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"Choose the right technology and implement a successful BI environment. You're intelligent, right? So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business. This book makes BI understandable! You'll see how...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scheps, Swain
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2008.
Colección:--For dummies.
Temas:
Business intelligence.
Business intelligence > Management.
Business intelligence > Computer network resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate Governance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Leadership.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Organizational Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Workplace Culture.
Business intelligence
Business intelligence > Computer network resources
Business intelligence > Management
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Business Intelligence For Dummies
  • About the Author
  • Dedications
  • Authorâ€?s Acknowledgments
  • Contents at a Glance
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • About This Book
  • How to Use This Book
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Time to Get Down to Business ... Intelligence
  • Part I: Introduction and Basics
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Business Intelligence
  • Limited Resources, Limitless Decisions
  • Business Intelligence Defined: No CIA Experience Required
  • The BI Value Proposition
  • A Brief History of BI
  • BIâ€?s Split Personality: Business and TechnologySo, Are You BI Curious?
  • Chapter 2: Fitting BI with Other Technology Disciplines
  • Best Friends for Life: BI and Data Warehousing
  • ERP and BI: Taking the Enterprise to Warp Speed
  • Customerâ€?s Always Right
  • BI-BUY! E-Commerce Takes BI Online
  • The Finance Function and BI
  • Chapter 3: Meeting the BI Challenge
  • Whatâ€?s Your Problem?
  • The BI Spectrum â€? Where Do You Want It?
  • First Glance at Best (and Worst) Practices
  • Part II: Business Intelligence User Models
  • Chapter 4: Basic Reporting and QueryingPower to the People!
  • Basic BI: Self-Service Reporting and Querying
  • Data Access â€? BIâ€?s Push-Pull Tug-of-War
  • Chapter 5: OLAP: Online Analytical Processing
  • OLAP in Context
  • OLAP Application Functionality
  • Multidimensional Analysis
  • OLAP Architecture
  • What OLAP Can Really Do
  • Drill team: Working with Multidimensional Data
  • OLAP versus OLTP
  • Looking at Different OLAP Styles and Architecture
  • Chapter 6: Dashboards and Briefing Books
  • Dashboardsâ€? Origins
  • The Metric System
  • Looking at BI DashboardsBriefing Books and Other Gadgetry
  • Chapter 7: Advanced /Emerging BI Technologies
  • Catching a Glimpse of Visualization
  • Steering the Way with Guided Analysis
  • Data Mining: Hype or Reality?
  • Other Trends in BI
  • Part III: The BI Lifecycle
  • Chapter 8: The BI Big Picture
  • So Many Methodologies, So Little Time
  • Customizing BI for Your Needs
  • Implementing BI: Get â€?er Done
  • Chapter 9: Human Factors in BI Implementations
  • Star Techie: Skills Profile of a Core BI Team
  • Overruling Objections from the Court of User OpinionMajor in Competence
  • Chapter 10: Taking a Closer Look at BI Strategy
  • The Big Picture
  • Your Current BI Capabilities (or Lack Thereof)
  • Exploring “Should-Beâ€? BI Alternatives
  • Deciding “Could-Beâ€? Alternatives
  • Making Your Choice
  • Chapter 11: Building a Solid BI Architecture and Roadmap
  • What a Roadmap Is (and Isnâ€?t)
  • Centralized Versus Decentralized Architecture
  • BI Architecture Alternatives
  • Developing a Phased, Incremental BI Roadmap
  • Part IV: Implementing BI

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