“INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PAPER INSTRUCTIONS:
Choose one of the papers displayed or the Envirofacts Data Warehouse to analyze. Follow the instructions below to analyze
what has been done with their warehouse.
If you would like to choose a paper of your own, you may do so with the
approval of Dr. Chasser. There are other
papers available at the Data Warehousing Institute site.

The
Envirofacts Data Warehouse, Environmental Protection Agency, is available at .epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html%20″”>http://www.epa.gov/enviro. This is a data warehouse for public use.
Enter your locality and search through the online data warehouse. You may have
to modify your locality to find an area near to you. Experiment with the
various online tools. Use your experience to write your paper.

Report
Format for Individual Papers
Your
assignment should be at least 3 pages, but no more than 5 pages about the
chosen paper. The important thing in developing your paper is to be
“”thorough”” and “”accurate””. You should read the selected
paper several times before you start writing, and take some time off in between
the reading and the reporting so you let some thought and incubation take
place. The questions listed below do not necessarily have EXACT answers; however
that doesn’t mean that any sloppy thinking will do.
Begin
with the background of the company being written about. Use the internet to
research any information not available in the paper. Include information on
their products, their organization structure, their financial/stock performance
and their competitors.
Include
all of the following items with your analyses.

a. Key
business tasks supported
b. Key
business users supported
c. Describe
the general architecture
d. Products
utilized
e. Business
decisions driving the decision for a data warehouse
f. Key
business objectives
g. Expected
benefits
h. Training/education
required
i. Outside
services used during the implementation
j. From
YOUR perspective, was the project a success?
k. If
the system went down for three hours, what kind of pain would the company
feel?
l. Major
success factors
m. Major
risk factors
n. What
were the lessons learned?
o. What
enhancements do you see for this system?
p. What
other materials would you have liked to have in order to answer more
effectively?
INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS PAPER INSTRUCTIONS:Choose one of the papers displayed or the
Envirofacts Data Warehouse to analyze. Follow the instructions below to analyze
what has been done with their warehouse.
If you would like to choose a paper of your own, you may do so with the
approval of Dr. Chasser. There are other
papers available at the Data Warehousing Institute site. The
Envirofacts Data Warehouse, Environmental Protection Agency, is available at .epa.gov/enviro/index_java.html%20″”>http://www.epa.gov/enviro. This is a data warehouse for public use.
Enter your locality and search through the online data warehouse. You may have
to modify your locality to find an area near to you. Experiment with the
various online tools. Use your experience to write your paper.Report
Format for Individual PapersYour
assignment should be at least 3 pages, but no more than 5 pages about the
chosen paper. The important thing in developing your paper is to be
“”thorough”” and “”accurate””. You should read the selected
paper several times before you start writing, and take some time off in between
the reading and the reporting so you let some thought and incubation take
place. The questions listed below do not necessarily have EXACT answers; however
that doesn’t mean that any sloppy thinking will do. Begin
with the background of the company being written about. Use the internet to
research any information not available in the paper. Include information on
their products, their organization structure, their financial/stock performance
and their competitors. Include
all of the following items with your analyses.

a. Key
business tasks supportedb. Key
business users supportedc. Describe
the general architecture d. Products
utilized e. Business
decisions driving the decision for a data warehousef. Key
business objectivesg. Expected
benefitsh. Training/education
requiredi. Outside
services used during the implementationj. From
YOUR perspective, was the project a success? k. If
the system went down for three hours, what kind of pain would the company
feel? l. Major
success factorsm. Major
risk factorsn. What
were the lessons learned?o. What
enhancements do you see for this system?p. What
other materials would you have liked to have in order to answer more
effectively?”