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l'("t\ r irr rlr( ,'rllri,/3liun \h.rr l h u busincss proccsses r e , rhc l)c!!er rhcr'll d o . (lonrmunicarion kills are rcn inrporrant.' Stay Loose Flcribilitrt rs rlcll as skills n change nr!nagcnc t. ilrc ltlso mporlant, noles ( rir'li|l. D.rr:r r.rrr'hnrrsing \ Ilot ruck- cr scicnce. bu t it s diflerent from chc rrpr.rl d-rel,'t'r'r, r life rilr. Ir'. nor sonerhing \'hcrc vou can design a spec lnd build ir !o tlrc -l lbu have ro be r r lling o dcel n some ambiguin a n d tuke thlt ambiguitr rnd make it .eal encl tangible. It s a lert ircretive 1 ,tc". Ir c[rrl' rn rl.rta trLr(turc\ h a t rren't radiriondl." ,\ trpical cngugcncnt for (jriffln's corlll)anr' angcs ronr six monrhs o nvo vcLrts. scope of thc project. She savs s h e I'rcrcr. o hirc trrrr.rrlrant..r' ull-trmc L rrlrl.'rcc.. " r r .r- rcr cnmp.rr'r [.sign' lirr menr clilkrcnr hard\,are platfbrms, clllrabascs lnd tools. het olren contrac! tirr speciali.tcrl irlcnr. Depending on c\l( ricnr(. u,,ntrrrlnr\ nd cun\ulrrnr\ ,.r dr m,rn,l.rr'rrrlrrrr r o m Sr'0 ,r S20U lln hour, shc sllvs, Linda (iLrlkrtto, manager of IT r(,nriri .rr Orford & \r.o.irrrr.. n t . irr lteabodrt lessachusetrs, hich ha s , , r r ' .000 ,,rr.rrlt:rrr ' pl.r. d n cngagc- nr(, \ rroLr.'(l l r ( (nunfn. srrr rlcntrnd i. lri;h ' " r ()r:r,lc liill' fo- cnrcrpri.c xn(l data rarchousc ,otk, as wcll rs for e\pcrience ning lhan and SAP cnrer- 1'ri'r -tscrrrr. l,lrrrrring ERft .rl'l'lrca- aions nro rhc \\racllouse. Shc sl\s her ,,19.111i711:nr ',,|i' Ibr contrrcror' h . :,1-' h.rre rr,,rl'cLl \ith u.cr\ in la\r i nr plemen ntirrn r<rjecrs, ave ir'c co 1 \crrs of busincss rperience n thc IT lodd. and halc prelioush built a data l rrchouse r bccn pafr of e projcct. John Lacllcr pnrgram dirccror a c Nlctl Groulr. Inttrkcr esearch i.m in Sranrford. irnnccticut, adds thar dara rreruhuu.e ,,ntrlclur\ horrlrl lv' pr'* . , r c'irrrt'rcncr kill'. a srn,rrgknurl- erl-c ofdrrrr drircrr ro(e.\e\ ikc nroLl- Llinp n r I{\l) .:rl'iJ rpplicuti',n lcrr:l- opmcnt], d solid kno\\ledgc of clccision support s\sren'rs nd approachcs, nd good knol lcdec of phlsical database dcsign altcrnltilcs like star schema." I)lr-is. rvhosc irnr has been hclping tl,, B i 1 r ' r ' i 'thcr lJrge con.ulting t l n .\rJfful'\\rrlr lull-rrme on:rrlranr . .:,\\ '( t\ tt,\l .lrl in! ro \ e c lhc lleld ,,1)( up fnt.lt',rlcr-lrrm uo lrJctors. ''l-lrcrc i. rr rcvn'rir Ini' ,pp,,rturritr stPTrflt0tfr 0tT00tfl qqr afrcf rhc Big 6 come in fcrr people rrained in the nuanccs of data rvarc- housc management. c .arr. In arldi- rion. h e J\.. \horr-rerm onrracror\ \;.. find opportunities n emplovee raining, front cn d programming, and ongoing maintcnance, Indu.rn cxperrs grcc hsr on-rhe- J ob ririning s rhe bc't rrrrr ' , gain dar:r $afehousing skills. Bur lhere is also a plethora of information a!'ailable odal complrcJ ro ju\r a l'c\\ vcrr\ dgo. .r\\ Griffin. In addition o numerous rticlcs availablc i a the In!ernet, Griffin irlso .ugge.l. altenJing.cminars n d endor \\ith rhe righr skill \er. man\ indr- pend( nr (unrrJcror\ crrn r.r) bu.r s it h ju.t pcrsonrl etcrral5 be(ause emand is so high, savs Oxford's iallotto. I C"/Iut lrv L a Jrt,/,tn, tit?r bai,,/ Dt B ilgrta n 4 Jlassadast tt. Or-Lh6! fhe Data Warchouse (ht$://www.dala-wareh0!se.com) 0r-line esource eaturing orums ith ndustry experts, ews, oftware emos nd endor information. Data Warchousing areet ewslettet (http://www.sof warejobs.c0n/dataware.htnrl) Weekly ewsletter eaturing areer pportunites and nformational Publlcltors! Data Managenent eview (htQ://www.dmreview.com) Powell ublishing nc.,617 outn 4th t, West Allis, Wl 5321- 1 222. el: 4141 71 7687 | l?d.: (414) 71-8058. Pnctlcal echniques otBu ding Dinensional Data Warchouses,by alph imball. ohn iley, New ork. Euildlng he Data Warchouse, y John nmon. Joho Wiley, ew ork. Data Warchousing Declslon uppott, ols. ardZ Spiral ooks, edford,llew ampshire. Abeb Road Map ot Data Warchousenab aft lnplenentafon. te, nc,, nfoEdoe, hmford, Connecticut http:/ /wwint0-edge.com). Data Warchousing: ,ols & S,lutions,Blool Research, .K., nfoEdge, tamtord, onnecticut (http://wwwinto-edge.com). Indnslry ade 5[01rsl DCI'Sata Warehouse orld, oronto, ct. 28- 30, 998. DCI'S atabase Clienuserver orld, hjcago, Dec.9-11,.l997. Conlraclol's ind tlew Assi$menls $ oacher,$ ll l irh n.err e c h l l l l'lologrcs arfl\- tl J ing at ,r are ha r rnf€ltens ro maKe \our hcdd spin lasrer hen he plat- tcrs of rr disk drile, technical clucation is bccoming an increasing[ cr;tical fac.or in busincss success.:\lrhough he \'en neturc ol IT con!racting hls cnsured rhlt rru've lcarned o learn. ot even,one s so uckv 'l'he uorld of business s fillcd tith peo- ple s'ho necci to ge t up to spccd o n eren rhing lrom object-oricntcd delel- opmenr to inrranet bridging. Somconc ha' ro reach pcuplc rll rh:rr r,:rr tufi- an d rr ho bcttcr thrn contractorsi Help Wanted ,\s long as tlre compurer industn lieeps olling our net producrs nd rech- rrolugic.. hcrc r ll re d(n,rrrtl lrr elat ed education. r's us r a natuail csulr of rhe grorvrh n softrrare ndustr\'." sals Crnrhia J. [:]orle, echnical plecenrenr consulrant t Clear Poinr ixrsultants rn Peabodr \llssachusetrs. Bo\ c, $hos€ compan,v pecializcs n placing niner", sa_vs hat thcrc rren r enough solicl ech- nical rainers o n-rcct lient ncccls. In the Arlanra area. Jo e trpshas: a consulrant br \\'inrer, \\mln (bntract Sen ces, has identifiecl rlrr rrends apparenth fucling the rraining market. "Companies arc bcginning to rrain exisring srafT Ior more," srls Llpshar. "Good documcntation is l ocf'ullv absenr rom mosr delelopmenr projccts. and the knotlcdge kind of rvllks ou t the door \ rh rhc conrractot hc sa)s. Upsharv also leels rhat contracting companics arc increasingh using train ing as an inccntive or compenl lolaltr: "tbu don'r realll care sho s taking a chunk of vour pavcheck," avs 'pshas, " s o it night rs lell bc this current uumparl\ \ I'Ir,l as hcr'rt t-irrdir r r conrracrs." nr'csting in ctlucarion for conlraclors s bccoming eatsier or con- sulting firnrs s rraining ncreases on-

