Architecture Table of Contents

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PROJECT NAMEApplication Architecture DocumentExecutive Summary

Business Understanding

Project Focus

Methodology

Business Requirements

High-Level BSDW Architecture Development

BSDW Standards & Products

Ongoing Refinement

Business Requirements and Architectural Implications

CRM (Campaign management & Target marketing)

Store/District Performance

Sales Forecasting

Inventory Planning

Sales Management information

Additional Business Issues

Data Quality

Common Data Elements and Business Definitions

Architecture Overview

High Level Model

Metadata Driven

Flexible Services Layers

Major Architectural Elements

Services and Functions

ETL Services

Customer data integration

External demographics

Data Access Services

BI Applications (CRM/Campaign Mgmt; Forecasting)

Sales Management dashboard

Ad hoc query and standard reporting

Metadata Maintenance

User Maintained Data System

Data Stores

Sources and Reference Data

ETL data staging and data quality support

Presentation servers

Business metadata repository

Infrastructure and Utilities

Metadata Strategy

Architecture Development Process

Architecture Development Phases

Architecture Proof of Concept

BSDW Standards and Product Selection

First Pass Data Model

Appendix A Architecture Models

Appendix B Requirements Interviews Summary

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