The document discusses a structured approach to reduce BI development costs while enhancing project sustainability by using an ERD/MD model generator that automates model generation and ensures traceability. It highlights common pitfalls in BI projects, such as lack of stakeholder involvement and poor communication, and presents the generator as a solution that significantly speeds up model production and improves design quality. The tool also facilitates efficient job scheduling and addresses implementation challenges across various BI steps.

1. Decreasing BI Development costs
and increase project and
enterprise sustainability using
reproducible and structured
approach
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2. Classicals common pitfalls in BI
projects and continuous BI
improvement from a non-technical or
technical perspective
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Not having business stakeholders involved
Lack of continued executive sponsorship
Not having a clear goal
Project delays
Bad or no modeling
Loosing control
Bad knowledge communication
Too many manual operations in design
Bad functional and technical knowledge of existing applications
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3. Data Solutions de Spirlet deploy a tool
adressing some of these pitfalls :
Our answer in a structured way
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4. Our answer: ERD/MD Model generator based on
SAP Sybase PowerDesigner:
Your work
 Complete industrialisation and full traceability.
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5. Our ERD/MD Model generator will permit:
- Extremely fast model generation from a simplified
business model:
- Data models for all BI steps
- Standardized optimization
- Data movement models for all BI steps fully
described at object level (database entities and
transforms)
- Job orchestration step by step OR for all steps
integrated
- All elements are reproducible
and, consequently, sustain a constant quality
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6. Our ERD/MD Model generator includes classical technical
elements:
- Transformations
- Label optimization
- Business key (atomic or composite)
- Permit standardized implementation of classical
dimensions (date, time, …)
- Implementation of classical SCD1 & SCD2
mechanisms
- Implementation of asynchrounous loading
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7. Where will you gain benefits with our product ?
Big gain obtained on:
- Resource allocation
- Design models and directly
optimized database
structures
- Describing and organising
flows
- Information linage in the
enterprise
Using appropriate interface
you can efficiently organize job
scheduling in a more
structured way.
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8. ERD/MD Model generator
Summary of the product
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take several days or weeks
Often miss linage and traceability
Often miss flow description
Generate all models in few seconds or minutes from up to 300 source models (can be increased)
Includes complete linage and traceability
Include complete flow description
Permit to save a lot of time from design to deployment (more than factor 10)
Permit quick proof of concept and shorter development phases (more than factor 10)
Produce reproducible components with constant quality
Can serve as input for other automation
Permit new approaches for big companies and SME
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