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Certification Code Certification Code Certification Code Certification Code VS-1068
Vskills Vskills Vskills Vskills Data Data Data Data Mining and Mining and Mining and Mining and Warehousing Professional Warehousing Professional Warehousing Professional Warehousing Professional assesses the candidate for a compan!s
data mining and "arehousing needs# $he certification tests the candidates on %arious areas
in data mining and "arehousing "hich include kno"ledge of planning& managing&
designing& implementing& supporting& maintaining and anal'ing the organi'ation!s data
"arehouse and co%ering data mining and (n-)ine *naltical Processing +()*P,#
Wh should one take this certification- Wh should one take this certification- Wh should one take this certification- Wh should one take this certification-
$his Course is intended for professionals and graduates "anting to e.cel in their chosen
areas# /t is also "ell suited for those "ho are alread "orking and "ould like to take
certification for further career progression#
0arning Vskills Data Mining and Warehousing Professional Certification can help
candidate differentiate in toda1s competiti%e 2o3 market& 3roaden their emploment
opportunities 3 displaing their ad%anced skills& and result in higher earning potential#
Who "ill 3enefit from taking this certification- Who "ill 3enefit from taking this certification- Who "ill 3enefit from taking this certification- Who "ill 3enefit from taking this certification-
4o3 seekers looking to find emploment in /$ department of %arious companies& students
generall "anting to impro%e their skill set and make their CV stronger and e.isting
emploees looking for a 3etter role can pro%e their emploers the %alue of their skills
through this certification
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Dur Dur Dur Duration5 ation5 ation5 ation5 60 minutes
6o# of 7uestions5 6o# of 7uestions5 6o# of 7uestions5 6o# of 7uestions5 80
Ma.imum marks5 Ma.imum marks5 Ma.imum marks5 Ma.imum marks5 80& Passing marks5 98 +80:,
$here is no negati%e marking in this module#
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Data Mining and Warehousing professional are in great demand# Companies speciali'ing
in /ntegration Ser%ices are constantl hiring kno"ledgea3le professionals# Various 3anks&
telecom and /$ companies also need data mining and "arehousing professionals for data
management and analsis#
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Table of Contents


1# 1# 1# 1# /ntroduction /ntroduction /ntroduction /ntroduction
1.1 Evolution of data mining and warehousing
1.2 Basic Terminologies (Data marts, data stores, etc.)
1.3 Architecture Types
1.4 Components and Metadata role

9# 9# 9# 9# Value Proposition Value Proposition Value Proposition Value Proposition
2.1 Data Warehouse economics
2.2 Cost Matrix, SLA and ROI
2.3 Risk Mitigation

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3.1 Strategy Development
3.2 Agile Development process
3.3 Planning principles and success factors

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4.1 Requirement gathering methods
4.2 Requirement analysis and definition

8# 8# 8# 8# Design Design Design Design
5.1 Data and architecture design
5.2 Hardware and Software Selection
5.3 Tools Collection

6# 6# 6# 6# Dimensional Modeling Dimensional Modeling Dimensional Modeling Dimensional Modeling in in in in Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Data Warehousing
6.1 Data design and dimensional modeling
6.2 Star Schema, star schema keys and advantages
6.3 Snowflake schema, aggregate fact tables and families of stars

@# @# @# @# Metadata Metadata Metadata Metadata for for for for Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Data Warehousing
7.1 Types
7.2 Management and trends

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8.1 ETL Need and factors
8.2 Data Extraction Techniques
8.3 Data Transformation types and dimensional attributes
8.4 Data Loading types and modes
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A# A# A# A# Data Bualit Data Bualit Data Bualit Data Bualit
9.1 Need for data quality
9.2 Data Quality Tools
9.3 Master Data Management (MDM)

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10.1 Evolution, Features and functions
10.2 OLAP Models (ROLAP and MOLAP)
10.3 OLAP Applications
10.4 Web-enabled OLAP

11# 11# 11# 11# Data Mining Data Mining Data Mining Data Mining
11.1 Data Mining concept and techniques
11.2 Applications

19# 19# 19# 19# Decision $rees Decision $rees Decision $rees Decision $rees for Data Mining for Data Mining for Data Mining for Data Mining
12.1 Developing decision trees
12.2 Visualization using CABRO

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13.1 Single and Multidimensional association rules
13.2 Algorithms

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14.1 Features, Strengths, weakness and applications
14.2 Topologies and models

18# 18# 18# 18# Cluster Cluster Cluster Cluster Disco%er Disco%er Disco%er Disco%er
15.1 Role in Data mining
15.2 Techniques (K-means, agglomerative, etc.)

