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. |
From inside the book
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... Performing Step 1 49 Bibliography and Additional Reading 50 Chapter Two Step 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation 51 Step 2, Section A: Technical Infrastructure Evaluation 53 The Hardware Platform 54 Controlled Chaos 54 Hardware ...
... Performing Step 9 234 Bibliography and Additional Reading 234 Chapter Ten Step 10: Meta Data Repository Design 237 Meta Data Silos 239 Sources of Meta Data 240 Meta Data Repository Solutions 242 Centralized Meta Data Repository 242 ...
... Performing Step 11 279 Bibliography and Additional Reading 279 Chapter Twelve Step 12: Application Development 281 Online Analytical Processing Tools 283 Advantages of OLAP Tools 284 OLAP Tool Features 285 Multidimensional Analysis ...
... Performing Step 13 316 Bibliography and Additional Reading 317 Chapter Fourteen Step 14: Meta Data Repository Development Populating the Meta Data Repository 321 Meta Data Repository Interface Processes 324 The Tool Interface Process ...
... perform development activities, that is, which ones can be performed in parallel tracks and which ones have a strong dependency on one another. In contrast to topic-specific materials available on BI, this book is a single-source ...