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Amazon.co.uk Review
In The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, authors Ralph Kimball, Laura Reeves, Margy Ross and Warren Thornthwaite present a structure for undertaking the mammoth task of implementing a data warehouse. As part of a rather select group of professionals actually experienced in building data warehouses, the authors attempt to convey their expertise about how to approach the job. The book focuses on the "Star Lifecycle"--a high-level, project-planning approach to evolving existing information systems into an ever-changing data-warehouse solution. --Stephen Plain, Amazon.com
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Kimball Group - read this to boost your skills and career!
Another totaly must-have book by the Kimball Group. This 2nd edition is a great improvement over the original (which was published 10 years ago), with lots of new material and some re-visits on previous older but still relevant aspects.
This is a must read for anybody aspiring to DW/BI guru-dom.
A refference book 
This is definitly what i consider to be a refference book. I've read individual chapters but would not think about reading it cover to cover.
I also think that people over rate kimball. I'm not saying what he says is wrong, i just think there are other answers too. Kimball avoids a normalised integration layer but ive found it really useful.
Also, federated data warehousing is becomming a vaiable option which isnt covered in the book.
To use all the steps in the book would burn the budget of any dw project fast. You really have to be pragmattic about which steps you use.
in summary: well written, great chapters on dimensional modeling but by no means should this book be the be all and end all in data warehousing.
Good, but too management-like, not technical enough
This is quite a good book but it is too management-like for me.
It covers the whole data-warehouse process including business requirement gathering and project management.
If you want a more technically orrientated book that covers the all important modelling aspects, Kimballs other book "The data warehoue toolkit - the complete guide to dimensional modelling" is much much better.
I can't help thinking that Kimball et al wrote this book after that modelling one in an attempt to cash in on the sucess of the modelling book.
In summary, if you're a technician buy the modelling book - if you're a manager who wants an overview, buy this one.
The best book on data warehousing
I have had this book for a while now, dipping in to useful parts now and again without having had the time to read it from cover to cover.
However, recently I have been able to read it from start to finish and I wish I had done so sooner.
The book covers the 'how to' of data warehousing, but the thing that makes the book excellent is that it places this information in the context of the lifecycle of typical data warehouse projects.
The book is long... very long. But everyone on data warehousing projects should read this book, if only to encourage a common mindset. The examples and templates are also very useful.
The must have book for anybody involved in data warehousing
If you don't have this book, and you are involved in any way with a data warehouse project, buy it now and read it from cover to cover.
This is the best book on data warehousing ever written.
The book contains everything you need to know to build a data warehouse, from project management thru to support and implementation.
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