Book description
Business Intelligence describes the basic architectural components of a business intelligence environment, ranging from traditional topics such as business process modeling, data modeling, and more modern topics such as business rule systems, data profiling, information compliance and data quality, data warehousing, and data mining. This book progresses through a logical sequence, starting with data model infrastructure, then data preparation, followed by data analysis, integration, knowledge discovery, and finally the actual use of discovered knowledge. The book contains a quick reference guide for business intelligence terminology. Business Intelligence is part of Morgan Kaufmann's Savvy Manager's Guide series.* Provides clear explanations without technical jargon, followed by in-depth descriptions.
* Articulates the business value of new technology, while providing relevant introductory technical background.
* Contains a handy quick-reference to technologies and terminologies.
* Guides managers through developing, administering, or simply understanding business intelligence technology.
* Bridges the business-technical gap.
* Is Web enhanced. Companion sites to the book and series provide value-added information, links, discussions, and more.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Business Intelligence and Information Exploitation
- Chapter 2: The Value of Business Intelligence
- Chapter 3: Planning for Success
- Chapter 4: The Business Intelligence Environment
- Chapter 5: Business Models and Information Flow
- Chapter 6: Data Warehouses, Online Analytical Processing, and Metadata
- Chapter 7: Business Rules
- Chapter 8: Data Profiling
- Chapter 9: Data Quality and Information Compliance
- Chapter 10: Information Integration
- Chapter 11: The Value of Parallelism
- Chapter 12: Alternate Information Contexts
- Chapter 13: Data Enhancement
- Chapter 14: Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
- Chapter 15: Using Publicly Available Data
- Chapter 16: Quick Reference Guide
- Index
Product information
- Title: Business Intelligence
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2003
- Publisher(s): Morgan Kaufmann
- ISBN: 9780080500546
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