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Business Intelligence Roadmap: plete Project Lifecycle for Decision-
Support Applications
By Larissa T. Moss, Shaku Atre
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Pub Date: February 28, 2003
ISBN: 0-201-78420-3
Pages: 576
"If you are looking for plete 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 ponents 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 plexity 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 panying CD-ROM includes plete, customizable work
breakdown structure.
Both the book and the methodology