Business Driven vs Data-Driven Data Model Design

Jan 24, 2015 by Steve Dine in Enterprise Data Warehousing

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Many people look to agile development methodologies as a structural way to involve the business in the design and development of business intelligence (BI) solutions. However, many times the design practices employed within the iterations aren’t actually business driven at all. We see this most...

Pipeline Analytics - Describing the Business Opportunity

Jan 24, 2015 by Barry Devlin in Analytics for EPM/CPM

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Organizations are driven to “perform well” over long periods of time. High levels of performance produce theresults needed to satisfy its many different stakeholders. Leadership teams are accountable for achieving thoseresults. However, what does it actually mean to “perform well”? What are the...

Business Intelligence Success: Perception and Reality

Jan 24, 2015 by Steve Dine in Enterprise Data Warehousing

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How many times have you heard a statistic such as “42% of respondents rate their Business Intelligence (BI) program as moderately successful” or “more than 50% of all Business Intelligence projects fail”? When I read these types of statistics I often wonder what’s behind these numbers. I’d love...

The Importance of Data Management for Business People

Jan 24, 2015 by Lyndsay Wise in Midmarket Analytics

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In the quest for successful business intelligence, many organizations look at how they can access information through dashboards and scorecards, or interactive analysis and reporting. Self-service models and the increasing ability to interact with information more easily let more people access...

Data Warehouse Appliances: Lessons from the Trenches

Jan 24, 2015 by Steve Dine in Enterprise Data Warehousing

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Over the past few years data warehouse (DW) appliances have become a viable option for business intelligence (BI) programs looking to load and process large data volumes as well as reducing query execution times. However, like most architectural decisions, there are many factors to consider when...