Course Design Document

INFORMATICA 9 SPECIALIST
Course Design Document
(For Classroom Training, Virtual Classroom, Webinar, Dovetail and
Assessments)

Ver 3.1
Effective From: 2nd April 2012

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Prepared By Development Approval Release Approval

(to be updated by SME after (to be updated by the BU (to be updated by the
updating the Section 1A, Senior Manager or Above) Product Manager after
1B, 1C and 1D) reviewing Section 1 & 2 and
updating Section 3)

Jayaprakash, Suresh Aravamudhan, Krishna Ramanathan Aylur

Name
Kumar Kumar Suresh

Associate – Projects Senior Manager – Manager – Learning

Role
Projects and Development

Jayaprakash, Suresh Aravamudhan, Krishna Ramanathan Aylur

Signature
Kumar Kumar Suresh

Date 6 April 2012 6 April 2012 6 April 2012

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Table of Content
1. Pre Development Phase ............................................................................................... 3

A. Course Section .......................................................................................................................................... 3

i. Course Name and Objective .......................................................................................... 3

ii. Learning Methods ......................................................................................................... 3
iii. Pre-Requisites (Courses, Certifications & Competencies) ........................................... 4
iv. Course Competencies .................................................................................................. 5
v. RLO Objectives and Names ........................................................................................... 7
vi. Session Plan – Classroom Training - Offshore .............................................................. 7
vii. Session Plan – Virtual Classroom – Offshore............................................................. 10
viii. Session Plan – Classroom Training - Onsite .............................................................. 10
ix. Session Plan – Virtual Classroom – Onsite ................................................................. 12
x. Session Plan – Dovetail................................................................................................ 14
xi. Session Plan – Webinar .............................................................................................. 14
xii. Deliverable for Each Learning Method...................................................................... 15
xiii. Learning Materials for Assessment .......................................................................... 16
B. Learner Section ...................................................................................................................................... 16

i. Target Audience ........................................................................................................... 16

ii. Learner Profile............................................................................................................. 17
C. Trainer Section ....................................................................................................................................... 18

i. Trainer’s Skill-set (Mandatory)..................................................................................... 18

ii. Vendor Certification (if required)................................................................................ 18
iii. Additional Information ............................................................................................... 18
D. Infrastructure Section ......................................................................................................................... 18

i. Hardware, Software Specification ............................................................................... 18

2. Pre Release Checklist ................................................................................................. 21

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1. Pre Development Phase

A. Course Section

i. Course Name and Objective

This section lists the course name, objective (at a higher level), course duration, and
the course level.

Course Name Course Objective Course Level Durati

on
( Learner /
Practitioner/ (Hrs)
Specialist )

Informatica 9 After completing the course, the Specialist 20

Specialist Associate should be able to:
Understand architecture, repository
management, development and
admin tools, informatica objects,
versioning, partitioning, deployment,
XML/ UDO / Web Services,
performance and administration

ii. Learning Methods

This section helps you to identify the different learning methods that would be
implemented for imparting the training.

SNo Learning Method Offshore Onsite

(Yes / (Yes /
No) No)

1. Courseware

1.1 Classroom Training Yes

1.2 Virtual Classroom Yes

1.3 Dovetail Yes

1.4 Webinar Yes

1.5 Self - Paced Learning Resources – Self Reading Yes

1.6 Classroom Training / Virtual Classroom Yes

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SNo Learning Method Offshore Onsite

(Yes / (Yes /
No) No)

1.7 Classroom Training / Webinar Yes

1.8 Dovetail / Virtual Classroom

1.9 Classroom Training / Dovetail / Virtual Classroom

2. Assessments

2.1 CCP - Assessments No

2.2 Custom Assessments No

2.3 L2 – Assessments (Pre Test) No

2.4 L2 – Assessments (Post / Exit Test) No

2.5 Dovetail - Assessments No

2.5 ELT - Assessments No

3. References

iii. Pre-Requisites (Courses, Certifications & Competencies)

This section helps you to list the relevant competencies for the courseware along
with the proficiency levels as per the ELM requirements.

