007

Are there any standard formats to document (or rather describe) the reports we generate from our DW?
March 1, 2007

We are going to change the numbering format for our customers for database across the organization. What should we consider before beginning the project?
March 1, 2007

What is the best data modeling approach for a staging area?
February 1, 2007

What are the best methodologies for testing data integration?
February 1, 2007

Are there any industry standards or best practices regarding how to handle vendor solutions specifically pertaining to conformation to an organization's information architecture standards?
February 1, 2007

What factors should be considered and what are the risks of bringing an outsourced data warehouse back in house?
February 1, 2007