If you've been to any of my classes, you already know that I am a fan of Laura Reeves. She has a pragmatic, get-things-done approach to data warehousing.
You may also know her as co-author of the original edition of The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, a book she wrote with Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross and Warren Thornthwaite. (For more on that book, see below.)
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In this book, she provides a practical guide to planning and executing data warehouse projects. It is written for managers (I.T. and business) who do not necessarily have a technical background in data warehousing.
Laura touches on each phase of the data warehouse lifecycle, providing useful advice without over-burdensome methodology, detailed task lists or the like. This makes it easy to fit her advice into your own organization's development style.
Even if you already have a strong background in dimensional design, you will find this book to be quite useful. You can get it at Amazon.com.
Also Recommended
If you have a dimensional data warehouse, I also urge you to check out The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, Second Edition by Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross, Warren Thornthwaite, Joy Mundy and Bob Becker.
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It is an excellent reference for data warehousing professionals. Read more about it at Amazon.com.
The original edition has been a long time recommendation on this blog, and the new edition carries on the standard. (Apologies to Warren Thornthwaite, whose name was previously misspelled here.)