| |  | 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 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | Chapter Nine. Step 9: Extract/Transform/Load 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | Chapter Eleven. Step 11: Extract/Transform/Load 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | | 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 |
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| | | 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. Task/Subtask Matrix |
| | | | Chapter Twenty-One. Practical Guidelines Matrix |
| | | | Appendix Work Breakdown Structure |
| | | | Task_Data |
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