Tag Archives: data warehousing

Online Resources – Calculating Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Project ROI

Here are a couple of online resources that provide complimentry views on determining the ROI of your Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence efforts:

Data Warehouse Justification and ROI by William McKnight published in DMReview
Realizing Data Warehouse ROI by Lisa Slutter published in TDWI – What Works
Data Warehousing ROI: Justifying and Assessing a Data Warehouse published in [...]

Survey – What tools and technologies did you use for your data warehouse infrastructure?

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Recommended Reading for Beginning Agile Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Project Managers

I have pulled together a reading list together for those looking to get started using an Agile Approach to Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Projects which I would recommend reading in the sequence noted below:

The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit
Agile Project Management with Scrum (Microsoft Professional)
Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)

More on the books [...]

Measuring the ROI of Your Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Efforts – Part 8 – Automation is the Enabler

The enabler for an effective data warehousing and business intelligence strategy is automation. The process of loading a data warehouse and prepping the data for consumption, is analogous to building an assembly line or refinery that follows consistent processes to produce reliable data for decision making.
Like any “assembly line” whether producing cars or [...]