Impossible data warehouse situations : solutions from the experts Solutions from the Experts Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series
Auteurs : Stacie Parillo , Adelman Sid, Dyché Jill, Bischoff Joyce, Hackney Douglas, Ivoghli Sean, Moss Larissa, Kelley Chuck, Marco David, Rehm Clay
Directeur de Collection : John Fuller
The biggest names in Data Warehousing tell what they would do in the difficult situations DW professionals face every day.
- Contains very real problem situations, and very practical solutions.
- Authored by the most highly revered names in the data warehousing field.
- Unique approach, unlike any other data warehousing book.
Sid Adelman is known internationally for writing and lecturing on the topic of data warehousing. He is the moderator of DMReviews "Ask The Experts" feature. He is the chairman of the International Data Warehousing Board. In this book he has assembled the best known and most respected names in the Data Warehousing field, including Jill Dyche, Douglas Hackney, David Marco, and Joyce Bischoff.
(NOTE: Each chapter begins with an Overview.)
Credits.
I IMPOSSIBLE MANAGEMENT SITUATIONS.
1. Management Issues.IT Is Unresponsive.
Management Constantly Changes.
IT Is the Assassin.
The Pilot Must Be Perfect.
User Departments Dont Want to Share Data.
Senior Management Doesnt Know What the Data Warehouse Team Does.
2. Changing Requirements and Objectives.
The Source System Constantly Changes.
The Data Warehouse Vision Has Become Blurred.
The Objectives Are Misunderstood.
The Prototype Becomes Production.
Management Doesnt Recognize the Success of the Data Warehouse Project.
3. Justification and Budget.
How Can the Company Identify Infrastructure Benefits?
Does a Retailer Need a Data Warehouse?
How Can Costs Be Allocated Fairly?
Historical Data Must Be Justified.
No Money Exists for a Prototype.
4. Organization and Staffing.
The Organization Uses Matrix Management.
The Project Has No Consistent Business Sponsor.
Should a Line of Business Build Its Own Data Mart?
The Project Has No Dedicated Staff.
The Project Manager Has Baggage.
No One Wants to Work for the Company.
The Organization Is Not Ready for a Data Warehouse.
5. User Issues.
The Business Does Not Support the Project.
Web-Based Implementation Doesnt Impress the Users.
Management Rejects Multidimensional Tools as Being Too Complex.
The Users Have High Data Quality Expectations.
The Users Dont Know What They Want.
6. Team Issues.
Management Assigned Dysfunctional Team Members to the Data Warehouse Project.
Management Requires Team Consensus.
Prima Donnas on the Team Create Dissension.
Team Members Arent Honest about Progress on Assignments.
A Consultant Offers to Come to the Rescue.
The Consultants Are Running the Show.
The Contractors Have Fled.
Knowledge Transfer Is Not Happening.
How Can Data Warehouse Managers Best Use Consultants?
Management Wants to Outsource the Data Warehouse Activities.
7. Project Planning and Scheduling.
IT Management Sets Unrealistic Deadlines.
The Sponsor Changes the Scope But Doesnt Want to Change the Schedule.
The Users Want the First Data Warehouse Delivery to Include Everything.
The Project Manager Severely Underestimates the Schedule.
II. IMPOSSIBLE TECHNICAL SITUATIONS.
8. Data Warehouse Standards.
Database Administration Standards Are Inappropriate for the Data Warehouse.
The Employees Misuse Data Warehouse Terminology.
Its All Data Mining.
A Multinational Company Needs to Build a Business Intelligence Environment.
9. Tools and Vendors.
The Users Dont Like the Query and Reporting Tool.
OO Is the Answer (But Whats the Question?).
IT Has Already Chosen the Tool.
Will the Tools Perform Well?
The Vendor Has Undue Influence.
The Rejected Vendor Doesnt Understand "No".
The Vendors Acquiring Company Provides Poor Support.
10. Ten Security.
Responsibility for Security Must Be Established.
Where Should a New Security Administrator Start?
11. Eleven Data Quality.
Sid Adelman is founder of Sid Adelman & Associates, an organization specializing in planning and implementing data warehouses. He presents regularly at data warehouse conferences and conducts a Data Warehouse Project Management seminar. Sid is also a founding member of the BIAlliance. He jointly developed a methodology that provides a master plan for implementing data warehouses. He wrote Data Warehouse Project Management (Addison-Wesley, 2000) with Larissa Moss.
Joyce Bischoff, president of Bischoff Consulting, Inc., is an internationally recognized consultant, writer, and lecturer specializing in all aspects of data warehousing, database design, and design methodologies. She has been involved in planning, designing, implementing, and performing design reviews of data warehouses in more than 50 companies in the credit card, chemical, pharmaceutical, insurance, financial, oil refining, publishing, and hospital industries. She is the lead author of the book Data Warehouse: Practical Advice from the Experts 1997, which brings together opinions from 20 contributing authors, and a member of the expert panel for the monthly column "Ask the Experts" at http://www.dmreview.com. She is the author of numerous articles and frequently presents at data warehousing conferences all over the world. She may be reached at JoyceBischoff@cs.com.
Jill Dyché is a partner with Baseline Consulting Group, a specialty consulting firm focusing on the delivery of business intelligence solutions across industries. Since 1985 she has been working with Fortune 1000 companies worldwide to help align strategic technology initiatives with corporate business objectives. Jill is a frequent speaker at technology and marketing conferences, and her articles have been featured in a variety of publications: Information Week, Oracle magazine, Teradata Review, Telephony
The biggest names in Data Warehousing tell what they would do in the difficult situations DW professionals face every day.
- Contains very real problem situations, and very practical solutions.
- Authored by the most highly revered names in the data warehousing field.
- Unique approach, unlike any other data warehousing book.
Date de parution : 10-2002
Ouvrage de 408 p.
10x10 cm
