A Manager's Guide to Data Warehousing

A succesfull data warehouse project can provide immense value for business enterprises or other organizations. Building and maintaining a data warehouse demands the combines effort of both IT adn non-technical personnel. While there are plenty of resources aimed at the technology professionals who design and build data warehouses, there has to date been no useful guide written for a non-technical audience. This book fills that void and serves an ideal resource for business and IT managers and other from the non-IT side who want to do their part to ensure data warehousing success.

This helpgul book provides a solid introduction to the fundamentals of data warehousing. The author details each step of a datawarehouse project and provides a clear explanation of what's involved in efficiently building a data warehouse and what must be done to deliver the data. You'll examine the business management of a data warehouse and discover essential methods for cultivating a strong partnership between the business adn IT elements of your organization. You can use this knowledge to be more effective when sharing your requirements and concerns.

A Manager's Guide to Data Warehousing explains what you need to create your data warehousing and establish long-term success.

The book covers:
- The most common factors for ensuring data warehousing success and the roadblocks that can prevent it
- How to ensure that business and technical staff have a common understanding of the data warehouse project
- How to effectively communicate your business requirements for the data warehouse
- The tools you need to make certain that data is organized and can be delivered as needed
- Ways to deploy the data warehouse and ensure sustainable success