IRMAC Ottawa Dec 7 9am:Integrating Depts w/DSS & Data Warehouse

The Information Resource Management Association of Canada (IRMAC) presents: INTEGRATING DEPARTMENTS: Creating a Decision Support System using a Data Warehouse Frank S. Perks, Citizenship & Immigration Wednesday, Dec 7 9-11 am (coffee, danishes at 8:30) National Arts Centre Salon $15, Free to members - Annual membership:$80 Frank Perks is Chief, Electronic Information Services within the Information Systems & Technology branch of Citizenship and Immigration. He has been working in the Information Technology field for 25 years involved in most aspects, from project development through to implementation and maintenance. His most recent assignment has been to implement a Decision Support System (DSS) for Citizenship and Immigration. This system is scheduled to be implemented in early 1995. Integrating Departments: > Decision Support System - the Data Warehouse approach - in theory > Practical implementation issues at Citizenship & Immigration > Impact on information technology of forming a new Department from former Departments > Impact of priority, if any, given Data Administration, in the past > Data anomalies and DSS implementation > Many other issues discovered or thrust upon us during an implementation of a DSS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Focusing on issues of interest to systems and business managers who want to put their corporation's information assets to work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement, voicemail: +1 613 239-4903 -- \\ \\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\ \\Tom Trottier 613 594-4829 fax:594-8944 af910@freenet.carleton.ca\\ \\Information Animation, 199 Holmwood Ave Ottawa ON Canada K1S 2P3 \\ \\___________________________________________________________________\\