Oracle Tips  by Burleson Consulting

The Data Warehouse Development Life Cycle

Summary

Now that you have a high-level understanding of database architectures and basic types of applications used with data warehouses, we are ready to discuss the details about using Oracle as a vehicle for your data warehouse. The material in this text will become increasingly Oracle-specific, and this book is designed to provide increasing insight into the applications of the Oracle engine for data warehouses. The next chapter will provide an overview of the data warehouse system’s development life cycle and describe the importance of project planning in a warehouse development effort.

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