[AISWorld] Special Issue on Agile Practices for DW and BI Projects - final deadline Nov 15, 2016

[Dinesh Batra]

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: November 15, 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.