1. Confidential
Adastra +1 or
How YOU generate
additional value
in the project lifecycle
Be IT Conference
May 21, 2014
Prepared for Adastra Bulgaria
Prepared by Peter Katzarov, TM
July Karchev, AM

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Confidentiality Statement
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of Adastra Corporation. The information in this document
is provided solely for the purpose of evaluation by the
organization it has been prepared for (identified on Slide
1). Neither the document nor any of its contents is to be
duplicated or shared without explicit written authorization
from Adastra Corporation.

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Table of Contents
 About Adastra
 Adastra Values
 The Adastra Consultant
 EDW
 Application in the context of a Project
 Enjoy the special fun part and win our Adastra Gift by sharing
your personal, unique +1

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About Adastra

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Adastra Fast Facts

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PROJECTS in 30+ countries
Adastra Group
Albania Australia Austria
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Brazil Belarus Bulgaria Canada China
Croatia
Czech
Republic
Germany Ghana Greece Hungary India Kazakhstan Kosovo Malta Montenegro
Nigeria Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Ukraine
United
Kingdom
United
States
Vietnam
Prague
CZ
London
UK
Frankfurt
DE
Bratislava
SK
Montreal
CA
New York
USA
Moscow
RU
Varna
BG
Wolfsburg
DE
Toronto
CA
Sofia
BG

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Among Canada’s Best
2005, 2006, 2007
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013…
Since 2005

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Global
Local
Clients

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Technologies and Expertise

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Business
Information
Management
BA
Business
Analysis QA
Quality
Assurance
DQ
Data
Quality
ETL
Data
Integration
DM
Advanced
Analytics
& Data
Mining
MDM
Master Data
Management
BD
Big Data
PM
Project
Management
SA
Solution
Architecture
BI
Business
Intelligence
DG
Data
Governance
Information Management at a glance

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Adastra Values
Vision
Mission
Objectives

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The Adastra Consultant

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Role of an Adastra Consultant
The Adastra Consultant is a dynamic
individual delivering value to Adastra’s
customers in every role!
•Documentation
•Communicate!
•Keep up-to-date
•Understand the big picture
•Communicate!
•Take ownership
•Show leadership
•Deliver Quality
•Communicate!
•Needs
•Environment
•Standards
Customer
understanding
Delivery
ClosureExplore

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Respect Client Policies and
Practices
Be Value Driven and Action
Oriented
Be Generous with Praise
and Careful with Criticism
Resolve Conflicts in an
Appropriate Manner
Take Making and Keeping
Commitments Seriously
Take Accountability for
Mistakes
Keep Confidences
Language Dress for Success
Treat People with Courtesy
and Respect
Your Online Image
Adastra Consultant
Consultant Behavior & Ethics

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Adastra Plus One
Adastra Consultants go an ‘’extra mile’’
• to provide creative, novel solutions that stand out
• and flexibly set and juggle priorities, multiple tasks
and projects
• to develop a “sixth sense” for issue solving
• to understand the big picture and hidden risks or
dependencies
• to learn rapidly and proactively to stay “one step
ahead” in knowledge and ideas
• to seek out new challenges

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EDW

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Example of EDW
DWH
Core banking system 1
Core banking system 2
Front-office
applications
Group
extracts
Landing Area
Staging Layer
Integration Layer
Load Parameters
Manual Inputs
Working
Area
Error
Records
LA
L0
L1
MI
MD
ER
WR
API
...
API
On-line channles
API
L2
GL
API
Middleware
APIAPI
XLS
CSV
Salesforce Controling Risk
analyst
Marketing
analyst
Customer
unification engine
Online
Service
Customer
Cleansing
Logic
Unification
logic
ICT External
datamarts
Regulatory
reports
BI Tool
Semantic
Layer
Analytical Layer
Analytst
ICT
Party
Address
Contact Point
Agent/Channel
Contract
Account
Collateral
Product Ownership
Balances
Contract Facts
Transactions
Fees
Campaign
Repayment plans
Payments
Deals
Business
(Sales)
MIS Controlling
Profitability
Risk
&Fraud
Targeting
& Analysis
1:1 table copies
Batch data flow
Online data flow
Database
Component (process, schema)
System
Legend

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Environments

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Project Initiation

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Project Initiation
Requirements analysis
Detailed requirements specification
Identification of:
Stakeholders
Dependencies
Restrictions
 KYC (Know Your Customer)
17 new attributes
14 tables
4 sources

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KYC FATCA
17 new attributes 9 new attributes
14 tables 6 tables
4 sources 5 sources
The extra mile
Project Initiation

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Project Planning

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Project Planning
Scope
Timeline
Resources
UAT environmentThe extra mile

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Technical Specifications

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Technical Specifications
Detailed analyses
Impact analyses
Data quality
Dependencies and data flow analyses
Result document
 Transformation specification
 Mapping specification
 System extract specification
 Common warehouse controls
 Exception handling
 Data patch specification

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Technical Specifications
The extra mile
Reduce transformation
Predict data quality issues
Optimize data flow
Optimize data extraction
The extra mile

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DBA

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Data Base Administration
Planning and development
 Changes
 Backup
 Synchronization
Check data volumeThe extra mile

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ETL

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Extract Transform Load
Planning and Development
 Technical architecture
 Unit test
 Schedule
 Implementation
Create common tools
Fix some existing issues
Predict some implementation issues
The extra mile

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QA

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Quality Assurance
Planning and Development:
 Test case
 System integration test
 User acceptance testing
 Development
Optimize test scenario
Data analyses
The extra mile

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The Magic Triangle

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The Magic Triangle
BA
ETLQA

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Implementation

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Implementation
Pre-implementation activities
Code drop
Implementation steps
Data patch

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Support

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Example of EDW
DWH
Core banking system 1
Core banking system 2
Front-office
applications
Group
extracts
Landing Area
Staging Layer
Integration Layer
Load Parameters
Manual Inputs
Working
Area
Error
Records
LA
L0
L1
MI
MD
ER
WR
API
...
API
On-line channles
API
L2
GL
API
Middleware
APIAPI
XLS
CSV
Salesforce Controling Risk
analyst
Marketing
analyst
Customer
unification engine
Online
Service
Customer
Cleansing
Logic
Unification
logic
ICT External
datamarts
Regulatory
reports
BI Tool
Semantic
Layer
Analytical Layer
Analytst
ICT
Party
Address
Contact Point
Agent/Channel
Contract
Account
Collateral
Product Ownership
Balances
Contract Facts
Transactions
Fees
Campaign
Repayment plans
Payments
Deals
Business
(Sales)
MIS Controlling
Profitability
Risk
&Fraud
Targeting
& Analysis
1:1 table copies
Batch data flow
Online data flow
Database
Component (process, schema)
System
Legend

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Thank You!