Chapter Overview
This chapter covers the following topics:
Business intelligence (BI), with a focus on BI decision-support applications, such as sales forecasting
The need for and the structure of Business Intelligence Roadmap as a development guide
The 16 development steps applicable to BI decision-support projects
The three parallel development tracks usually followed by BI project teams
Project team structure, including the roles and responsibilities assigned to the core team members and the extended team members
A brief justification for using Business Intelligence Roadmap as your development guide for BI decision-support projects