RPI’s Data Warehouse: Rollout, Training, and Culture Shock

Presentation Summary

Keith Cushing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute improved decision support and changed its administrative culture with an award-winning data warehouse. In this presentation, you will learn how RPI’s data warehouse accommodates the analytical, operational, managerial, and personal data requirements of the Institute’s diverse user-base. Attendees will see how users interact with the data warehouse through dashboards, dynamic reports, and ad hoc query tools. In addition, the presenter will describe how the data warehouse team at RPI works with campus constituencies to roll out data marts and dashboards, train and support end-users, and change the Institute’s culture. Whether you’re just in the planning stages or currently rolling out your data warehouse, you’ll gain insight from this presentation on RPI’s front-end data warehouse experience.