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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... Selection Process 137 Key Points of Data Selection 139 To Cleanse or Not to Cleanse 140 Cleansing Operational Systems 141 Data Analysis Activities 141 Deliverables Resulting from These Activities 143 Roles Involved in These Activities ...
... selected. Be sure that you have the prerequisites to implement your development approach and that you have a clear understanding of what it takes to move forward. 4. Put your project plan together for the steps you have chosen by ...
... selected technologies within the marketplace? – How mature are the selected technologies within the organization? – How many different technologies will co-exist? – Do we have incompatible operating systems? – Do we have incompatible ...
... selected the applicable risk severity ranking for each variable by highlighting the description that most accurately portrayed the condition of their BI project using the colors green, yellow, and red. Out of 21 variables, they rated ...
... selection. 1. New hardware platforms have to fit into the existing hardware configuration. 2. The DBMS on the selected hardware platform must perform well as database access and usage grow. Scalability is therefore one of the major ...