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

By LarissaT.Moss, ShakuAtre

Publisher : Addison Wesley

Pub Date : February 28, 2003

ISBN : 0-201-78420-3

Pages : 576

"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 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. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a complete, customizable work breakdown structure. 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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Appendix Work Breakdown Structure The work breakdown structure in this appendix reflects the contents of the enclosed CD-ROM.

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Task_Name

Predecessors

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Your Project Name

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Step 1: Business Case Assessment

3

Determine the business need

4

Identify the business need

5

Determine current financial consequences of the business need

6

Assess the current decision-support system (DSS) solutions

3

7

Assess current usage of the existing DSS

8

Determine the shortcomings of the existing DSS

9

Perform gap analysis

10

Assess the operational sources and procedures

3

11

Assess the data quality of operational systems

12

Review file structures and databases

13

Review content (domain) of source data elements

14

Assess the current data movement

15

Review data entry practices

16

Review data extraction practices

17

Review data manipulation practices

18

Review data duplication practices

19

Assess current operational procedures

20

Identify poor data entry practices

21

Identify lack of edit checks

22

Identify defective program code

23

Identify lack of training

24

Assess the competitors' BI decision-support initiatives

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25

Determine the competitors' successes and failures