Includes bibliographical references and index.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROMs: Compatible with PCs running Microsoft Windows operating systems; Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

Stages and Steps -- Guide to the Development Steps -- Business Intelligence Definition -- BI Decision-Support Initiatives -- Development Approaches -- Engineering Stages and the Development Steps -- Parallel Development Tracks -- BI Project Team Structure -- Justification for Using This Project Lifecycle Guide -- Step 1: Business Case Assessment -- Business Justification -- Business Drivers -- Business Analysis Issues -- Cost-Benefit Analysis -- Risk Assessment -- Business Case Assessment Activities -- Roles Involved in These Activities -- Step 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation -- Technical Infrastructure Evaluation -- The Hardware Platform -- The Middleware Platform -- The DBMS Platform -- Technical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities -- Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation -- The Effects of Stovepipe Development -- The Need for Nontechnical Infrastructure -- Enterprise Architecture -- Enterprise Standards -- Nontechnical Infrastructure Evaluation Activities -- Step 3: Project Planning -- Managing the BI Project -- Defining the BI Project -- Planning the BI Project -- Step 4: Project Requirements Definition -- General Business Requirements -- Project-Specific Requirements -- The Interviewing Process -- Project Requirements Definition Activities -- Step 5: Data Analysis -- Business-Focused Data Analysis -- Top-Down Logical Data Modeling -- Bottom-Up Source Data Analysis -- Data Cleansing -- Data Analysis Activities -- Step 6: Application Prototyping -- Purposes of Prototyping -- Best Practices for Prototyping.

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