From the book The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, 2nd Edition Author: Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross, Warren Thornthwaite, Joy Mundy, & Bob Becker ISBN-13: 978-0470149775

1. The authors include an eight step approach to developing an architecture plan. Discuss elements of these eight steps.

2. The authors include information on selecting products for the system's architecture. These can include products that are custom developed to meet your organization's needs or can be purchased off-the-shelf. Off-the-shelf products can be used as-is out of the box or in some instances can be customized. Discuss elements selecting the products to support your architecture.

3. The authors include the topic of Metadata for the architecture. This topic of Metadata is the data about the architecture data. Discuss elements of metadata of the architecture.