The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit Author: Ralph Kimball | Language: English | ISBN:
0470149779 | Format: EPUB
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit Description
A thorough update to the industry standard for designing, developing, and deploying data warehouse and business intelligence systemsThe world of data warehousing has changed remarkably since the first edition of The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit was published in 1998. In that time, the data warehouse industry has reached full maturity and acceptance, hardware and software have made staggering advances, and the techniques promoted in the premiere edition of this book have been adopted by nearly all data warehouse vendors and practitioners. In addition, the term "business intelligence" emerged to reflect the mission of the data warehouse: wrangling the data out of source systems, cleaning it, and delivering it to add value to the business.
Ralph Kimball and his colleagues have refined the original set of Lifecycle methods and techniques based on their consulting and training experience. The authors understand first-hand that a data warehousing/business intelligence (DW/BI) system needs to change as fast as its surrounding organization evolves. To that end, they walk you through the detailed steps of designing, developing, and deploying a DW/BI system. You'll learn to create adaptable systems that deliver data and analyses to business users so they can make better business decisions.
- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (January 10, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470149779
- ISBN-13: 978-0470149775
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
A great read with valuable nuggets littered across every chapter. Years of experience have been laid out in the book. The 2nd edition is much better than its predecessor. Every topic has adequate space allocated to it. One should not expect an extensive review of dimensional modeling techniques in this book even-though, the authors have explained the topic very well. For a more detailed review with examples, you should purchase the toolkit on dimensional modeling. The same applies to designing the ETL sub-system.
By Prashanth R. Maruthur Chakrapani
The first edition, while very valuable and still relevant was getting long in the tooth - it was published 10 years ago. This book remains pragmatic and useful for just about every role assoiciated with the data warehouse and business intelligence. My favorite chapter is on Collecting the Requirements but you will find sections that will make a difference in your DW/BI project implementation and sustainance.
By Sidney R. Adelman
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