The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 672 pages
• Published by: Wiley
• Edition: 2nd Edition January 10, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470149779
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470149775
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 2.1 pounds

Book Description
* Presenting the much-anticipated Second Edition, which boasts nearly forty percent new and revised coverage, reflecting the latest best practices
* This unparalleled tutorial approach covers everything from planning the data warehouse project to implementing the design and managing the data warehouse environment
* The Kimball Group has streamlined the lifecycle methodology to be more efficient and easy to use based on their thousands of hours of experience in both consulting and training
* They have also revised various lifecycle topics, including dimensional modeling, data warehouse architecture, ETL, and Business Intelligence
* New sections at the end of every process and techniques chapter feature coverage of managing the effort and reducing risk, assuring quality, estimating considerations, Web site resources, and more

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A thorough update to the industry standard for designing, developing, and deploying data warehouse and business intelligence systems

The world of data warehousing has changed remarkably since the first

edition of The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit was published in 1998. In that time, the data warehouse industry has reached full maturity and acceptance, hardware and software have made

staggering advances, and the techniques promoted in the premiere edition

of this book have been adopted by

nearly all data warehouse vendors

and practitioners. In addition, the term "business intelligence" emerged to reflect the mission of the data warehouse: wrangling the data out of source systems, cleaning it, and delivering it to add value to the business.

Ralph Kimball and his colleagues have refined the original set of Lifecycle

methods and techniques based on their consulting and training experience. The authors understand first-hand that a data warehousing/business intelligence (DW/BI) system requirements to change as fast as its surrounding organization evolves. To that end, they walk you through the detailed steps of designing, developing, and deploying a DW/BI system. You'll learn to create adaptable systems that deliver data and analyses to business users so they can make better business decisions.

With substantial new and updated

content, this second edition of The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit again sets the standard in data warehousing for the next decade. It shows you how to:

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  Identify and prioritize data warehouse opportunities
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  Create an architecture plan and select products
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  Design a powerful, flexible, dimensional model
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  Build a robust ETL system
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  Develop BI applications to deliver data to business users
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  Deploy and sustain a healthy DW/BI environmentv

The authors are members of the Kimball Group. Each has focused on data warehousing and business intelligence consulting and education for more than 15 years; most have written other books in the Toolkit series. Learn more about the Kimball Group and Kimball University at www.kimballgroup.com.

Reader Reviews
Another awesome book by the Kimball Group. This 2nd edition is a great improvement over the original with lots of new material and new spins on old material. This is a must read for anybody claiming to be a DW/BI Professional. Comment | | (Report this)