Data Vault in the Netherlands

July 2007 I had a first aquaintance with Dan Linstedt - via LinkedIn. I worked for a large government organisation as the architect for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. I seriously considered Data Vault as the standard methodology for the Enterprise Data Warehouse. I worked for over 2 years for this govenment organisation and my choice for the Data Vault is still a very good one.

November 2007 I got Dan Linstedt to the Netherlands and got the first 27 peeps trained and certified of that same government organisation. I had dozens of discussions with architects, management, developers, etc...but in the end the consensus on choosing Data Vault was huge.

Since november 2007 Data Vault sky rocketed in the Netherlands. Together with the Genesee Academy and DNV I think we certified over 200 people and I dare to say that most new EDW projects nowadays in the Netherlands have chosen Data Vault as the prime methodology.

Before I get criticised for sanctifying one methodology despite the various (non) functional requirements; I do believe that ANY architecture needs to be in line with the business-, application- and technical architecture. So choosing one methodology on forehand is just plain wrong. There has to be sound justification and alignment for any choice in your architecture. Whether it's a tool, a methodology or whatever.

Since 2 years we (Genesee Academy, me, DNV) certified over 200 people - most of them extremely seasoned and respected experts in our field. On average these consultants are very critical on any new 'trick in the book'. I dare to say that most of the experts that were certified were convinced that Data Vault has got extreme value and potential. The proof of the pudding is in the eating; Data Vault got many implementations in the Netherlands the last two years and it's growing fast.

I am confident that Data Vault in the years to come will hit Europe as hard as it has hit the Netherlands.

But I wonder......I and am still baffled by it. The attention for Data Vault in the United States is extremely limited, why is that? Even a respected institute as TWDI is not paying much attention. Why? Experts in the field do not mention Data Vault what so ever. I just don't get it. Can anybody enlighten me?

For those of you not familiar with Data Vault --> read my articles .

Comments

[Johan]

is het misschien een politiek verhaal in de usa, aangezien Dan bijdragen levert aan BeyeNetwork, en dat TDWI daarom minder aandacht besteed aan dit gedachtengoed ?

[Ronald Damhof]

Yes, It's political. TDWI is not a .org....it should be a .com organisation. Important directors at TDWI own organizations that offer Kimball like services...Data Vault is direct competition. For example; look at http://www.starsoftinc.com/company.htm

The owner is director education at TDWI.

Don't get me wrong; there is no law against this. But when it affects the agenda of TWDWI (an institute!!!) and most probably it's certification (CBIP is mainly Kimball), then something is very wrong.