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Appendix C
Books
Agile Software Development
Scrum and XP from the Trenches, Henrik Kniberg (InfoQ.com, 2007)
Not why do agile (like so many books) but how Henrik did agile.
Agile Analytics, Ken Collier (Addison-Wesley, 2011)
While our book concentrates on agile DW/BI data modeling, Ken’s book is a guide to being agile in many
of the other aspects of DW/BI projects.
Visual Thinking, Collaboration and Facilitation, Business Modeling
The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas With Pictures, Dan Roam (Portfolio, 2008)
Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work, Dan Roam (Portfolio, 2011)
Dan’s books contain great ideas that will inspire you to draw simple pictures of the 7Ws to help you
discover, understand and present your dimension data stories and BI designs.
Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers, Dave Gray, Sunni
Brown, James Macanufo (O’Reilly Media, 2010)
Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes and Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity,
David Sibbet (Wiley, 2010)
Books to help you facilitate modelstorming sessions and improve upon the collaborative techniques
we have introduced.
Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers,
Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur et al. (Wiley, 2010)
Check out the Business Model Canvas for more high-level collaborative modeling ideas.
Dimensional Modeling
Star Schema The Complete Reference, Christopher Adamson (McGraw-Hill, 2010)
Dimensional Modeling Case Studies
Data Warehouse Design Solutions, Christopher Adamson, Michael Venerable (Wiley, 1998)
The Data Warehouse Toolkit, Second Edition, Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross (Wiley, 2002)
ETL
The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit, Ralph Kimball, Joe Caserta (Wiley, 2004)
Mastering Data Warehouse Aggregates, Christopher Adamson (Wiley, 2006) Chapters 5 and 6 also
provides excellent coverage of dimensional ETL.
Database–Specific DW/BI Advice
The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit, Joy Mundy, Warren Thornthwaite (Wiley, 2011)