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16.1 Physical Design
16.2 Physical Storage (SAN, RAID, etc.)
16.3 Indexing (B-Tree, Clustered, etc.)
16.4 Data partitioning and clustering for performance

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17.1 Security Policy, user privileges and security tools
17.2 Backup and Recovery
17.3 Monitoring and managing data growth
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/ntroduction /ntroduction /ntroduction /ntroduction
Explaining the need and evolution of data mining and warehousing
Detailing various technical terminologies used in data mining and warehousing
Describing different architectures for data warehousing as federated, centralized, etc.
Detailing the components of data warehousing process like data staging, storage, etc.

Value Proposition Value Proposition Value Proposition Value Proposition
Understanding data mining and warehousing economics and viability derivation
Illustrating concepts of cost matrix, SLA and ROI applied to data warehousing
Describing the importance of risk mitigation in data mining and warehousing

Strateg Strateg Strateg Strateg
Explaining the strategy development for implementing data mining and warehousing
Detailing the agile development process for data warehousing project
Understanding the principles for strategizing and success factors to be focused

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Describing the various methods to gather requirement for data warehousing project
Illustrating the process of defining requirements and analyzing them.

Design Design Design Design
Understanding the data design and architecture design process
Explaining considerations for hardware and software selection for data warehousing
Detailing the various tools in data warehousing like modeling, quality, loading, etc.

Dimensional Modeling Dimensional Modeling Dimensional Modeling Dimensional Modeling in Data Warehousing in Data Warehousing in Data Warehousing in Data Warehousing
Describing the process of data design and dimensional modeling in data warehousing
Understanding the STAR schema for modeling and its advantages
Detailing the different STAR schema keys
Explaining the snowflake schema for modeling and using aggregate fact tables
Illustrating families of stars for related STAR schemas

Metadata for Metadata for Metadata for Metadata for Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Data Warehousing
Listing the various types of metadata like business, optimization, etc.
Describing the process of managing metadata and focusing on the upcoming trends

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Detailing the need for ETL and factors for using ETL in data warehousing
Explaining the immediate and deferred data extraction techniques
Describing different data transformation types like calculation, merging, etc.
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Understanding transformation for dimensional attributes manually and automatically
Illustrating the data loading process types like incremental load, initial load, etc. and
its various modes like load, append, etc.

Data Bualit Data Bualit Data Bualit Data Bualit
Enlisting the requirement for data quality in a data warehouse
Describing the various data quality tools like data cleansing, error discovery, etc.
Explaining the concept and types of master data management

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Illustrating the evolution, features and functions of OLAP
Detailing the OLAP models of ROLAP and MOLAP
Enlisting the different applications of OLAP like marketing, analysis, etc.
Understanding implementation of web-enabled OLAP by plug-ins, server based, etc.

Data Mining Data Mining Data Mining Data Mining
Explaining the concept of data mining and various techniques like neural networks,
decision trees, etc.
Describing the different applications of data mining.

Decision $rees for Data Mining Decision $rees for Data Mining Decision $rees for Data Mining Decision $rees for Data Mining
Explaining the development of decision trees for data mining
Illustrating data visualization using CABRO

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Describing the single and multidimensional association rules for data mining
Enlisting various algorithms used for association rules mining

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Illustrating the features, strengths, weakness and applications of neural networks for
data mining
Explaining the various topologies and models of neural networks

Cluster Disco%er Cluster Disco%er Cluster Disco%er Cluster Disco%er
Understanding the role and usage of cluster discovery in data mining
Describing the various cluster discovery techniques like K-means, agglomerative, etc.

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Illustrating the process of physical design for implementing data warehouse
Explaining the various physical storage techniques like SAN, RAID, etc.
Describing the different indexing techniques like B-Tree, clustered, etc. for
optimization
Understanding partitioning of data and clustering for improved performance


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Post Post Post Post- -- -/mplementation /mplementation /mplementation /mplementation
Detailing the concepts and implementation of security policy, user privileges and
usage of various security tools
Describing the process of backup and recovery for data warehouse
Illustrating the process to monitor and manage data growth in a data warehouse



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