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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... Standards 71 Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities 75 Deliverable Resulting from These Activities 76 Roles Involved in These Activities 77 Risks of Not Performing Step 2, Section B 78 Bibliography viii Contents.
... standards, datanaming standards, the enterprise logical data model (evolving), methodologies, guidelines, testing procedures, change-control processes, procedures for issues management and dispute resolution, and so on. Step 3: Project ...
... standards either being used or being developed during the BI project. Table 0.1 indicates which steps are project-specific and which ones are cross-organizational. PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT TRACKS As illustrated in Figure 0.7, every BI. Table ...
... standards and business rules the BI project team uses or develops Strategic architect Managing the overall technical infrastructure for the organization, including the BI technical infrastructure Technical services staff Maintaining the ...
... standards? Hire more staff? Risks ✓What are the risks of building a BI decision-support environment? ✓What are the risks of not building a BI decision-support environment? Cost Justification ✓Is it worth building this BI application ...