When we are dealing with a complex subject like data warehousing and most complex IT areas, I think that returning to the fundamentals of the discipline is really helpful. One often gets mired down in small details and forget about the principle of good design. A good design should be simple and easily explained. The implementation may not be simple but the design should be. I would be interested in hearing from Graham the fundamentals of data warehousing and good design.
I was reminded of this when I recently purchased a golf book, called "How to Break 80." It is a great book but really simply reviews the fundamentals in a simple way. I realize I know all these things but knowing and doing are different things. I expect we know the fundamentals but do we use them in our designs. Often hard to see the forest for the trees, all these details. A good design should cope with all the details.