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r cn i n rpo r ran t . '

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nr!nagcnc t. i lrc lt lso mporlant, noles( r i r ' l i | l .D . r r : r r . r r r ' hn r r s ing\ I l o t r uck -

cr scicnce.bu t it s dif lerent from chc

r r p r . r ld - r e l , ' t ' r ' r ,r l i f e r i l r . I r ' . n o rsonerhing \ 'hcrcvou can designa spec

lnd build ir !o t lrc-l

lbu have ro be

r r l l i ng o dce l n someam b igu in and

tuke thlt ambiguitr rnd make it .eal

enc l t ang ib le . I t s a l e r t i r c re t i ve

1 , t c " . I r c [ r r l ' r n r l . r t a t r L r ( t u r c \ha t

r r en ' t r ad i r i ond l . "

, \ trpical cngugcncnt for ( jr if f ln's

corll l)anr'angcs ronrsix monrhs o nvo

rnd Lrhalf vcLrts. cpcnding upon the

scope o f t hc p ro jec t . She savs she

I ' r c r c r . o h i r c t r rr r . r r l r an t . . r 'u l l - t rm c

L r r l r l . ' r c c . ." r r . r - rc rcnm p. r r ' r[ . s i gn '

l irr menr cli lkrcnr hard\,areplatfbrms,cll lrabascslnd tools. het olren contrac!

t irr speciali. tcrl ir lcnr. Depending on

c \ l ( r i cn r ( .u , , n t r r r l n r \ ndcun \ u l r r n r \

, . r d r m , rn , l . r r ' r r r l r rr rr omSr '0 , rS20U

lln hour,shc sllvs,

L inda ( iL r l k r t t o ,m anager of IT

r ( , n r i r i . r r O r f o r d& \ r . o . i r r r r . .n t .

irr lteabodrt lessachusetrs,hich ha s

, , r r'. 000 , , r r . r r l t : rr r' p l . r . d n cngagc -

n r ( , \ r r oL r . ' ( ll r ( ( nun f n .s r r r r l cn t r nd

i . l r i ; h ' " r ( ) r : r , l c l i i l l ' f o - cn r c rp r i . c

xn(l data rarchousc ,otk, as wcll rs for

e\pcrience ning lhan and SAP cnrer-

1 ' r i ' r - t s c r r r r .l , l r r r r r i ngERf t . r l ' l ' l r ca -aions nro rhc \\racllouse.Shc sl\s her

, , 19 . 111 i711 : n r' , , | i ' I b r con t r r c ro r ' h .

: , 1 - ' h . r r e r r , , r l ' cL l\ i t h u . c r \ i n l a \ rinrplemen ntirrn r<rjecrs,ave ir 'c co1

\crrs of busincss rperience n thc IT

lodd. and halc prelioush built a data

l rrchouse r bccn pafrof e projcct.

John Lacllcr pnrgram dirccror ac

Nlct l Groulr. Inttrkcr esearch i.m in

Sranrford. irnnccticut, adds thar dara

r re ruhuu . e, , n t r l c l u r \ ho r r l r ll v ' p r ' *. , r c ' i r r r t ' r c n c rk i l l ' .a s r n , r r g k n u r l -

e r l - co f d r r r rd r i r c r r r o (e . \ e \ i k c n roL l -

L l i npnr I { \ l ) . : r l ' i Jr pp l i cu t i ' , n l c r r : l -opmcnt], d solid kno\\ ledgcof clccision

support s\sren'rs nd approachcs, nd

good knol lcdec of phlsical database

dcsignaltcrnlt i lcs l ike starschema."

