[AISWorld] Special Issue on Agile Practices for DW and BI Projects - extended deadline Oct 31, 2016
Dinesh Batra
batra at fiu.edu
Wed Aug 24 11:44:15 EDT 2016
Journal of Database Management (JDM)
Editor-in-Chief: Keng Siau, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
<http://www.igi-global.com/jdm>
Special Issue on Agile Practices for Data Warehousing and Business
Intelligence Projects
Special Issue Editors:
Dr. Dinesh Batra <batra at fiu.edu> Florida International University, U.S.A.
Dr. Palash Bera <pbera at slu.edu> Saint Louis University, U.S.A.
Business surveys indicate that fewer than 30% of data warehousing and
business intelligence (DW/BI) projects meet the stated goals on budget,
schedule, and quality. Specifically, it has been noted that such
projects are marred with delays, and changes in user requirements during
this period may render the project irrelevant. Usually projects are
available to end users after they have been fully implemented, which can
take several months or even years. Other times, end users do not see the
business value of the information afforded by the projects. Agile
practices may be able to address the changes in end user requirements
but because of the large size of the typical DW/BI project, it may be
difficult to apply the agile values and principles directly and without
some adaptation. The topic has gained interest among practitioner and
two books - Agile Analytics by Ken Collier (2011), and Agile Data
Warehousing Project Management by Ralph Hughes (2012) - indicate that
there is evidence that the agile values and principles can be applied in
the DW/BI context.
The increasing popularity of agile development along with the widespread
adoption of data warehousing, business intelligence, analytics, and big
data motivates interesting organizational, conceptual, and technical
research questions that can be addressed using empirical, design
science, and theoretical approaches. Examples of such questions might
include: 1) How can agile practices be adapted for DW/BI projects to
achieve customer value and project success? 2) Which agile methods are
most suited for agile DW/BI? 3) How can a large DW/BI project be
handled by an agile approach? 4) How can collaboration, coordination,
and communication be facilitated when there are more roles such as data
architect and system analysts? 5) How do competing maxims such as:
individuals and interactions versus processes and tools, working DW/BI
systems versus documentation, end-user and stakeholder collaboration
versus contract negotiation, and responding to change versus following a
plan actually work out in DW/BI projects?
The objective of the special issue is to bring together about four
high-quality research and visionary papers on a broad spectrum of key
subjects related to Agile DW/BI development. Submissions describing
research breakthroughs, definitive results of empirical studies,
conceptual approaches, and visions for near-term research and
development are strongly encouraged.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2016
Initial screening by Guest Editors: November 30, 2016
First round of review: February 28, 2017
Second round of review: April 30, 2017
Final Decision: May 31, 2017
Submission Instructions:
Please submit the manuscript as an e-mail attachment to any of the
co-editors. Clearly specify on the subject of the email that the
submission is meant for the special issue “Agile Practices for Data
Warehousing and BI Projects”. The submission must be in Word or PDF
format. Manuscript must be double-spaced and should not exceed 7,000
words. A separate cover page should contain the paper title, and the
name and affiliation of each author. JDM uses a double-blind review
process and the authors' should not reveal their identities in the
papers. For more information about the journal and formatting
instructions please see the following website:
http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/journal-database-management-jdm/1072.
Please contact Dinesh Batra if you have any question.
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