Data warehouse development projects present a unique set of management challenges that can confound even the most experienced project manager. DaTa Warehouse Project Managemnet addresses these challenges and provieds a comprehensived roadmap to managing every aspect of data warehouse design, development, and implementation. Drawing on their extensive experience in the field, Sid Adelman and Larissa Moss point to critical success factors, reveal the many pitfalls to watch out for, and offer proven solutions that will enable you to put a successful data warehouse project into place.
You will find in-depth coverage of such topics as:
- Critical success factors and reasons for failures
- Measuring results
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Selecting the right software and vendors
- Roles and responsibilities of team members
- Methodology, including rapid application development and
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- Developing a logical and physical data model for smooth daa
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- The important issue of data quality and how to cleanse dirty data from source files
Chapter1 Introduction to data warehousing
Chapter2 Goals and objectives
Chapter3 Indicators of success
Chapter4 Risks
Chapter5 Satsfying the user
Chapter6 Cost benefit
Chapter7 Selecting software
Chapter8 Organization and cultural issues
Chapter9 Methodology
Chapter10 Data models
etc.