Database modeling

The Data Model Resource Book, Vol. 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling
by Len Silverston, Paul Agnew
Average Customer Review: based on 12 reviews.
Customer Review: As an analyst for a large manufacturing company's ERP implementation, I was responsible for a very complex and critical area called Classifications. Classifications was the place where all products, vendors, or customers were grouped into buckets based on similar behavior. For example, if this company manufactured vehicles, there co...

Agile Data Warehousing: Delivering World-Class Business Intelligence Systems Using Scrum and XP
by Ralph Hughes
Average Customer Review: based on 3 reviews.
Customer Review: This book brings together a lot of ideas about agile DW that have only been touched on in other books and journals. It is an excellent 'how to' book for anyone interested in introducing agility to the decidedly 'waterfall' world of mainstream BI practices and methods. The book goes beyond being an agile polemic by providing deep thin...

Data Modeling for the Business: A Handbook for Aligning the Business with IT using High-Level Data Models
by Steve Hoberman, Donna Burbank, Chris Bradley
Average Customer Review: based on 5 reviews.
Customer Review: Good handbook on Data Modeling High Level or Conceptual Data Model. The emphasis is on starting out with clear and concise High Level Data Models, which closely match the business requirements. Very useful book that not only gives you best practices but leaves you with a step-by-step methodology you could start using immediately. The...

Data Modeling Made Simple: A Practical Guide for Business and IT Professionals, 2nd Edition
by Steve Hoberman
Average Customer Review: based on 5 reviews.
Customer Review: I think very highly of Data Modeling Made Simple (the first edition), so when this second edition came out I had great expectations - which were not only met but also exceeded. Although this second edition is more than twice the number of pages as the first edition, it is still an easy read. Here are my favorite things about this boo...

Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition
by Graeme Simsion, Graham Witt
Average Customer Review: based on 25 reviews.
Customer Review: Data Modeling Essentials scores a perfect 10 on the subject of data modeling. The topic is difficult and yet this book makes it possible for any aspiring data modeler to be effective if he or she is willing to put in the time. The book is easy to read. The examples are very good. The topic is challenging but with this tutorial you h...

Predictive Modeling With SAS Enterprise Miner: Practical Solutions for Business Applications
by Kattamuri S. Sarma
Average Customer Review: based on 1 review.
Customer Review: Excellent book with detailed illustration of steps using Eminer. Great for users of Eminer with understanding of data mining methods.

Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets (with CD-ROM) (Duxbury Applied Series)
by Kenneth Baker
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Publication Date: July 2005

Agile Database Techniques: Effective Strategies for the Agile Software Developer (Wiley Application Development)
by Scott Ambler
Average Customer Review: based on 13 reviews.
Customer Review: If you are an application developer that has ever worked with a system that is difficult and convoluted because of fear of touching the Database then you owe it to yourself to read this book. This book will provide you with the insight and techniques to make changes to your Database with confidence. I also recommend Refactoring Data...

Building the Agile Enterprise: With SOA, BPM and MBM (The MK/OMG Press)
by Fred A. Cummins
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Publication Date: October 2008

Mastering Data Modeling: A User-Driven Approach
by John Carlis, Joseph Maguire
Average Customer Review: based on 7 reviews.
Customer Review: The secret is out! I've been using the techniques described in this book for years because one of the authors taught me. I've used them to model data about research science, business, and topology. Now others can learn it too. Carlis cured me of normalization. There's a difference between normalization and "normal forms". A goal of m...