Business intelligence for the enterprise /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Biere, Mike
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Upper Saddle River, N.J. ; [London] : Prentice Hall PTR, ©2003.
Colección:IBM DB2 certification guide series.
Temas:
Data warehousing.
Business intelligence.
Management.
Business & Economics.
Management Styles & Communication.
Entrepôts de données (Informatique)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine derived contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Intelligence 1
  • Your Definition of Business Intelligence 2
  • Chapter 2 Defining Business Intelligence 7
  • Query Tools 8
  • The RFI/RFP Factor 9
  • Data Warehouse Processes 12
  • BI Biases and Internal Squabbles 15
  • Establishing a More Global BI Perspective 17
  • BI at the Business Unit and Departmental Levels 18
  • BI at the Enterprise Level 22
  • Hindsight "Rules" 26
  • Intranets/Extranets-Data and Analysis Within You and Without You 26
  • Know Your User Base 27
  • Chapter 3 The History of Business Intelligence 29
  • The Early End-User Computing Era 30
  • The Information Center Era 32
  • Charge-Back Systems 33
  • Personal Computers 33
  • The Client/Server Wave 34
  • The Information Warehouse Concept 36
  • The Data Warehouse Era of BI 38
  • Advanced Analytics: Delivering Information to "Mahogany Row" 39
  • BI Milestones 40
  • Chapter 4 The Impact of Business Intelligence 43
  • The IT Department and Business Intelligence 44
  • Non-Technical End Users and Business Intelligence 47
  • Business Analysts and Business Intelligence 53
  • External End Users-The Extranet Environment 57
  • Business Intelligence and the Enterprise 59
  • Chapter 5 Content Management and Unstructured Data 63
  • Industry-Related Content Management Areas 65
  • Why a Relational Database Can't Solve This 69
  • Chapter 6 End-User Segmentation 71
  • End-User Segmentation 73
  • End-User Attributes 78
  • A Holistic View of the Users 79
  • Chapter 7 Elements of Business Intelligence Solutions 87
  • Data Warehouse versus Data Marts 88
  • Setting Up Information for BI Processing 90
  • Data Extraction, Transformation, and Cleansing 90
  • The Data Side of BI 95 The Analytics Tools 98
  • End-User Assumptions about Tools 100
  • The Spreadsheet's Role in BI 100
  • The Three Major Categories of BI Analytics Tools 102
  • Query and Reporting Tools 103
  • Time and Date Elements in Reporting 105
  • OLAP Tools 111
  • Data Mining Tools 115
  • Advanced Analytics-Executive Information Systems (EIS) 118
  • Chapter 8 Justifying Business Intelligence Solutions 123
  • ROI: Return on Investment 125
  • Business Impact Justification 126
  • The True Costs of BI 129
  • Big Purchase with No Plan 132
  • Bringing in the "Hired Guns" 135
  • Your Justification Scenario 136
  • Chapter 9 Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and
  • the Executive View of Business Intelligence 139
  • Data Readiness and Availability for CPM 140
  • Role-Based Analytics 144
  • Pushing Information: Proactive BI-Effective Communication 145
  • Buy or Build CPM 146
  • A Viable Approach to CPM 147
  • Chapter 10 Platform Selection, Technology Biases, and Other
  • "Traps" 151
  • Traditional IT Traps 152
  • The BI Trap 153
  • Evaluating Analytics Usage for User Populations 154
  • The Database Is the Most Critical Choice 156
  • How Well Do Your Approved BI Tools Support the Database Decision? 157
  • A "Typical" History Lesson 158
  • Chapter 11 End-User Support and Productivity 161
  • BI Products Are Still Computer-Based 163
  • A "Straw Person" Scenario 164
  • Setting Up BI Support 165
  • Internal Support Issues 165 Vendor Support Issues 167
  • Internal Support Issues Addressed 168
  • Vendor Support Issues Addressed 173
  • Chapter 12 Implementation for Business Intelligence
  • Solutions 177
  • Back Up and Restore What You Have Already Done 178
  • System Sizing, Measurements, and Dependencies 180
  • Setting Early Expectations and Measuring the Results 181
  • End-User Provisos 181
  • Recap the First Project, and Tune Your Support and Implementation Models 184
  • OLAP Implementations 185
  • Expanding BI Based on What You Now Know 188 Establishing a BI Competency Center (BICC) 189
  • Chapter 13 Planning for the Future-What's the Next Wave
  • of Business Intelligence? 193
  • Advanced Analytics 194
  • Database Enhancements and BI 195
  • Thinner and Thinner Clients 197
  • Data Formats with BI Aspects 199
  • Portals 201
  • BI Networks 202
  • Conclusion 203
  • Appendix A Checklist for BI Planning 205
  • Corporate BI Strategy 206
  • End-User Support Strategy 206
  • Database and Tools Strategy 207
  • Intranet and Extranet Strategy 209
  • About the Author 211
  • Index 213.

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