Prerequisite Courses, Certification and HCM Competency

Pre-Requisite

A. Course Names (along with Course Codes) and Mandatory /

Certifications ( External and Internal) Recommended

1. Working with Informatica PowerCenter 8 (BTDWE3) Recommended

2. Informatica 8 - Practitioner Level (BTDWE8) Recommended

3.

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Pre-Requisite

B. Prerequisite HCM Proficiency Level Mandatory /

Competency Recommended
(Learner/Practitioner/Spe
cialist)

1.

2.

3.

Note:
Refer to the following for HCM Competency information:
1. https://cworld.cognizant.com/MyCognizant/MyCareer/default.aspx. Refer to this link to
provide Role Skill Matrix Competencies. Click on Verticals, Horizontals, Business Consulting
and Corporate Functions under the Competency Definitions block
2. https://ch1workspaces.cognizant.com/sites/SW41/HCM%20Competency%20Master/Forms/
AllItems.aspx and open the file HCM Competency Master.xlsx for the complete list of HCM
competencies.

iv. Course Competencies

(If this section has already been updated in the Requirements Tracking Document
(RTD), the following table need not be updated.)

ELM Requirement

List the HCM Competencies & Proficiency Level of this course

Proficiency Level
HCM Competency
(Learner/Practitioner/Specialist)

4822 - ETL Tools Specialist

1869 – Informatica Specialist

4099 – Informatica Development Specialist

4121 – Informatica Architecture Learner

4146 – ETL Tool Application Specialist

Develoment

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Note:

Click the link -

https://ch1workspaces.cognizant.com/sites/SW41/HCM%20Competency%20Master/Forms/AllItems.
aspx and open the file HCM Competency Master.xlsx for the complete list of HCM competencies

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v. RLO Objectives and Names

This section lists the RLO (module) objectives and names for the course.

# RLO Objectives RLO Name Theory Hands-on Learning

Duration Duration
Method(s)
(Hrs) (Hrs)

1 After completing Create Informatica 12 2 Classroom/

this module, you mappings Virtual
will be able to: Classroom

2 After completing Understanding on 4 1 Classroom/

this module, you Data Profiling Virtual
will be able to: concepts. Classroom

Understanding of 2 1 Classroom/
Power Exchange Virtual
concepts Classroom

Note: Please add/delete rows as applicable

vi. Session Plan – Classroom Training - Offshore

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.

Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

1 After completing this Data Profiling

chapter, you will be able
to… Easily profile data

Monitor data issues

2 After completing this Deployment

chapter, you will be able
to… code configuration.

code promotion

3 After completing this Folders & security concept

chapter
Create folder,

Set privilages,

4 After completing this Informatica Tools – Admin

chapter
Add user groups,

Admin console.

5 After completing this Informatica Tools -

chapter Development

Develop data quality

plan

Develop data quality

mapping

6 After completing this Mapping & Mapplets

chapter
Reusable mapplets

Complex mappings

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

7 After completing this Partitioning

chapter
Database

Pass through

Hash

8 After completing this Performance Tuning

chapter
Optimized Mapping

Query tunning

9 After completing this PWX

chapter

10 After completing this Repository-Services and

chapter Maintenance

11 After completing this Tasks

chapter
Session

Command

12 After completing this Versioning

chapter
Check in/ Check out

Retrieving previous
versions

13 After completing this Workflows and Worklets

chapter
Re usable worlets

Workflow with
multiple sessions

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

14 After completing this Worklow Monitoring

chapter
Session log,

Run stats

Workflow log

15 After completing this XML/ UDO / Web Services

chapter

Note: Please add or delete rows as per requirements.

vii. Session Plan – Virtual Classroom – Offshore

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.
(Each session will be of maximum Two hours.)

Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

1 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

2 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

viii. Session Plan – Classroom Training - Onsite

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

1 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

2 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

Note: Please add or delete rows as per requirements.

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ix. Session Plan – Virtual Classroom – Onsite

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.
(Please note that virtual sessions at onsite are run during off hours and weekends,
therefore content should be designed so as to not exceed Two hours per session (but
you may have multiple Two hours sessions). Try to keep total contact time to <= 24
hours)

Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

1 After completing this Introduction and 1

chapter, you will be able Architecture Overview
to…
 Informatica 9.x
Understand Informatica overview
Architecture  Informatica 9
architecture
 Installation and
Configuration
 Integration Service &
Repository Service
 Domain/ Gateway
 Admin Console

2 After completing this Repository Manager 1

chapter, you will be able
to…  Repository Manager
 Folders & Permissions
Understand about
Repository Manager

3 After completing this Data Profiling 0.5

chapter, you will be able
to…  Data Profiling
 Creating data profile
Understand about Data (Auto & Custom)
Profiling  Data Profiling
Performance

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

4 After completing this Versioning Deployment 0.5

chapter, you will be able Partitioning
to…
 Versioning
 Understand about  Deployment
Versioning  Partitioning
 Understand about
Deployment
 Understand about
Partitioning

5 After completing this Informatica Objects 4 2

chapter, you will be able
to…  Transformations
 Cache overview
Understand about  Mapping
Informatica Objects  Mapplet
 Hands-on exercise

6 After completing this Other Concepts 1

chapter, you will be able
to…  Incremental aggregation
 Pushdown optimization
 Understand about  External Loader
Incremental
aggregation
 Understand about
Pushdown
optimization
 Understand about
External Loader

7 After completing this Informatica Debugging 1 1

chapter, you will be able
to…  Debugger Overview
 Logging overview
Understand about  Hands-on exercise
debugging

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Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

8 After completing this Performance and 1

chapter, you will be able Administration
to…
 Monitoring
Understand about  Workflow Monitoring
Performance and
Administration

9 After completing this Performance Tuning 2

chapter, you will be able
to…  Performance tuning
overview
Understand about  Identifying bottlenecks
Performance Tuning  Optimizing techniques

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x. Session Plan – Dovetail

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.

Duration (Hrs.)
# RIO Objective RIO Name

Theory Hands-on

1 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

2 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

Note: Please add or delete rows as per requirements.

xi. Session Plan – Webinar

This section lists the RIO (chapter) objectives and names for the course.
(Each session will be of maximum Four hours.)
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# RIO Objective RIO Name Duration (Hrs.)

1 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

2 After completing this <Chapter Name>

chapter, you will be able
to… <Topic Name1>

<Topic Name2>

Note: Please add or delete rows as per requirements.

xii. Deliverable for Each Learning Method

This section lists the different types of deliverables applicable for each learning
method.

Courseware

Learning Method ( whichever is applicable)

Deliverables Classroom Dovetail Virtual Webinar

Training Classroom

Session Plan Yes Yes

Presentations Yes Yes
Hands-on Exercise Document Yes Yes
Case Study Yes Yes

Model Solutions for Hands on Yes Yes

exercise / Case Study

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Assessment

Learning Method ( whichever is applicable)

Deliverables CCP Dovetail ELT L2 Custom

C2 Protected Source Question Bank N

o
Complete Structural (Module/Chapter) No
Information
Completed Blueprint No
Phase-wise Learning Plan

* Update sub-section xi if Assessment section is ‘Yes’

xiii. Learning Materials for Assessment

This section lists the learning materials such as Public Courses, Books, Manuals, and
Web Links that are required to prepare for an assessment.

SNo. Public Course / Book / Name Availability

Manual / Web Link /
Digital Library / Other (update here) (Location of the
material)

1.

2.

3.

