Business intelligence guidebook : from data integration to analytics /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
[2014]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Business Intelligence Guidebook
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- How to Use This Book
- CHAPTER SUMMARIES
- Acknowledgments
- PART I
- CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT
- CHAPTER 1
- THE BUSINESS DEMAND FOR DATA, INFORMATION, AND ANALYTICS
- JUST ONE WORD: DATA
- WELCOME TO THE DATA DELUGE
- TAMING THE ANALYTICS DELUGE
- TOO MUCH DATA, TOO LITTLE INFORMATION
- DATA CAPTURE VERSUS INFORMATION ANALYSIS
- THE FIVE CS OF DATA
- COMMON TERMINOLOGY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
- REFERENCES
- PART II
- BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL NEEDS
- ""CHAPTER 2
- JUSTIFYING BI: BUILDING THE BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL CASE""""WHY JUSTIFICATION IS NEEDED""; ""BUILDING THE BUSINESS CASE""; ""BUILDING THE TECHNICAL CASE""; ""ASSESSING READINESS""; ""CREATING A BI ROAD MAP""; ""DEVELOPING SCOPE, PRELIMINARY PLAN, AND BUDGET""; ""OBTAINING APPROVAL""; ""COMMON JUSTIFICATION PITFALLS""; ""CHAPTER 3
- DEFINING REQUIREMENTS�BUSINESS, DATA AND QUALITY""; ""THE PURPOSE OF DEFINING REQUIREMENTS""; ""GOALS""; ""DELIVERABLES""; ""ROLES""; ""DEFINING REQUIREMENTS WORKFLOW""; ""INTERVIEWING""; ""DOCUMENTING REQUIREMENTS""
- Part iii
- architecturalframeworkchapter 4
- architecture framework
- the need for architectural blueprints
- architectural framework
- information architecture
- data architecture
- technical architecture
- product architecture
- metadata
- security and privacy
- avoiding accidents with architectural planning
- do not obsess over the architecture
- chapter 5
- information architecture
- the purpose of an information architecture
- data integration framework
- dif information architecture
- operational bi versus analytical bi
- ""MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT""""CHAPTER 6
- DATA ARCHITECTURE""; ""THE PURPOSE OF A DATA ARCHITECTURE""; ""HISTORY""; ""DATA ARCHITECTURAL CHOICES""; ""DATA INTEGRATION WORKFLOW""; ""DATA WORKFLOW�RISE OF EDW AGAIN""; ""OPERATIONAL DATA STORE""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 7
- TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT ARCHITECTURES""; ""WHERE ARE THE PRODUCT AND VENDOR NAMES?""; ""EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTION""; ""TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE""; ""PRODUCT AND TECHNOLOGY EVALUATIONS""; ""PART IV
- DATA DESIGN""; ""CHAPTER 8
- FOUNDATIONAL DATA MODELING""; ""THE PURPOSE OF DATA MODELING""
- ""DEFINITIONS�THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DATA MODEL AND DATA MODELING""""THREE LEVELS OF DATA MODELS""; ""DATA MODELING WORKFLOW""; ""WHERE DATA MODELS ARE USED""; ""ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP (ER) MODELING OVERVIEW""; ""NORMALIZATION""; ""LIMITS AND PURPOSE OF NORMALIZATION""; ""CHAPTER 9
- DIMENSIONAL MODELING""; ""INTRODUCTION TO DIMENSIONAL MODELING""; ""HIGH-LEVEL VIEW OF A DIMENSIONAL MODEL""; ""FACTS""; ""DIMENSIONS""; ""SCHEMAS""; ""ENTITY RELATIONSHIP VERSUS DIMENSIONAL MODELING""; ""PURPOSE OF DIMENSIONAL MODELING""; ""FACT TABLES""; ""ACHIEVING CONSISTENCY""