Knowledge Management: It’s Not All About the Portal
Published in TDAN.com October 2000 Introduction Software and Database engineering are complex activities that require planning and control to be…
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Teaching Data Management in MIS
Published in TDAN.com October 2000 Management Information Systems is a field with many nuances, with many areas of interest. Well-schooled…
An Update on the Database Wars
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 The Big Three DBMS vendors continue to fight the database wars. With new features, claims,…
The Last, Best Place to Integrate the Enterprise: Why Organizations Need an Enterprise Data Warehouse
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 Abstract. Today’s information-age enterprise is in a constant dialog with suppliers, customers, competitors, markets, resources,…
Satisfying the User
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 This article is excerpted from a book titled, Data Warehouse Project Management scheduled to be…
From Ugly Duckling to Swan
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 Hans Christian Anderson wrote a tale in which all the young ducks made fun…
Managing Metadata Within and Across Warehousing Efforts
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 Most large organizations today have had some experience with data warehousing implementations. Today, these typically…
Demystifying Document Strategy Design
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 Most organizations do not consider themselves to be in the document business. Nevertheless, documents are…
Secrets of Software Maintenance
Published in TDAN.com July 2000 Secret #1 – There are no secrets. If you can accept this reality, you are…
A New Paradigm for Successful Acquisition of Information Systems
Abstract: Most information systems projects are over budget, under specified, delivered late, and fail to meet organizational expectations. A key…