Dual Active Data Warehouse

Over a period of two years Nigel managed the transformation of the Lloyds TSB Teradata environment, resulting in the introduction of a Dual Active Data Warehouse facility where all identified key data is immediately available and all key processes, applications and power users are able to operate unaffected in a major disaster situation. The £10m+ solution also makes full use of the full hardware footprint for query processing. The delivery managed by Nigel against a challenging time deadline and within the agreed budget.

Delivery

- Coordinated a comprehensive review of the data and business requirements, concluding that the division lacked the competencies to solve the problems internally
- Identified the appropriate technical solution and discussed details with the platform supplier, producing proposal for going forward.
- Convinced the Business and IT directors of the need for significant investment to solve the problem and of the cost effective nature of the solution.
- Appointed the project manager.
- Led the programme steering group.
- Ensured the business operated successfully during the transition, as the solution was phased in.
- Facilitated the interfaces between the Business and IT during the delivery project, without which the implementation and successful delivery would have been more problematic.