I) lr- is. rvhosc irnr has been hclping

t l , , B i1 r ' r ' i ' t hc r l J rgecon . u l t i ng

t l n . \ r J f f u l ' \ \ r r l r l u l l - r rm e on : r r l r an r.. : , \ \ ' ( t \ t t , \ l . l r l i n ! r o \ec lhc l l e l d, , 1 ) ( up f n t . l t ' , r l c r - l r rm uo l r J ct o r s .' ' l - l r c r c

i . r r r c vn ' r i r I n i ' , pp , , r t u r r i t r

stPTrflt0tfr0tT00tflqqr

afrcf rhc Big 6 come in fcrr people

rrained in the nuanccsof data rvarc-

houscm anagem en t . c . a r r . I n a r l d i -

r i on .he J \ . . \ ho r r - r e rm onr rac ro r \\ ; . .

f ind opportunit ies n emplovee raining,

front cn d programming,and ongoing

maintcnance,

I ndu . rn cxpe r r s g r cc hs r on - rhe -

Job r i r i n ings rhe bc ' t r r r r r ' , ga inda r : r

$afehousingskil ls. Bur lhere is also a

plethoraof informationa! 'ailable odalcomplrcJ ro ju\r a l 'c\\ vcrr\ dgo. .r\ \

Grif f in. In addit ion o numerous rt iclcs

availablc ia the In!ernet, Grif f in ir lso. ugge . l .a l t enJ ing . cm ina rsnd endor

\ \ i t h rhe r i gh r sk i l l \ e r . m an \ i nd r -

pend(nr (unrrJcror\ crrn r.r) bu.r s it hju.t pcrsonrl etcrral5 be(ause emand

is sohigh,savsOxford's iallotto. I

C"/Iut lrv L a Jrt,/,tn, tit?r bai,,/ Dt

B ilgrta n4 Jlassadast tt.

Or-Lh6!fheDataWarchouse(ht$://www.dala-wareh0!se.com)0r-lineesourceeaturingorums ith ndustryexperts,ews,oftwareemosnd endorinformation.

DataWarchousingareet ewslettet(http://www.sofwarejobs.c0n/dataware.htnrl)Weeklyewslettereaturingareerpportunitesandnformationalrticles.

Publlcltors!DataManagenenteview

(htQ://www.dmreview.com)Powellublishingnc.,617outn4th t,WestAllis,Wl5321 -1222. el:4141717687| l?d.:(414)71-8058.

Pnctlcalechniquesot BudingDinensionalDataWarchouses,byalph imball.ohn iley,New ork.

EuildlngheDataWarchouse,yJohnnmon.JohoWiley,ew ork.

DataWarchousingDeclslonuppott,ols.ardZ Spiral ooks,edford,llewampshire.

AbebRoadMap otDataWarchousenabaftlnplenentafon.te, nc,, nfoEdoe,hmford,Connecticuthttp://wwint0-edge.com).

DataWarchousing:,ols & S,lutions,BloolResearch,.K.,nfoEdge,tamtord,onnecticut(http://wwwinto-edge.com).

Indnslryade 5[01rslDCI'S ataWarehouseorld,oronto,ct.28-30, 998.

DCI'SatabaseClienuserverorld,hjcago,Dec.9-11,.l997.

Conlraclol'sindtlewAssi$menls$ oacher

l l li rh n.er rech

l l l l ' lo logrcs arf l \-

tl J ing at ,r are ha r

rnf€ltens ro maKe

\ ou r hcdd sp in

lasrer hen he plat-

tcrs of rr disk dri le,

technical clucation

i s bccom ing an

increasing[ cr;t ical fac.or in busincss

success.:\ lrhoughhe \ 'en neturc ol IT

con!ract ing hls cnsured rhlt rru've

lcarned o learn. ot even,onesso uckv' l 'he

uorld of businesss f i l lcd t ith peo-ple s'ho necci to ge t up to spccd on

eren rhing lrom object-oricntcddelel-

opmenr to inrranet bridging.Somconc

ha' ro reachpcuplc rl l rh:rr r, :rr tuf i-

an d rrho bcttcr thrn contractorsi

Help Wanted, \s long as t lre compurer industn

lieeps oll ingour net producrs nd rech-

r r o lug i c . .hc r c r l l r e d (n , r r r t l l r r e la t

ed education. r 's us r a natuail csulrof

rhe grorvrh n softrrare ndustr\ '."sals

Crnrhia J. [: ]orle, echnicalplecenrenr

consulrant t ClearPoinr ixrsultantsrnPeabodr \ l lssachusetrs.Bo\ c, $hos€

compan,v pecializcsn placing niner",

sa_vshat thcrc rren r enough solicl ech-

nical rainers o n-rcct l ient ncccls.

