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Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications

ISBN: 0201784203
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 202

Authors: Larissa T. Moss, Shaku Atre

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series
• About the Authors
• Foreword
• Preface
• The Purpose of This Book
• How This Book Is Organized
• How to Use This Book
• Who Should Read This Book
• Comments
• Part I: Stages and Steps
• Chapter Zero. Guide to the Development Steps
• Business Intelligence Definition
• BI Decision-Support Initiatives
• Development Approaches
• Engineering Stages and the Development Steps
• Parallel Development Tracks
• BI Project Team Structure
• Justification for Using This Project Lifecycle Guide
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter One. Step 1: Business Case Assessment
• Business Justification
• Business Drivers
• Business Analysis Issues
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Business Case Assessment Activities
• Deliverable Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 1
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Two. Step 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation
• Step 2, Section A: Technical Infrastructure Evaluation
• The Hardware Platform
• The Middleware Platform
• The DBMS Platform
• Technical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 2, Section A
• Step 2, Section B: Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation
• The Effects of Stovepipe Development
• The Need for Nontechnical Infrastructure
• Enterprise Architecture
• Enterprise Standards
• Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities
• Deliverable Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 2, Section B
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Three. Step 3: Project Planning
• Managing the BI Project
• Defining the BI Project
• Planning the BI Project
• Project Planning Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 3
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Four. Step 4: Project Requirements Definition
• General Business Requirements
• Project-Specific Requirements
• The Interviewing Process
• Project Requirements Definition Activities
• Deliverable Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 4
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Five. Step 5: Data Analysis
• Business-Focused Data Analysis
• Top-Down Logical Data Modeling
• Bottom-Up Source Data Analysis
• Data Cleansing
• Data Analysis Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 5
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Six. Step 6: Application Prototyping
• Purposes of Prototyping
• Best Practices for Prototyping
• Types of Prototypes
• Building Successful Prototypes
• Application Prototyping Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 6
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Seven. Step 7: Meta Data Repository Analysis
• The Importance of Meta Data
• Meta Data Repository as Navigation Tool
• Meta Data Classifications
• Meta Data Repository Challenges
• The Logical Meta Model
• Meta Data Repository Analysis Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 7
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Eight. Step 8: Database Design
• Differences in Database Design Philosophies
• Logical Database Design
• Physical Database Design
• Database Design Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 8
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Nine. Step 9: ExtractTransformLoad Design
• Implementation Strategies
• Preparing for the ETL Process
• Designing the Extract Programs
• Designing the Transformation Programs
• Designing the Load Programs
• Designing the ETL Process Flow
• Evaluating ETL Tools
• ETL Design Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 9
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Ten. Step 10: Meta Data Repository Design
• Meta Data Silos
• Meta Data Repository Solutions
• Designing a Meta Data Repository
• Licensing (Buying) a Meta Data Repository
• Meta Data Repository Design Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 10
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Eleven. Step 11: ExtractTransformLoad Development
• Source Data Transformation
• Reconciliation
• Peer Reviews
• ETL Testing
• Formal Test Plan
• ETL Development Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 11
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Twelve. Step 12: Application Development
• Online Analytical Processing Tools
• Multidimensional Analysis Factors
• Online Analytical Processing Architecture
• Development Environments
• Application Development Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 12
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Thirteen. Step 13: Data Mining
• Defining Data Mining
• Data Mining Techniques
• Data Mining Operations
• Applications of Data Mining
• Data Mining Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 13
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Fourteen. Step 14: Meta Data Repository Development
• Populating the Meta Data Repository
• Meta Data Repository Interface Processes
• Meta Data Repository Testing
• Preparing for the Meta Data Repository Rollout
• Meta Data Repository Development Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 14
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Fifteen. Step 15: Implementation
• Incremental Rollout
• Security Management
• Data Backup and Recovery
• Monitoring the Utilization of Resources
• Growth Management
• Implementation Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 15
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Chapter Sixteen. Step 16: Release Evaluation
• The Application Release Concept
• Post-Implementation Reviews
• Release Evaluation Activities
• Deliverables Resulting from These Activities
• Roles Involved in These Activities
• Risks of Not Performing Step 16
• Bibliography and Additional Reading
• Part II: At a Glance
• Chapter Seventeen. Human Resource Allocation Matrix
• Chapter Eighteen. Entry Exit Criteria and Deliverables Matrix
• Chapter Nineteen. Activity Dependency Matrix
• Chapter Twenty. TaskSubtask Matrix
• Chapter Twenty-One. Practical Guidelines Matrix
• Appendix Work Breakdown Structure
• Task_Data