Question: My boss is reluctant to begin any data warehouse activity until we have thoroughly planned, staffed and gained total commitment to a data warehouse initiative. My problem is that I can’t get the resources to perform any of these activities until my boss gives me the go-ahead. How do I convince her that we need to start doing something?
Chuck Kelley’s Answer: It sounds, to me, that your boss is not ready for or does not comprehend what a data warehouse can do for the organization. I would spend some time discussing with her what you want to do and why going through the whole process as you outlined is a mistake. Work to gain credibility on why it should be done a different way. Also, I would go talk to the business community to find a champion/evangelist for the DW and use that person to drive the process.
Chuck Kelley is an internationally known expert in database and data warehousing technology. He has 30 years of experience in designing and implementing operational/production systems and data warehouses. Kelley has worked in some facet of the design and implementation phase of more than 50 data warehouses and data marts. He also teaches seminars, co-authored four books on data warehousing and has been published in many trade magazines on database technology, data warehousing and enterprise data strategies. He can be contacted at chuckkelley@usa.net.
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