Identify three differences between Kimball’s approach to data warehouse development and Inmon’s approach.

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There are a number of differences between the approaches and the student is free to identify any three such
as Kimball recommends first breaking down the project into smaller parts (called data marts) whereas
Inmon does not; Kimball uses new techniques e.g. dimensional modelling whereas Inmon uses traditional
database techniques and Kimball recommends a denormalised database structure while Inmon does not and
his conforms to 3NF.

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