Sunday, November 29, 2009

Tapping into Unstructured Data or Software Teamwork

Tapping into Unstructured Data: Integrating Unstructured Data and Textual Analytics into Business Intelligence

Author: William H Inmon

The Definitive Guide to Unstructured Data Management and Analysis--From the World’s #1 Information Management Expert

 

A wealth of invaluable information exists in unstructured textual form--but, until recently, organizations have found it difficult or impossible to access and utilize it. This is changing rapidly: new approaches finally make it possible to glean useful knowledge from virtually any collection of unstructured data. Now, William H. Inmon--the father of data warehousing--and Anthony Nesavich introduce the next data revolution: unstructured data management.

 

Inmon and Nesavich cover all you need to know to make unstructured data work for your organization. You’ll learn how to bring it into your existing “structured data” environment, leverage existing analytical infrastructure, and implement textual analytic processing technologies to solve new problems and uncover new opportunities.

 

Inmon and Nesavich introduce breakthrough techniques covered in no other book--including the powerful role of textual integration, new ways to integrate textual data into data warehouses, and new SQL techniques for reading and analyzing text. They also present five chapter-length, real-world case studies--demonstrating unstructured data at work in medical research, insurance, chemical manufacturing, contracting, and beyond.

 

This bookwill be indispensable to every business and technical professional trying to make sense of a large body of unstructured text: managers, database designers, data modelers, DBAs, researchers, and end users alike.

 

Coverage includes

  • What unstructured data is, and how it differs from structured data
  • First generation technology for handling unstructured data, from search engines to ECM—and its limitations
  • Integrating text so it can be analyzed with a common, colloquial vocabulary: integration engines, ontologies, glossaries, and taxonomies
  • Processing semistructured data: uncovering patterns, words, identifiers, and conflicts
  • Novel processing opportunities that arise when text is freed from context
  • Architecture and unstructured data: “Data Warehousing 2.0”
  • Building unstructured relational databases and linking them to structured data
  • Visualizations and Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs), including Compudigm and Raptor solutions
  • Capturing knowledge from spreadsheet data and email
  • Implementing and managing metadata: data models, data quality, and more

Preface

1          Unstructured Textual Data in the Organization

2          The Environments of Structured Data and Unstructured Data

3          First Generation Textual Analytics

4          Integrating Unstructured Text into the Structured Environment

5          Semistructured Data

6          Architecture and Textual Analytics

7          The Unstructured Database

8          Analyzing a Combination of Unstructured Data and Structured Data

9          Analyzing Text Through Visualization

10        Spreadsheets and Email

11        Metadata in Unstructured Data

12        A Methodology for Textual Analytics

13        Merging Unstructured Databases into the Data Warehouse

14        Using SQL to Analyze Text

15        Case Study--Textual Analytics in Medical Research

16        Case Study--A Database for Harmful Chemicals

17        Case Study--Managing Contracts Through an Unstructured Database

18        Case Study--Creating a Corporate Taxonomy (Glossary)

19        Case Study--Insurance Claims

Glossary

 



New interesting textbook: Bipolar Disorder or Stem Cell Divide

Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success

Author: Jim Brosseau

“If your desire is to effect change or have more influence on a software team, you could either stumble around in the dark for a few years, experimenting with different techniques, or you could buy, read, and apply the techniques in this book. This choice, of course, is up to you.”–Matthew Heusser

 

“Jim Brosseau’s understanding of the true dynamics of the IT workplace shows through in Software Teamwork. For those on the IT solution delivery front lines, and for those who manage them, his insights and wisdom will lead to not only better projects, but a better work life as well.”–Bruce A. Stewart, Chief Executive Officer, Accendor Research, Inc.

 

Optimizing the Human Side of Software Development:

Real Solutions Based on Real Data and Experience

 

Software Teamwork is a compelling, innovative, intensely practical guide to improving the human dynamics that are crucial to building great software.

 

Drawing on years of work with a wide range of teams, Jim Brosseau shows how to drive powerful improvements through small, focused changes that deliver results. These changes are designed to work for the whole team and respect existing organizational culture. Better yet, Brosseau identifies solutions you can start implementing right now, as an individual, without waiting forexecutive buy-in.

 

Whatever your methodology, technology, or organization, Software Teamwork demonstrates how to apply solutions to realistic development challenges involving complex sets of stakeholders. Along the way, Brosseau shares important new insights into the attitudes, motives, and personal relationships that project management software just can’t track.

 

Software Teamwork is a revelation–and an invaluable working resource for every project team member, leader, and stakeholder.

 

 

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xxi

About the Author xxiii

 

Part I: The Problem Space

Chapter 1: Why Are We So Challenged? 3

Chapter 2: Do the Right Thing 23

Part II: Individuals

Chapter 3: The Right Stuff 39

Chapter 4: A Quality Focus 53

Chapter 5: Facing Challenges 65

Chapter 6: Proactive Effectiveness 81

Chapter 7: Sustainability 95

Part III: Groups

Chapter 8: Communication 109

Chapter 9: Motives and Expectations 125

Chapter 10: Playing Well Together 143

Part IV: Teams

Chapter 11: Alignment 161

Chapter 12: Organization 177

Chapter 13: Coordination 199

Chapter 14: Guidance 217

Part V: Stakeholders

Chapter 15: Customers 235

Chapter 16: Setting Goals 243

Chapter 17: Specification 259

Chapter 18: Prioritization 273

Chapter 19: Change 283

Chapter 20: Progress 295

Part VI: Putting It All Together

Chapter 21: Pick Your Battles 311

Chapter 22: Flexibility and Rigor 323

Chapter 23: Progress Revisited 335

Chapter 24: Change Revisited 345

Chapter 25: Constant Vigilance 361

Part VII: Appendix

Appendix: Core Tools 375

 

Index 387

 



Table of Contents:

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xxi

About the Author xxiii

 

Part I: The Problem Space

Chapter 1: Why Are We So Challenged? 3

Chapter 2: Do the Right Thing 23

Part II: Individuals

Chapter 3: The Right Stuff 39

Chapter 4: A Quality Focus 53

Chapter 5: Facing Challenges 65

Chapter 6: Proactive Effectiveness 81

Chapter 7: Sustainability 95

Part III: Groups

Chapter 8: Communication 109

Chapter 9: Motives and Expectations 125

Chapter 10: Playing Well Together 143

Part IV: Teams

Chapter 11: Alignment 161

Chapter 12: Organization 177

Chapter 13: Coordination 199

Chapter 14: Guidance 217

Part V: Stakeholders

Chapter 15: Customers 235

Chapter 16: Setting Goals 243

Chapter 17: Specification 259

Chapter 18: Prioritization 273

Chapter 19: Change 283

Chapter 20: Progress 295

Part VI: Putting It All Together

Chapter 21: Pick Your Battles 311

Chapter 22: Flexibility and Rigor 323

Chapter 23: Progress Revisited 335

Chapter 24: Change Revisited 345

Chapter 25: Constant Vigilance 361

Part VII: Appendix

Appendix: Core Tools 375

 

Index 387

 

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