Real-life Advice on Agile DW/BI

Agile=Better? How An Agile Approach Allows DW/BI Teams to Deliver Better Value

Earlier this year I was the Guest Editor for the Cutter IT Journal, “Does Agile Equal Better DW/BI?”

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This issue of Cutter IT Journal addresses Agile DW/BI and provides practical advice and insight on how an Agile approach allows DW/BI teams to deliver better value more quickly to their organizations. It also provide guidance on the possible challenges and risks faced by DW/BI teams working in an Agile framework and specific practices that can ensure the team’s transformation goes smoothly.

Here are the topics:

Opening Statement by Lynn Winterboer
Scaling Agile Data Warehousing by Em Campbell-Pretty
Disciplined Agile Strategies for DW/BI by Scott W. Ambler
Extreme Scoping: A Data-Agile Method for Enterprise-Class Data Integration Projects by Larissa T. Moss
Serious Games Give New Moves to Agile BI Teams by Tom Grant
Value-Driven Data Warehousing: Applying Agile Strategies to Increase Information Quality and Use by Jan-Paul Fillié and Werner de Jong
Practical Techniques for Successful Agile Software Development in DW/BI Environments by Girish Chanced