Lesson+4+-+Evaluate+the+Solutions

=**__ Lesson 4﻿ - Evaluate the Solution __**= The proposed solution of introducing a staging environment along with a consolidated database was delivered to Manhattan as our team's second deliverable. The solution seemed to go over very well as the company had already considered this option as a way to solve thier problems with data integrity and reporting efficiency. The next deliverable will be the final deliverable for the team on this project, and this will require providing Manhattan with a plan of how to integrate thier old system into the proposed solution. We have already began formulating a plan which will involve a step-by-step approach on how Manhattan can incorporate these ideas. This plan is designed to provide an efficient way for Manhattan to integrate the staging environment and lose as little functionality as possible. For consolidation purposes, Manhattan will be able to determine what entities will be represented and reduce the overlap that is present in the current multiple data warehouse system.

Business Intelligence: How to Get Agile []

This is an article from Information Week and it includes a survey which includes the top information management problems most companies face. The article includes data integration, it is listed at 49% of companies face this problem. There is also some good information on Pfizer and some problems and solutions they faced for data integration when aquiring new companies.

Henschen, Doug. "Business Intelligence: How To Get Agile." //InformationWeek//. 6 Nov. 2010. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. .