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Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology

By : John Heaton
Book Image

Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology

By: John Heaton

Overview of this book

Oracle Database 11g is a comprehensive database platform for data warehousing and business intelligence that combines industry-leading scalability and performance, deeply-integrated analytics, and embedded integration and data-quality all in a single platform running on a reliable, low-cost grid infrastructure. This book steps through the lifecycle of building a data warehouse with key tips and techniques along the way. Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology outlines the key ways to effectively use Oracle technology to deliver your business intelligence solution. This is a practical guide starting with key recipes for project management then moving onto project delivery. Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology is a practical guide for performing key steps and functions on your project. This book starts with setting the foundation for a highly repeatable efficient project management approach by assessing your current methodology to see how suitable it is for a business intelligence program. We also learn to set up the project delivery phases to consistently estimate the effort for a project. Along the way we learn to create blueprints for the business intelligence solution that help to connect and map out the destination of the solution. We then move on to analyze requirements, sources, and data. Finally we learn to secure the data as it is an important asset within the organization and needs to be secured efficiently and effectively.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Business Intelligence Cookbook: A Project Lifecycle Approach Using Oracle Technology
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating Development work practice


The development work practice outlines the development phase of the project. The purpose of this work practice is to highlight the major deliverables/products and processes. The development phase defines the way the project deliverables are built, and the major components required.

Getting ready

Before starting, it is important to have an understanding of your project methodology and determine:

  • The existing work practices

  • The key roles which will be involved in the work practice

How to do it...

Work practices are best created as a visual tool. To do this, start up a diagramming tool such as Microsoft Visio or Microsoft PowerPoint:

  1. 1. In the diagramming application, create a new tab or slide called Development.

  2. 2. On the diagram, create swimlanes. In each swimlane, add the key role.

  3. 3. Step through this phase of the project logically, and add the key products/deliverables and processes.

  4. 4. A sample development work practice is shown here:

  5. 5. Once you have created...