Chu, a project management consultant, presents a practical approach for storing and managing information for efficient access by all of an organization's employees. She explains how raw data becomes the information that can drive organizational strategy, clears up common misconceptions about data warehousing, and shows how to prevent the obstacles that result in long-term problems and short-sighted solutions. She outlines key project management principles that apply in data management environments, and provides two case studies of successful and unsuccessful data management. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR