Ebook: Business Intelligence For Dummies

"Choose the right technology and implement a successful BI environment. You're intelligent, right? So you've already figured out that Business Intelligence can be pretty valuable in making the right decisions about your business. This book makes BI understandable! You'll see how the applications and technologies work together to access, analyze, and present data you can use to make better decisions about your products, customers, competitors, and more."--Back cover.;Introduction --- Part 1. Introduction and basics. Chapter 1. Understanding business intelligence -- Chapter 2. Fitting BI with Other Technology Disciplines -- Chapter 3. Meeting the BI Challenge --- Part 2. Business Intelligence user models. Chapter 4. Basic Reporting and Querying -- Chapter 5. OLAP Online Analytical Processing -- Chapter 6. Dashboards and Briefing Books -- Chapter 7. Advanced/ emerging BI Technologies --- Part 3. The BI lifecycle. Chapter 8. The BI Big Picture -- Chapter 9. Human Factors in BI Implementations -- Chapter 10. Taking a closer look at BI Strategy -- Chapter 11. Building a Solid BI Architecture and Roadmap --- Part IV. Implementing BI. Chapter 12. Building the BI Project Plan -- Chapter 13. Collecting user requirements -- Chapter 14. BI Design and Development -- Chapter 15. The Day After Maintenance and Enhancement --- Part V. BI and Technology. Chapter 16. BI Target databases: data warehouses, marts, and stores -- Chapter 17. BI products and vendors --- Part VI. The Part of Tens. Chapter 18. Ten keys to BI success -- Chapter 19. Ten BI risks (and how to overcome them) -- Chapter 20. Ten keys to gathering good BI requirements -- Chapter 21. Ten secrets to successful Deployment -- Chapter 22. Ten Signs That Your BI Environment -- Chapter 23. Ten Signs That Your BI Environment.