36. Eight Month Initial Deployment Step Duration Secure, configure network 1 day Deploy physical “target” DB 4 days Learn/deploy ETL tool 28 days Choose/set up modeling tool 21 days Design initial data mart 7 days Design ETL processes 28 days Hook up OLAP tools 7 days Publicize, train, train 21 days Step Duration Begin educating decision makers 21 days Collect requirements 14 days Decide general DW design 7 days Determine budget 3 days Identify project roles 1 day Eval/choose ETL tool 21 days Eval/choose physical DB 14 days Spec/order, configure server 20 days