Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications "If you are looking for a complete treatment of business intelligence, then go no further than this book. Larissa T. Moss and Shaku Atre have covered all the bases in a cohesive and logical order, making it easy for the reader to follow their line of thought. From early design to ETL to physical database design, the book ties together all the components of business intelligence." --Bill Inmon, Inmon Enterprises This is the eBook version of the print title. The eBook edition contains the same content as the print edition. You will find instructions in the last few pages of your eBook that directs you to the media files.
Business Intelligence Roadmap is a visual guide to developing an effective business intelligence (BI) decision-support application. This book outlines a methodology that takes into account the complexity of developing applications in an integrated BI environment. The authors walk readers through every step of the process--from strategic planning to the selection of new technologies and the evaluation of application releases. The book also serves as a single-source guide to the best practices of BI projects.
Part I steers readers through the six stages of a BI project: justification, planning, business analysis, design, construction, and deployment. Each chapter describes one of sixteen development steps and the major activities, deliverables, roles, and responsibilities. All technical material is clearly expressed in tables, graphs, and diagrams.
Part II provides five matrices that serve as references for the development process charted in Part I. Management tools, such as graphs illustrating the timing and coordination of activities, are included throughout the book. The authors conclude by crystallizing their many years of experience in a list of dos, don'ts, tips, and rules of thumb.
Both the book and the methodology it describes are designed to adapt to the specific needs of individual stakeholders and organizations. The book directs business representatives, business sponsors, project managers, and technicians to the chapters that address their distinct responsibilities. The framework of the book allows organizations to begin at any step and enables projects to be scheduled and managed in a variety of ways.
Business Intelligence Roadmap is a clear and comprehensive guide to negotiating the complexities inherent in the development of valuable business intelligence decision-support applications. |
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... OLAP Tools 284 OLAP Tool Features 285 Multidimensional Analysis Factors 287 Multivariate Analysis 289 Online Analytical Processing Architecture 289 Presentation Services 290 OLAP Services 291 Database Services 292 Development ...
... OLAP tools in the world will not provide major benefits if the BI target databases are not designed properly or if they are populated with dirty data. The team working on the ETL track is usually staffed with knowledgeable business ...
... OLAP tools, and have experience building client/server-based decision-support applications that incorporate ... tool for the BI decision-support environment. Therefore, the purpose of this development track is to design, build, and ...
... tool or move the data into a relational database; neither should be interpreted as a need for a BI solution. However ... [OLAP] tools). Once you have clearly stated the business need and outlined the benefits, the next step is to estimate ...
... tools running against the BI target databases • Number of operational systems feeding the BI target databases It is ... (OLAP) applications. The interface level can be a customized graphical user interface (GUI) application, an enterprise ...