Blissful Data

Description

Analyzing information and acting accordingly is a key strategic goal of every business. But vast quantities of data are of little use if they are not structured and kept in such a way as to be readily accessible and applicable. Only optimally organized information can drive maximum productivity. Blissful Data is a reader-friendly book that reveals what it takes to achieve a state of perfect organization within the environment of a successful data warehouse. This timely book will help the reader: * understand how data evolves into information that drives better decision making * recognize the pitfalls, caused by people and politics, that lead to short-sighted solutions and long-term problems * manage data warehousing costs, performance, and expectations effectively * apply project management fundamentals to data warehouse endeavors Blissful Data includes dozens of examples, as well as case studies illustrating successful, unsuccessful, and disastrous data warehouse strategies.


Contents:

1. What the Heck is a Data Warehouse - Why Should You Care?

2. Data Warehouses, Data Marts - What's in a Name?

3. Myths & Misconceptions - What Should You Eradicate?

4. What is Dirty Data - How the Heck Does it Get There?

5. Who Owns it Anyway?

6. Politics - Who's Gonna Pay?

7. Project Management - Is it the Silver Bullet?

8. Data Modeling - Why Do You Care?

9 Case Studies - Is There a Light at the End of the Tunnel?