Business processes for the business intelligence and data warehousing solution do not need to be documented or outlined as exhaustively as would be used in other non BI or DW projects, or for the business. The business process outline for the solution needs to contain sufficient information to highlight major processes and process steps. This will represent the flow of information and the areas which are required to be measured.
In order to outline the business process, it would be ideal if you have some business documentation outlining the processes, or knowledgeable people who understand the business process you are dealing with.
This recipe focuses on creating a simplified graphical representation of the business process that the business intelligence and data warehouse project will be developing a solution for. The purpose of this is to gain and communicate an understanding of the business process by all stakeholders.
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