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Impossible Data Warehouse Situations Solutions from the Experts

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ISBN-10: 0201760339

ISBN-13: 9780201760330

Edition: 2003

Authors: Stacie Stacie Parillo, John John Fuller, Sid Adelman, Jill Dych�, Joyce Bischoff

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This book takes a unique approach to the problems faced by data warehouse professionals. The author and the contributors have gathered over 90 situations that they have been asked about in their seminars and presentations, that they have faced in their own work, and that have been submitted to the very popular "Ask the Experts" forum at DMReview. These are all real situations, but they have been disguised to protect the guilty. Topics covered include staffing, budgeting, security, vendors, architecture, and data quality. Each of the "impossible" situations will have one or more solutions contributed by the expert panel. Their different answers and viewpoints, especially when they disagree…    
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Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Publication date: 10/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 3.94" wide x 3.94" long x 3.94" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English

Credits
Impossible Management Situations
Management Issues
The Data Warehouse Has a Record of Failure
IT Is Unresponsive
Management Constantly Changes
IT Is the Assassin
The Pilot Must Be Perfect
User Departments Don't Want to Share Data
Senior Management Doesn't Know What the Data Warehouse Team Does
Changing Requirements and Objectives
The Operational System Is Changing
The Source System Constantly Changes
The Data Warehouse Vision Has Become Blurred
The Objectives Are Misunderstood
The Prototype Becomes Production
Management Doesn't Recognize the Success of the Data Warehouse Project
Justification and Budget
User Productivity Justification Is Not Allowed
How Can the Company Identify Infrastructure Benefits?
Does a Retailer Need a Data Warehouse?
How Can Costs Be Allocated Fairly?
Historical Data Must Be Justified
No Money Exists for a Prototype
Organization and Staffing
To Whom Should the Data Warehouse Team Report?
The Organization Uses Matrix Management
The Project Has No Consistent Business Sponsor
Should a Line of Business Build Its Own Data Mart?
The Project Has No Dedicated Staff
The Project Manager Has Baggage
No One Wants to Work for the Company
The Organization Is Not Ready for a Data Warehouse
User Issues
The Users Want It Now
The Business Does Not Support the Project
Web-Based Implementation Doesn't Impress the Users
Management Rejects Multidimensional Tools as Being Too Complex
The Users Have High Data Quality Expectations
The Users Don't Know What They Want
Team Issues
A Heat-Seeking Employee Threatens the Project
Management Assigned Dysfunctional Team Members to the Data Warehouse Project
Management Requires Team Consensus
Prima Donnas on the Team Create Dissension
Team Members Aren't Honest about Progress on Assignments
A Consultant Offers to Come to the Rescue