Q. What was the initial promise of ERP (enterprise resource planning) solutions in the 1990s?

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Q. What was one of the key shortcomings of the initial ERP data repositories for decision-making purposes?

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Q. How did companies typically integrate ERP and data warehousing initiatives?

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Q. What does knowledge management (KM) complete in the process of empowering users with information?

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Q. Where does corporate knowledge primarily exist?

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Q. In the context of a knowledge management system's knowledge repository, what is its primary function?

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Q. How can knowledge stored in an unstructured format complement the information retrieved from a data warehouse?

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Q. What trend in customer service has prompted companies to embrace customer relationship management (CRM) systems?

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Q. What is a key requirement for making a data warehouse CRM-ready?

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Q. What is the primary advantage of using atomic or detailed data in a CRM-ready data warehouse?

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Q. What additional functions must be enhanced to make a data warehouse CRM-ready?

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Q. What was the primary problem encountered by organizations while using traditional methods of software development in the 1990s?

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Q. When and where was the Agile Software Development Alliance (Agile Alliance) formed?

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Q. What were the primary themes outlined in the Agile Alliance's manifesto for successful software development?

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Q. What does the term "agile software development" primarily refer to?

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Q. What have some organizations more recently applied agile development to?

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Q. What is an active data warehousing?

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Q. Why is the presence of multiple vendors and products in the data warehousing environment both good and bad news for builders of data warehouses?

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Q. What critical areas require established standards in the data warehousing environment?

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Q. What is metadata in the context of data warehousing?

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