KABALE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE-2017

PROGRAMME : BIT-BCS-DIT-DCS

YEAR : 2017
COURSE NAME : BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & DATA WARE HOUSING
COURSE CODE : BIT322-BCS322
SEMESTER : II
ACADEMIC YEAR : 2016/2017
COURSE LECTURER : Alode OWAMAZIMA.

TEL : (+256)783-390-746 or (+256)704-505-356

Email address : oalode@kab.ac.ug

CREDIT UNITS : 4

Course Description:
This course introduces the student on how companies can build data warehouses
and utilize business intelligence for decision-making hence saving money and
increasing profit. Several, initiatives ranging from supply chain integration to
compliance with organizational/government-mandated reporting requirements
depend on well-designed data warehouse architecture. Therefore the course
introduces you to the main components of a data warehouse for business
intelligence applications. This will include how a data warehouse fits into the
overall strategy of a complex enterprise, how to develop data models, data mats
useful for business intelligence, and how to combine data from disparate sources
into a single database that comprises the core of your data warehouse.
The course will also explore how to define and specify useful management reports
from warehouse data.
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Aims:
The aims of the course are
 Give students the understanding on the role and operation of data
warehouses
 To equip students with skills of developing data warehouses
 To equip students with skills of maintaining existing data warehouses
 To equip students with skills of manipulating data warehouses to generate
information for business decision making
Learning outcomes:
On completion of this course, the students will be able to:
 Explain how data warehouse combined with good business intelligence can
increase a company’s bottom line.
 Describe the components of a data warehouse.
 Describe different forms of business intelligence that can be gleaned from a
data warehouse and how that intelligence can be applied toward business
decision-making.
 Develop dimensional models from which key data for critical decision-
making can be extracted.
 Sketch out the process for extracting data from disparate databases and data
sources, and then transforming the data for effective integration into a data
warehouse.
 Load extracted and transformed data into the data warehouse.
Teaching and learning pattern:
Teaching will be in form of class lectures, tutorials and lab demonstrations as
well as class presentations.
Indicative content:
 Data warehouse concepts: partitioning, granularity, record of source, and
metadata
 Building viable decision support environments.
 Architect development,
 Data migration and integration,
 Use of operational data stores, and transactional systems.
Assessment method:
Assessment will be in form of tests and practical assignments (40%) and final
written examination (60%)

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Reference books:
(i) Data warehousing fundamentals by Paulraj Ponniah, 2001, ISBN: 978-0-471-
41254. Harbison, 2004

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