Technology or Business - Chicken or the Egg, Part 2
by Bill Inmon
This article, the second in a three-part series, looks at how companies address the question of whether technicians or business people should build an organization's applications.

Keep an Eye on the Decision Support Prize
by Dan Power
Early in a project, it is necessary to evaluate the possible benefits of computerized decision support, set goals to achieve them, periodically revisit the intended benefits and measure how well the project is delivering them.

Software Quality Assurance in a Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Environment
by Gerry Galewski & Riyas Abdulkhadar
Quality assurance in a data warehouse/business intelligence environment requires testing of the population process, not the user interface provided by the tool vendor.

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October 25 at 11 a.m. ET
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