Data Warehousing For Dummies

Making data warehousing understandable to readers, this revised edition provides need-to-know information about the structure, interrelationships, and technologies of data warehouses Reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the top-down and bottom-up data warehousing approaches, and methods for capturing metadata for master data management Offers a clear--and even irreverent--explanation of how data warehouses interact with tools for data visualization, online analytical processing, data mining, and business intelligence Walks readers step by step through the process of building a team, capturing requirements, analyzing data stores, and involving end users in the process

Thomas C. Hammergren has been involved with business intelligence and data warehousing since the 1980s. He has helped such companies as Procter & Gamble, Nike, FirstEnergy, Duke Energy, AT&T, and Equifax build business intelligence and performance management strategies, competencies, and solutions. Alan R. Simon is a data warehousing expert and author of many books on data warehousing.

Introduction
The Data Warehouse: Home for Your Data Assets
Wha's in a Data Warehouse?
What Should You Expect from Your Data Warehouse?
Have It Your Way: The Structure of a Data Warehouse
Data Marts: Your Retail Data Outlet
Data Warehousing Technology
Relational Databases and Data Warehousing
Specialty Databases and Data Warehousing
Stuck in the Middle with You: Data Warehousing Middleware
Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
An Intelligent Look at Business Intelligence
Simple Database Querying and Reporting
Business Analysis (OLAP)
Data Mining: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, I's Off to Mine We Go
Dashboards and Scorecards
Data Warehousing Projects: How to Do Them Right
Data Warehousing and Other IT Projects: The Same but Different
Building a Winning Data Warehousing Project Team
You Need What? When? ù Capturing Requirements
Analyzing Data Sources
Delivering the Goods
User Testing, Feedback, and Acceptance
Data Warehousing: The Big Picture
The Information Value Chain: Connecting Internal and External Data
Data Warehousing Driving Quality and Integration
The View from the Executive Boardroom
Existing Sort-of Data Warehouses: Upgrade or Replace?
Surviving in the Computer Industry
Working with Data Warehousing Consultants
Data Warehousing in the Not-Too-Distant Future
Expanding Your Data Warehouse with Unstructured Data
Agreeing to Disagree about Semantics
Collaborative Business Intelligence
The Part of Tens
Ten Questions to Consider When You;re Selecting User Tools
Ten Secrets to Managing Your Project Successfully
Ten Sources of Up-to-Date Information about Data Warehousing
Ten Mandatory Skills for a Data Warehousing Consultant
Ten Signs of a Data Warehousing Project in Trouble
Ten Signs of a Successful Data Warehousing Project
Ten Subject Areas to Cover with Product Vendors
Index
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