The Corporate Information Factory (CIF) Certification Class

Dates: Monday April 11th – Thursday 14th, 2005

Class Logistics:

• The 3-day Corporate Information Factory (CIF) Class takes place on 4/11-4/13.
• The CIF Certification Testing (optional) takes place Thursday morning, 4/14

Class Instructor:  Bill Inmon

Class Fees: 

• 4-day CIF Certification Class = $2,800 per student
• For those Students that only wish to attend the 3-Day CIF Class (Mon – Wed), can attend the 3-day CIF class for $2,500 per Student.
• Note:  Group discounts are available for 3 or more Students coming from the same Company.
  

Registration: Register here or to register by phone, please call Mr. Bernie Joyce at (714) 434-9023 ext. 224 or e-mail bernie.joyce@westbaysolutions.com. Ask about group discounts.

The Corporate Information Factory (CIF) is a framework for how to build successful data warehouses and is an industry standard. This well-known and enduring technical architecture is a proven way to organize information systems and is in use by many corporations and governmental organizations today.

The CIF certification class is a three day class for the purpose of describing the CIF in detail. The format of the class is lecture and discussion. The class is conducted by Bill Inmon. The class is for architects, system designers, managers, data base administrators, data administrators, and developers. The class is followed by an optional 1/2 day certification test. Upon completion of the class and the test, the attendee will be a certified CIF architect and will be entitled to use those credentials on a resume.

Topics include:

ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE

An Introduction To The CIF
Architecture
Short Term Budget/Long Term Architecture
Enterprise Model
Flow Through the Architecture
ROI - Cost Of Information
ROI - Time Value Of Data
Data Warehouse
Data Warehouse Architecture
Example - Standard Data Warehouse
Data Warehouse Value
Example - A Train Company
Atomic Data
Example - A Telephone Company
Data Base Design
Improving Performance
Resource Governor
Monitor
Data Marts And Data Warehouse
Conforming Dimensions
Iterative Development
Staging Area

OPERATIONAL PROCESSING

Operational environment
ODS

INFORMATIONAL PROCESSING

ETL
DSS Framework
DSS
Example - A Steel Company
Exwh
Example - An Airbag Company

EBUSINESS

Web Environment
Changed Data Capture
Profiling Data

MISCELLANEOUS

ERP
Distributed Metadata
Global Data Warehouse
Iterative Migration
Migration
Expanding Scope
Performance Throughout the Architecture
Federated Data Warehouse
Methodology
HSM
Archival Processing
Designing Archival Data
Virtual Operational Data Store

SECURITY

Holistic Approach to Security
Predictive Security

SHARING DATA

Ownership
Exchange of data
Resolving Ownership Overlap

OTHER ISSUES

Critical Path Analysis
Object Oriented Design and the CIF

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