Foreword by Wayne Eckerson

Several years ago, I spearheaded the development of Web sites for The Data Warehousing Institute’s local chapters. I had established the program two years earlier and worked closely with many of the officers to grow the chapters and host events.

As the “business driver” of the project, I knew exactly what functionality the chapter Web sites needed. I had researched registration and collaboration systems and mapped their capabilities to my feature matrix. I was ready to wheel and deal and get a new system up and running in three months.

Unfortunately, the project went “corporate.” The president assigned someone to manage the project, an IT person to collect requirements, and a marketing person to coordinate integration ...

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