Getting Started — Building the Scalable Warehouse the Right Way

Many managers have been inundated with information about the benefits of a Data Warehouse but little has been written to help the banker navigate through some rather treacherous waters. Where and how to start, why bother and what about all the hype? Isn’t it all about databases? We have them, so what’s the big deal!? This article introduces some of the ways to move towards your very own knowledge repository (your own data warehouse) and how it can help you better understand your business and support your decision-making. I will also look at some of the benefits and some of the ways other banks have moved forward successfully. Yes there have been failures but these are often the result of not getting the best advice you can and accepting that everything is a technology issue — it’s not!