A Manager's Guide to Data Warehousing

by Laura L. Reeves

Aimed at helping business and IT managers clearly communicate with each other, this helpful book addresses concerns straight-on and provides practical methods to building a collaborative data warehouse . You’ll get clear explanations of the goals and objectives of each stage of the data warehouse lifecycle while learning the roles that both business managers and technicians play at each stage. Discussions of the most critical decision points for success at each phase of the data warehouse lifecycle help you understand ways in which both business and IT management can make decisions that best meet unified objectives.

480 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2008

Reviews

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book presented a good overview of Data Warehousing projects, at a level appropriate for most middle-management personnel interested in or involved in such a project. It's a little light on technical detail, but that's appropriate for the target audience. The book presented a wealth of information about monitoring success of a project, keeping things on track (or getting back on track), and measuring the business value that the data warehouse is bringing. Overall, a good introduction to data warehousing.