Strategic Data Warehousing: Achieving Alignment with Business

by Neera Bhansali

Overview

Organization of data warehouses are vital but often ignored aspects of growing enterprises. This work merges technological know-how with managerial practices to show both the business manager and the IT professional how better alignment between data warehouse plans and business strategies can lead to a successful data warehouse adoption that will support the entire infrastructure. More complete than any other text in the field, this resource also addresses the managerial and strategic aspects of data warehouses, offering doable solutions that will allow for the strategic alignment of these warehouses while building them and ensuring that this alignment is sustained.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040067802
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	07/29/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction. What is a Data Warehouse. Difference between Data Warehouse and traditional operational systems. Data Warehouse development process. Data Warehouse Architectures. Organization factors that influence success of a Data Warehouse. User factors that influence success of a Data Warehouse. Technology factors that influence success of a Data Warehouse. Data factors that influence success of a Data Warehouse. Strategic Alignment. The Strategic Alignment Model. Enablers of Business-IT Alignment. Aligning the Data Warehouse to Business Strategy. Data Warehouse-Alignment and Business User Satisfaction. Data Warehouse-Alignment and Technical Integration. Data Warehouse-Alignment and Flexibility. Conclusion.