TDWI's 2002 Best Practices in Data Warehousing Awards

Real-World Implementations Recognized for Innovation and Business Impact

TDWI's 2002 Best Practices in Data Warehousing  Awards Competition

"The competition this year for the Best Practices Awards was once again very strong," says Wayne Eckerson, director of education and research at TDWI. "But Broward County Public Schools clearly stood out from the rest and truly demonstrated a best practices from which others can follow and learn in the Government/Non-Profit category."

PURPOSE:

The Data Warehousing Institute's Best Practices Awards program is designed to identify and honor companies that have demonstrated best practices in developing, deploying, and maintaining data warehouses and business intelligence applications. TDWI's Best Practices winners convey valuable lessons that other data warehousing practitioners and business intelligence professionals can learn from. They help to establish a consensus on industry best practices in various data warehousing disciplines.

JUDGING PROCESS INFORMATION:

Nominations were judged by a panel of experts, including: practitioners, consultants, industry analysts, journalists, Journal of Data Warehousing editors, Institute Fellows, and TDWI management. The winners clearly demonstrated that their data warehouse and business intelligence projects were truly innovative solutions to problems commonly faced by data warehousing practitioners and were practices that could be followed by others. The judges examined six key criteria to determine the winners in each category:  

• Impact. What is the value of the data warehouse or application to the business and end-users? 
• Relevance. Does the data warehouse or business intelligence application demonstrate a best practice that other companies can adopt?
• Innovation. How innovative are the strategies, technologies, architectures, or processes used to design and implement the data warehouse or business intelligence environment?
• Alignment. How closely aligned are business and IT processes? How well does the data warehouse adapt to changing business requirements and deliver long-term sustainable value?
• Maturity. What is the scale, scope, and sophistication of the solution? How much has the solution evolved since it was first deployed?
• Bang for the Buck. How efficient is the design and delivery given the business, technical, and organizational constraints within which the project is operating?

2002 Best Practices Winners:

Customer Relationship Management: Travelocity
Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Business Performance Management: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Extranet Data Warehouses: State of California, Franchise Tax Board
Nominated by IBM

Integrated Data Analysis: Allstate Financial
Nominated by Knightsbridge Solutions

Data Stewardship & Data Quality: Nationwide Insurance
Self Nominated

Justifying a Data Warehouse: Harrah's Entertainment
Nominated by Cognos

Meta Data Management: Anthem, Inc.
Self Nominated

Integrating Data Marts and Data Warehouses: 3M
Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Government and Non-Profit: School Board of Broward County
Nominated by Brio Software

Data Mining: Scotiabank
Self Nominated

Web Analytics: Nationwide Insurance
Self Nominated

Real-time Analytics: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Nominated by Teradata, a division of NCR

Global Data Warehousing: GE Power Systems
Nominated by Business Objects

Building Data Warehouses with Limited Resources: Credit Union of Texas
Nominated by IBM

Supply Chain Analytics: Hewlett-Packard Company
Nominated by Informatica

 The Leadership in Data Warehousing Award:

The Best Practices in Data Warehousing Award winners will present their winning nominations, and compete for the coveted Leadership in Data Warehousing Award, at TDWI's World Conference—Summer 2002 in Las Vegas , NV August 18-23, 2002 . The winning Best Practices nominations will be presented on Tuesday, August 20 through Wednesday, August 21, 2002 , and will be judged by a panel of experts. The Leadership in Data Warehousing Award Winner will be invited to present its winning nomination at TDWI's World Conference—Fall 2002 in Florida .

TDWI Information:

 The Data Warehousing Institute

The Data Warehousing Institute™ (TDWI), a division of 101communications, is the premier provider of in-depth, high quality education and training in the data warehousing and business intelligence industry. TDWI is dedicated to educating business and information technology professionals about the strategies, techniques, and tools required to successfully design, build, and maintain data warehousing implementations, and also to the advancement of data warehousing research, knowledge transfer, and the professional development of its Members. TDWI sponsors and promotes a worldwide membership program, annual educational conferences, regional educational seminars, onsite courses, solution provider partnerships, awards programs for the best practices in data warehousing and innovative technologies, resourceful publications, an in-depth research program, and a comprehensive Web site.