In the Arlanra area.Jo e trpshas: a

consulrant br \ \ ' inrer, \ \mln (bntract

Sen ces, has identif iecl r lrr rrends

apparenth fucling the rrainingmarket.

"Companies arc bcginning to rrain

exisringsrafT Ior more," srls Llpshar."Good documcntation is l ocf 'ullv

absenr rom mosrdelelopmenrprojccts.

and the knotlcdge kind of rvllks ou t

the door \ rh rhc conrractot hc sa)s.

Upsharvalso leels rhat contract ing

companicsarc increasinghusing train

ing as an inccntive or compenl lolaltr:

"tbu don'r reall l care sho s taking a

chunk of vour pavcheck," avs 'pshas,

"so i t n igh t r s l el l bc t h i s cu r ren t

uum par l \ \ I ' I r , las hc r ' r t t - i r r d i r r r

conrracrs." nr 'cst ing in ct lucarion for

conlraclors s bccomingeatsieror con-

sult ing f irnrs s rraining ncreases on-

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!ractors'skil ls nd, n t ime, makes hem

mors emplovable.

Then rhcrc s rhe educarion ap .Th c

gro$ h of rhc Internet has reallv

opcned up a nes'eraofcomputing, one

rlhcrc complcs heterogeneousnliron-

m enr \ r c rap id l \ ep lac inghe ing l c -

p la t t u rmupc ra t i uns I o ld . Vanag ing .

operaring,aDd developingsoflwarc in

this cnvironnrent equiresan expanded

technical rcpertoire-and a constantl lchangingonc. I t also cquirescontinu-

ing edLrcarion.

What Trainers DoContracrorsnterested n (orking as

rechni,: l l rrainer: nil l f ind a raricl of

carecr oprions.onc of the more com-

n ron i r ocun r rac r i r h r r a in ing cn t c r r .

The trainingcenrerscheduleshe class,

en ro l l shc . r r r dcn t s . ndequ ips hc ah .

\bu shr-r\up and rcach rhe appropriate

curriculum. lbsser last rom.r ferl dars

ro a rrcck.rn d parment rs br rhe dar: l ir

teach a vcndor-approved course, voumuir bc ccrrif i(d 15x uainea rom rhar

To be a good trainer, you'll

need to be a technical expert

on the subject you want to

teach. You'll be expected to

handle questions that pop

up during a class, as well as

troubleshoot any problems

in the lab environment.

vendor \ l icrosofi authorized trainrng

and educetion centers IATECs) an d

Novell authorized education cenrers

tNAECrt. for example. r i l l require on-

trac!ors o be cer! if ied.

Anorhcroption s to teaclr t collcgcs

and universit ies. here is an increasing

pushh r t he com lu t e f ndus ln r o h r i ng

up-ro-rhe-minureT training o the col-

lcgc levcl, and rhe efforts seem ro be

succceding.Opportunit ics are openingup for contraccrainers o leachor advisc

on cum pu t e r u r r i cu lum . .pec i l l l r r r

communi!,v nd cechnical olleges.

On- . i t e t r i r i n i ng o r bus ine r . cs n , . l

o rg i r r r i / . a t i r ) r r .on r i nue i o be a s t r ong

m l r ke r i i ) r r r ; i nc r ' , and i r i ' one rha t

Up . h r r | r r pssucccss f u l l qo rexam I le .

af!er a rccen! developmenr projccr,

t hc com pen \ tha t h i r ed UpshaN

er t endcd h i ' r t c r so he cou ld t r a in

stPTtfitfl0[T[0tfiqq/

exist ing staff in objecr-orienred naly-

sis and design.

