Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications (Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series)

The Data Warehousing Institute defines Business Intelligence (BI) as "the process of turning data into knowledge and knowledge into action for business gain." In other words, it involves taking the information gathered in a Data Warehouse and applying it to make sound business decisions. A good Data Warehouse is the first step of a complete range of analytical activities and applications needed to build a good information infrastructure. Business Intelligence Roadmap is the visual, complete guide to developing an effective BI decision-support application. The book is designed to help the reader adapt the methodology described to their own organization. All technical material is clearly expressed in tables, graphs, and diagrams. This book will be invaluable to anyone involved in BI.