SAP BW Developer Vs SAP BW Architect

Hi,
What is the difference between designitations of
BW CONSULTANT
BW DEVELOPER
BW ARCHITECT
Please specify roles and respon....
Thanks

BW King,
A BW Architect would be the person that does much of the data modeling for your BW implementation. This would involve looking at the technical requirements, and then determining what (if any) standard cubes would best suit the requirements, analyzing what changes would need to be made to them, and coming up with an overall strategy for the BW reporting solution.
A BW Developer would be the person that takes this overall strategy and makes it a reality.
A BW Consultant, generically, could be both an architect, developer, or whatever else the client wanted them to be.
Overall, I imagine very few people label themselves exclusively as a developer/architect. Most people will bounce between roles all the time.
Hope this helps
Michael

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