Agile Data Warehousing Project Management: Business Intelligence Systems Using Scrum

by Ralph Hughes

You have to make sense of enormous amounts of data, and while the notion of “agile data warehousing” might sound tricky, it can yield as much as a 3-to-1 speed advantage while cutting project costs in half. Bring this highly effective technique to your organization with the wisdom of agile data warehousing expert Ralph Hughes. Agile Data Warehousing Project Management will give you a thorough introduction to the method as you would practice it in the project room to build a serious “data mart.” Regardless of where you are today, this step-by-step implementation guide will prepare you to join or even lead a team in visualizing, building, and validating a single component to an enterprise data warehouse.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Technology

366 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

Reviews

[Fausto Betances · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pros: Focus on subject matter. Up to date concepts. Brave attempt at consolidating Agile and EDW implementations.

Cons: Long explanations impede the flow. Hard to engage.

Bottom line: Solid 3 stars

[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good foundational description of using agile methods with the interdependencies of DW/BI projects.