Business Intelligence Guidebook: From Data Integration to Analytics

  • 10h 38m
  • Rick Sherman
  • Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Inc.
  • 2015

Between the high-level concepts of business intelligence and the nitty-gritty instructions for using vendors' tools lies the essential, yet poorly-understood layer of architecture, design and process. Without this knowledge, Big Data is belittled - projects flounder, are late and go over budget. Business Intelligence Guidebook: From Data Integration to Analytics shines a bright light on an often neglected topic, arming you with the knowledge you need to design rock-solid business intelligence and data integration processes. Practicing consultant and adjunct BI professor Rick Sherman takes the guesswork out of creating systems that are cost-effective, reusable and essential for transforming raw data into valuable information for business decision-makers.

After reading this book, you will be able to design the overall architecture for functioning business intelligence systems with the supporting data warehousing and data-integration applications. You will have the information you need to get a project launched, developed, managed and delivered on time and on budget - turning the deluge of data into actionable information that fuels business knowledge. Finally, you'll give your career a boost by demonstrating an essential knowledge that puts corporate BI projects on a fast-track to success.

  • Provides practical guidelines for building successful BI, DW and data integration solutions.
  • Explains underlying BI, DW and data integration design, architecture and processes in clear, accessible language.
  • Includes the complete project development lifecycle that can be applied at large enterprises as well as at small to medium-sized businesses
  • Describes best practices and pragmatic approaches so readers can put them into action.

In this Book

  • Foreword
  • How to Use This Book
  • The Business Demand for Data, Information, and Analytics
  • Justifying BI—Building the Business and Technical Case
  • Defining Requirements—Business, Data and Quality
  • Architecture Framework
  • Information Architecture
  • Data Architecture
  • Technology & Product Architectures
  • Foundational Data Modeling
  • Dimensional Modeling
  • Business Intelligence Dimensional Modeling
  • Data Integration Design and Development
  • Data Integration Processes
  • Business Intelligence Applications
  • BI Design and Development
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Data Shadow Systems
  • People, Process and Politics
  • Project Management
  • Centers of Excellence
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