RatesRarc5 or (ra;ningseem eir lt consir-

tent actoss he countn: Paul Rectol

recrui! ing manager for NervData

Srraregics n Dallas. reports rhat hr '

companv ay s ontracl ralnefsbetween

Sl00 and 51.200 pe r day. The"e ar e

high-end people, he savs,cert if ied by\licrosoft or Polersoft.

\ l a r r hc r r Chan . or rnc r o f I n r r ep id

Nettork Conceprs n i\,lairland,Florida,

rrarels outside of his a.ea or manv of h rs

conrracrs.He does primarih \ l icro:oft

an d orell training. n. l cpons arh ate"

ranging from $400 co $800 per da-v or

Novell classc:, nd from $500 ro SI,ZUU

for Microsoft training."Because here are

more trainers. atrs arc coming do$n.- '

sals Chan. "\\har I'r,e had to do i s shifr

m,vself o the highcr end stuff," he savs.

[ 'psharr rcpurts that t fainers n the

{rlanta area, r elseuherc, vil l f ind tharrare" an basedon rhc (\pe of rraining

and the instrucror's credentials.

Po*'crbuilder trainers earn $75 an hour,

PeopleSofrn rhc higlr$li0sor S90r.an J

a seniorSAP rainerca ncommand$150

an hour or more.

Skills You'll NeedTechnical raincrs ome from \ariou\

backgroundr. ncluding sofi lare engi-

neer\. customer \uppofl pcofle. and

technicalrvriterswho havedone the more

technicalproduc work, "lfthey are com-

fortable standing up in front of a class,and rher hale the abil in to be arriculare

and think on [heir feet, lhev can also

make oo d echnical16inq15."2r5 erle.

To be a good raincr. ou'l l need o be

a technical experr on the subject you

\\'ant to teach. You'll be expected to

handlequesrions ha r po p up during a

class, s $,ell as troubleshoot nv prob-

lems n rhe lab environment.Bur conr

Iruref knolrrhu\ i i only one lralf of thc

equation.You need !o be a peopleper-

son oo . f r ou l r cn t . t hcn ra in ingp rob -

abh isn for rou. A lot of [sould-bc

trainersl reallv don't have anl idea horvmuch people nteracrion he) are going

ro be gerring.Or rhe ridiculou: ques-

rions rhat rLrrnup. For cxirn)ple. ome-

bod,v points a! lhe mousc and says,'\ \rtrac's

thisi ' A Iot of patiencean dpeo-

ple skil lsare needcd,"sa,vs ector

Another thing vou'l l need s packing

sk i l l r . l os r r r a ine r .psndqu i rea h i r o f

r ime r sirerasar' rom homc.Chanerri-

mates he takes about 24 trips a vcar and

admits hat ihe e\tensire rralel c:rn rc

rvearing.ftou re ocatedn r majormcr-

ropolitan area, vouma\ bc able ro avoid

lifc on rhe rr ing. Or to u ca n augmcrlt

class essionsrith $ork \o u can do f ion)

home,suchascourse evelopmenr,

To rn crur our rkil ls as a trr incr lo -

mighr considerpufi ing on an infbrmal

sem ina r f tuo. or o in ingToa . rm ls t c t r

to honeyourpresen!4t ionkil ls.YoLr ay

also wanr ro do as Upshau,does, andadr, isc ormer contract ingclients that

\o u re mo\ing inro rraining.a. rrcll .rs

spread rhe n€$s ro professional col-

leaguer.t r lso help. ro read ot of books

ahour earning nles. pre'cntrt ion skil ls.

and rrarning ssues.\nd no. ir rvouldn

hurr to cake "rrain rhe trr inc." class.

Bo rh r r a ine rs nd t hose rho h i r .

!hem agree tha! !he besr technical

rrainersare able to blend thcir human

relat ions kil ls \ ' irh hands-on echnicrl

expe r i cncen a ra r i c t ro f bus ines . n r i -

r onm cn t s . e t ' s see . . . r r horou ldhc r .

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