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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... Project Managers xxviii Technicians xxvix Comments xxx Acknowlegments xxxi PART I STAGES AND STEPS 1 Chapter Zero ... Team Structure 20 The Core Team 20 The Extended Team 23 The BI Arbitration Board 26 Justification for Using This ...
... project lifecycle for the development of such systems. Because BI and decision-support systems ultimately rely on a ... team, as well as the skills and talents of the human resource roles required for such project teams. And, because of ...
... staff utilization • Inappropriate project team structure and dynamics • No software release concept (no iterative development method) • No work breakdown structure (no methodology) • Ineffective project management (only project ...
... project team members and the business representatives assigned to them can use this book to gain a better ... project lifecycle Complexity In order to give you an appreciation of the complexity of BI decision-support projects, we ...
... project with the appropriate roles and responsibilities for the core team and the extended team. Each of the development steps(Chapters 1–16) begins with an individual chapter overview followed by a section called Things to Consider ...