The Data Warehouse Toolkit or IT Governance

The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling

Author: Margy Ross

Single most authoritative guide from the inventor of the technique.

• Presents unique modeling techniques for e-commerce, and shows strategies for optimizing performance.

• Companion Web site provides updates on dimensional modeling techniques, links related to sites, and source code where appropriate.

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Utilizing case studies from a variety of business applications, the authors present dimensional modeling techniques for data warehousing. Emphasizing user understandability and query performance, chapters cover techniques in the areas of retail sales , inventory, procurement, order management, customer relationship management, accounting, human resource management, financial services, telecommunications and utilities, transportation, education, health care, electronic commerce, and insurance. Final chapters discuss the construction of the data warehouse framework and future trends. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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IT Governance: How Top Performers Manage IT Decision Rights for Superior Results

Author: Peter Weill

Firms with superior IT governance have twice the profit of firms with poor governance given the same strategic objectives. These top performers have custom-designed IT governance for their strategies. Just as corporate governance aims to ensure quality decisions about all corporate assets, IT governance links IT decisions with company objectives and monitors performance and accountability.

Based on a study of 250 enterprises worldwide, IT Governance shows how to design and implement a system of decision rights that will transform IT from an expense to a profitable investment.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgments