Business Intelligence

The Savvy Manager's Guide
2. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-12-385889-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 718 g

Reihe: The Savvy Manager's Guides

Following the footsteps of the first edition, the second edition of Business Intelligence is a full overview of what comprises business intelligence. It is intended to provide an introduction to the concepts to uncomplicate the learning process when implementing a business intelligence program. Over a relatively long lifetime (7 years), the current edition of book has received numerous accolades from across the industry for its straightforward introduction to both business and technical aspects of business intelligence. As an author, David Loshin has a distinct ability to translate challenging topics into a framework that is easily digestible by managers, business analysts, and technologists alike. In addition, his material has developed a following (such as the recent Master Data Management book) among practitioners and key figures in the industry (both analysts and vendors) and that magnifies our ability to convey the value of this book.

Guides managers through developing, administering, or simply understanding business intelligence technologyKeeps pace with the changes in best practices, tools, methods and processes used to transform an organization's data into actionable knowledgeContains a handy, quick-reference to technologies and terminology.

Zielgruppe

IT managers, analysts, consultants, MIS students, data managers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loshin, David

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Business Intelligence - An Introduction 2. Value Drivers 3. Planning for Success 4. Developing a Business Intelligence Roadmap 5. The Business Intelligence Environment 6. Business Models and Information Flow 7. Data Requirements Analysis 8. Data Warehouses and the Technical BI Architecture 9. Business Metadata 10. Data Profiling 11. Business Rules 12. Data Quality 13. Data Integration 14. High Performance BI 15. Alternate Information Contexts 16. Location Intelligence and Spatial analysis? 17. Knowledge Discovery, Data Mining, and Analytics 18. Using Publicly Available Data 19. Knowledge Delivery 20. New and Emerging Techniques 21. Quick Reference

Über Autor(innen)

Loshin, David
David Loshin is President of Knowledge Integrity, Inc., a company specializing in data management consulting. The author of numerous books on performance computing and data management, including "Master Data Management" (2008) and "Business Intelligence - The Savvy Manager's Guide" (2003), and creator of courses and tutorials on all facets of data management best practices, David is often looked to for thought leadership in the information management industry.