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Planning and Designing the Data Warehouse, 1/e

Ramon Barquin, Bethesda, Maryland
Herb Edelstein

Published July, 1996 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1997, 352 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-255746-0


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Summary

This book presents a collection of articles and essays written by data warehousing practitioners who have been pioneers in the field. The articles focus on how to plan and design a data warehouse project, capturing the state of the art in an extremely volatile field.

Features


The book is organized into four sections—

  • Introduction.
  • Planning the Data Warehouse.
  • Designing the Data Warehouse.
  • Some Case Studies.
Covers key data warehousing issues including: developing a strategy, justifying the investment, architectures, optimizing database design, multidimensional models, and metadata repositories.
Includes two real-world case studies of successful data warehousing projects at Harris Semiconductor and the Naval Surface Warfare Center.
Edited by the President of The Data Warehousing Institute, a neutral forum where data warehouse users and vendors come together to consider critical issues.
One chapter is dedicated to helping managers avoid mistakes that can limit the effectiveness of a data warehouse.
Once the data warehouse is in place, this book provides guidance on helping end users make the most of it.


Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION.
    1. A Data Warehousing Manifesto, Ramon C. Barquin — The Data Warehousing Institute.
    2. A Roadmap to Data Warehousing, Alan Paller — The Data Warehousing Institute.
    3. An Introduction to Data Warehousing, Herb Edelstein — Two Crows Corporation.

2. PLANNING THE DATA WAREHOUSE.
    4. Developing a Data Warehousing Strategy, Ellen J. Levin — Barquin and Associates.
    5. How to Justify the Data Warehouse and Gain Top Management Support, Doug C. Neal — ATKearney.
    6. Data Warehousing: Putting It All Together, Carol L. Burleson and David E. Tabler — Fellows, The Data Warehousing Institute.
    7. Ten Mistakes to Avoid for Data Warehousing Managers, Ramon C. Barquin, Alan Paller and Herb Edelstein — The Data Warehousing Institute.
3. DESIGNING THE DATA WAREHOUSE.
    8. Data Warehousing Architectures, Pieter R. Mimno — Technology Insights, Inc.
    9. Database Design for Data Warehouses: The Basic Requirements, Glen Livingston and Bob Rumsby — Red Brick Systems.
    10. Choosing the Right OLAP Technology, Neil Raden — Archer Decision Systems.
    11. Metadata Repositories: The Key to Unlocking Information in Data Warehouses, Duane Hufford — American Management Systems.
4. SOME CASE STUDIES.
    12. Data Warehousing at NSWCDD: A Case Study, Carol L. Burleson and David E. Tabler — Fellows, The Data Warehousing Institute.
    13. Alarming Profits at Harris Semiconductor: A Case Study, Mark W. Poole — Harris Semiconductor.
    Index.

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