B. Learner Section

i. Target Audience

This section helps you to identify the target audience for the course. Typically, the
target audience can be classified into three categories based on the role of an
Associate.

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Select () the appropriate cells in the Table below to indicate the Target Audience for the
Course/Assessment.

Designation Senior Associates & Managers & Above & All Associates
Above Equivalent
Geography

Global   

India   

Europe   

North America   

List of countries

Geo-wise Learner Groups Countries Covered

India Employees IND, PHL, CHN (Philippine, China)
North America Associates USA, ARG, BRA, CAN, MEX
CHE, BEL, CZE, DEU, DNK, FRA, NLD, NOR, SWE, GBR,
Europe
IRL, HUN,FIN

Note: Please ensure that the above table is in synch with the Implementation Table
(Section 7.0) in the Requirements Tracking Document.

ii. Learner Profile

This section captures additional information for the learner which will help the
learner to take up the course.

 Years of Experience in specific Technology / Domain :

 Other :

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C. Trainer Section

i. Trainer’s Skill-set (Mandatory)

This section captures the Skill-set of the trainer.
Technical/Domain/Behavioral Skill-set

# Competency Area Proficiency Level Years of

(1-Learner/ 2 / 3 / 4 Experience
/5-Guru)

1 Informatica 4 3

ii. Vendor Certification (if required)




iii. Additional Information

This section captures any additional information required to conduct the course.

D. Infrastructure Section

i. Hardware, Software Specification

This section captures the hardware and software specifications for the effective
delivery of the course.

a. Hardware Specification
Server Specification 300 MB for PC Client

500 MB for PC Server

Desktop / Client Specification Power Center Client to be installed in all trainng

machines

Others Oracle Server and client to be ready for the database

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connectivity.

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b. Software Specification
# Name of the software (s) Version License License Descriptio Can be used
to be installed available in available in n of any through
RAMS? RAMS for patch to be Tool Wire /
onsite? installed SoftGrid?
(Yes/No)
(Yes/No)

1 Informatica Power Center Yes Yes Yes

Client in all machines

2 Informatica Power Center Yes Yes Yes

Server

3 Repository Database – Yes Yes. Yes

preferably in Oracle for
creating Informatica
Repository

4 2 Databases specifically Yes Yes Yes

for development and
training – for acting as
Source and Target
Database
(Oracle/Sybase/SQL
Server – Any)

5 ODBC and Native Yes Yes Yes

connectivity to the
Database server from
both the Informatica
Server and Client
Machines

6 Informatica Shared Paths Yes Yes Yes

declared in the Server to
be made accessible by the
Client machines

Instruction for installing the software in the “Tool Wire /SoftGrid”

environment (if the response is ‘Yes’ in the last column in the above table):

# Name of the software Instruction

1 Toolwire Login to Toolwire using Remote Desktop Connection and

follow the normal installation process.

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2. Pre Release Checklist

Requirement Yes / No / NA

* Learning Methods have been validated

* Learner Groups (LG) have been validated (LG modification is allowed
on quarterly basis)
* Trainer Profile available
* Session plan for trainer available
* Participant Profile available
* Model solution to the Case Studies ( if any) is available
* Model solution to the Hands-on Exercises ( if any) is available

* Infrastructure details available for onsite and offshore

* If the course is developed for Global Audience, then it must have
content for Virtual Classroom. Only Classroom Training is not accepted.

Pilot testing required

List of the Trainers for conducting this training is available
Course information summary available
Workshop facilitation instructions available
Content meets course objectives and has right balance between
concepts and experience sharing (examples)
** Any additional inputs if External Trainer is used to execute this
course
*Indicates Mandatory Component.

Course will be released only on the availability of all the mandatory components. Any
exception will have to be approved by BU approver and Academy approver.

Pilot Testing Feedback and Action Taken

# Feedback Action Taken

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**Inputs for External Trainer:

<Include the instructions for the external trainer here>

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