Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Business Intelligence Today -- Setting Expectations -- The Face of Business Intelligence Now -- The Characteristics of a BI Vision and Strategy -- Setting the Stage for BI Success -- Within the IT Organization -- Within the End User Community -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Defining Business Intelligence Today -- Defining Business Intelligence within Your Organization -- Platform Implications -- What Is "Mission Critical -- BI Solution Elements -- Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse: Are They Synonymous? -- Business Intelligence as a Key Differentiator from Competition -- Productivity Factors-Working Smarter -- Summary -- Chapter 3 The History of Business Intelligence within Your Organization -- Mapping Your Environment to the BI Evolutionary Tree -- Creating an Internal Record of BI Usage -- Analysis of Displacement -- Summary -- Chapter 4 The Scope of BI Solutions Today and How They May Relate to You -- The BI Infrastructure -- BI Drivers, Trends, Sources, and Deployment Options -- Mergers and Acquisitions-The Emergence of BI "Mega-Vendors -- BI Suites/Platforms versus Independents -- Open Source BI Tools -- Software as a Service (SaaS) -- Cloud Computing -- BI Appliances -- Dynamic Warehousing-Extending Beyond Structured Information -- Operational and Real-Time BI -- ETL and Change Data Capture-Their Impact and Importance on BI -- Master Data Management (MDM) and Its Role within a BI Infrastructure -- The Impact of XML Data -- BI Provisioning Models-What Is Best for You? -- Establishing a BI Competency Center (BICC) -- Creating an Information Agenda -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Elements of BI Solutions: The End User Experience -- End User Assumptions -- Setting Up Data for BI -- The Functional Area of BI Tools -- Query Tools and Reporting -- OLAP and Advanced Analytics -- ROLAP Solutions Versus OLAP.

Understanding the Critical Role of Time Dimensionality -- Data Mining -- Text Analytics -- Spreadsheets-Effective Use and the Implications on Security/Compliance -- Executive Information Systems (EIS) -- Operational BI -- Embedded BI and Event-Driven Processes -- ETL/ELT and Real-Time Change Data Capture (CDC) Options -- Summary -- Chapter 6 The Impact of Business Intelligence on Roles within the Enterprise -- End User Categories -- End User Management -- Skills Definitions -- IT Support Roles -- BI Tools Support Staff and Business Analysts -- The Executive/Managerial Role -- Non-Technical and Casual Users -- Summary -- Chapter 7 Corporate Performance Management and the Executive View of Business Intelligence -- Defining CPM -- Elements of a CPM System -- Vision -- Strategy Map -- Balanced Scorecard -- Dashboards -- Feedback -- The "PM"s Available Today -- The Executive View of BI -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Enterprise Content Management, Unstructured Data, Text Analytics, and Enterprise Search -- Enterprise Content Management (ECM) -- Enterprise Search -- Using RSS as a Conduit for External Information -- Text Analytics -- The Search and Text Analytics Project -- Text Analytics as a Part of the Complete BI Picture -- The Impact of XML on BI -- Summary -- Chapter 9 Key Influencers in the Enterprise -- User Segmentation Reality Check -- Identifying the Power Brokers-Key Influencers -- Attributes of Key Influencers -- Extending BI Beyond the Enterprise -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Justifying Business Intelligence Solutions and Measuring Success -- Justification Scenarios -- BI Roadmaps -- Articulating Potential Benefits -- Business Unit Impact on Justification -- Big Purchase...No Plan -- ROI, TCO, and TCA -- Measuring BI Success -- BI Clouds and Outsourcing -- Summary -- Chapter 11 Platform Selection, Technology Biases, and Other "Traps.

Platform Selection for BI Tools- The Database View -- Platform Selection for BI Tools- The Tools View -- Technology Biases -- Other BI "Traps -- Handling Biases -- Summary -- Chapter 12 Intelligent Responses to an RFI/RFP and Setting Up a Proof of Concept/Technology -- Creating a Better RFI/RFP -- Get into the Details -- Coordinating IT and Business Users-Ranking the Proper Criteria -- Data Access and Performance Aspects of an RFI/RFP -- Documenting RFP/RFI Information for the Future -- The PoC/PoT Scenario -- Matching RFI/RFP Checklists to a PoC/PoT and Documentation -- Summary -- Chapter 13 End-User Support and Productivity -- WYNTK-What You Need to Know About BI Support -- Centralized Support-A BI Competency Center (BICC) -- Methodology of Work Submission and Success -- Vendor BICCs -- Productivity-A Valuable Offshoot of Effective BI -- What Is End-User Productivity? -- Summary -- Chapter 14 Implementation of Business Intelligence Solutions -- Setting User Expectations Early and Coping with the First Project -- How to Scope the First Project -- BI Skills Required -- End-User Provisos -- BI Solution Elements-Query, Reporting, OLAP -- Query and Reporting Application Elements -- OLAP Application Elements -- System Sizing, Backup, and Recovery Issues -- System Sizing -- Backup and Recovery -- Summary -- Chapter 15 The Impact of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) on Business Intelligence Solutions -- SOA...So What? -- Is SOA Practical for BI? -- Getting Started with a BI SOA -- BI SOA Frameworks -- Summary -- Chapter 16 Enterprise Portals, Mashups, and Other User Interfaces -- The Enterprise Portal-Its Purpose and Potential -- Mashups-A Perfect BI Delivery Model -- Understanding BI in the Context of Portals, Mashups, and Collaboration -- Summary -- Chapter 17 An End User Survival Guide -- BI Basics -- Ease of Use, Leprechauns, and the Yeti.

Interacting with BI Tools and Features -- The BI Skills Conundrum -- So Who Are You? -- BI Skills Assessment -- Do You Have a Standard for Naming BI Objects? -- White Board the Data Sources and Combinations -- Summary -- Chapter 18 Checklists for BI Planning -- An Enterprise Checklist -- The Business Unit Level Checklist -- A BICC Checklist -- An IT Checklist -- Summary -- Chapter 19 Speculation on the Future of Business Intelligence -- Emerging BI Technologies -- Technology Gaps -- Trends to Monitor -- Responding to Trends -- Summary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X-Y-Z.

A Complete Blueprint for Maximizing the Value of Business Intelligence in the Enterprise   The typical enterprise recognizes the immense potential of business intelligence (BI) and its impact upon many facets within the organization—but it’s not easy to transform BI’s potential into real business value. In The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence, top BI expert Mike Biere presents a complete blueprint for creating winning BI strategies and infrastructure, and systematically maximizing the value of information throughout the enterprise.   This product-independent guide brings together start-to-finish guidance and practical checklists for every senior IT executive, planner, strategist, implementer, and the actual business users themselves. Drawing on thousands of hours working with enterprise customers, Biere helps decision-makers choose from today’s unprecedented spectrum of options, including the latest BI platform suites and appliances. He offers practical, “in-the-trenches” insights on a wide spectrum of planning and implementation issues, from segmenting and supporting users to working with unstructured data.   Coverage includes Understanding the scope of today’s BI solutions and how they fit into existing infrastructure Assessing new options such as SaaS and cloud-based technologies Avoiding technology biases and other “project killers” Developing effective RFIs/RFPs and proofs of concept Setting up competency centers and planning for skills development Crafting a better experience for all your business users Supporting the requirements of senior executives, including performance management Cost-justifying BI solutions and measuring success Working with enterprise content management, text analytics, and search Planning and constructing portals,

mashups, and other user interfaces Previewing the future of BI.

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