Build the Bus Matrix Before the Backlog
Use a bus matrix to identify reusable dimensions and sequence warehouse delivery.
A warehouse backlog without a bus matrix tends to optimize local dashboards and create global confusion. Processes Down, Dimensions Across A bus matrix makes two things visible at once: the business processes your warehouse supports and the dimensions those processes must share. Orders, subscriptions, invoices, support cases, and product events are process rows. Customer, Product, Date, Region, and Owner are dimension columns. Conformance Is the Payoff A conformed dimension is usable across more than one process with the same meaning. That is the difference between "revenue by segment" and "which team's version of segment?" When the same dimensions serve multiple…
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