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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... Databases 193 BI Target Databases 196 Logical Database Design 197 The Star Schema 197 The Snowflake Contents xi.
... Database Design One or more BI target databases will store the business data in detailed or aggregated form, depending on the reporting requirements of the business community. Not all reporting requirements are strategic, and not all of ...
... target databases, scheduling and running ETL batch jobs, monitoring performance, and tuning databases. Step 16: Release Evaluation With an application release concept, it is very important to benefit from lessons learned from the ...
... target databases. The ETL track is the most complicated and important track of a BI decision-support project. The fanciest OLAP tools in the world will not provide major benefits if the BI target databases are not designed properly or ...
... Database administrator Designing, loading, monitoring, and tuning the BI target databases ETL lead developer Designing and overseeing the ETL process Meta data administrator Building or licensing (buying), enhancing, loading, and ...