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What are roles and responsibilities of data arichitect.What approach you will take while Tech Architecture, Project Management, Business Processes, Deployment in SAP BI?
Sridhar

Answer 1

Hi
The Data Architect is the single point of responsibility for the development and maintenance of the data architecture.
Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the Data Architect are to:
·          define the 1;1;xref;popup;0;18264;textdata architecture,
·          resolve issues related to the data architecture,
·          coach the Data Analyst team in the development of the data architecture.
Key Role Interactions
The Data Architect has key interactions with the following roles.  These interactions are guidelines only and do not reflect all possible project organizations.
·          Technical Architect.  Helps determine how technology can be applied to meet the data architecture requirements.
·          Project Manager.  Raises scope issues for resolution.
·          Application Architect.  Reviews data requirements, structure, and distribution.
·          Network Specialist.  Helps formulate a communications design based on the data structure and distribution requirements.
·          Application Engineers.  Provide coaching in the development of the data architecture.
·          Customer Representatives.  Gather information and reviews data organization and relationships to gain feedback.
Each team member requires a combination of professional skills and interpersonal skills, depending on the specific role assignment on a project.
Professional Skills
Ability to:
·          perform the activities and tasks for which this role is responsible,
·          apply the techniques necessary to complete the responsibilities of this role,
·          use the tools required by these activities, tasks and techniques.
Experience:
·          on a number of projects in all stages of the development life cycle,
·          specializing in data modeling on a number of projects,
·          in the application area on at least one other project or work assignment,
·          in uncovering requirements, conceptualizing solutions, and developing a framework for implementation of systems on at least one other project or work assignment.
Interpersonal Skills
All team members require a high level of:
            personal attributes,
            general business skills.
As well, the architect role requires a high degree of leadership skills.  The required level of proficiency increases as one progresses to more senior roles.  For more junior team members, these kinds of skills are required to move into leadership positions.
Regards
tapashi