this article was written by a couple of authors and submitted to a conference that happened recently.  it walks through some of the conceptual modeling around data vault, as well as taking a look at anchor modeling, and common approaches.  it is really well written, and worth a read if you have the desire.

http://sais.aisnet.org/2012/jovanovicbojicic.pdf

by the way, i am happy to announce the next class that will be arriving in the on-line training area:

informatica etl for data vault  – implementation best practices

those that have already purchased the fundamentals class will have the ability to purchase the new course first, and most likely will be given a discount.

*even if you are already certified* the existing fundamentals class can really help you.  there are several brand new sections on sourcing problems and solutions, and targeting problems and solutions – focused on performance and tuning, regardless of etl tool, or even if you are using sql for loading.

purchase the fundamentals class at: http://datavaultalliance.com/training