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February 8, 2019
Why does self-service BI have to hurt so much? In theory, it should be the answer to all your problems. But so many enterprises end up […]
January 28, 2015
As mentioned in my post BI & Analytic Trends of 2015 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, while the hyped industry trends get all […]
January 9, 2015
It’s the time of year when analysts, consultants, vendors and industry pundits publish their predictions on the trends that they feel will have significant impact on […]
August 19, 2014
DM Radio, Thursday August 21 3:00 EST When business pros can’t get the functionality they really want from IT, they often go rogue. That’s where shadow […]
July 21, 2014
What are some common mistakes that business intelligence managers and architects make when planning and designing a business intelligence system? BI managers and architects generally do […]
October 10, 2013
Predictive analytics and data visualization are data-hungry processes. An enterprise data warehouse is often a critical part of the data backbone that these processes crave. IT’s […]
September 24, 2013
Once an enterprise gets beyond the hype and sets out to implement predictive analytics, success will depend on how they approach it. As with anything new, our […]
October 26, 2011
When I teach my master’s degree classes I use slides to present the theoretical, and then use workshops to illustrate how the theory applies to design […]
July 27, 2011
It’s time to stop getting bossed around by technology. IT groups too often create their list of projects and priorities based on a logical and mainly […]
June 22, 2011
As we discussed in the last post, the four organizational models most often used to implement ICCs are: best practices, technology standards, shared services and centralized […]
June 15, 2011
You have the sponsorship and budget, now how do you set up your Integration Competency Center (ICC)? There are several approaches to organizing the role and […]
June 8, 2011
Some of my recent posts have discussed how people, politics and projects have established integration silos throughout an enterprise that are costly, inefficient and inhibit the […]
June 1, 2011
In the last several posts we discussed how critical data governance programs are to the success of EDW, MDM, CDI and really any enterprise-wide integration initiatives. […]
May 25, 2011
In the post Getting Down To Business with People and Policies. I discussed the fact that people and policies need to be on the front burner […]
December 6, 2010
Businesses are awash with ever-increasing amounts of data created in their transaction systems and then used by business executives and workers striving to analyze all of […]
December 9, 2009
It’s a vicious battle. No, I am not talking about the partisan wars between the Democrats and Republicans, but this battle also impedes progress. Nor am […]
August 25, 2009
As we discussed in my last People, Process & Politics post, the four organizational models most often used to implement ICCs are: common practices, technology standards, […]
July 31, 2009
In our “People, Process & Politics” series we have discussed how non-technical aspects of business intelligence, data integration or data warehousing projects are the critical components of […]
April 3, 2009
The publishing of Gartner’s Magic Quadrants or Forrester’s Waves is eagerly awaited by vendors in many IT categories, particularly those who scope in the “top” quadrant […]
August 7, 2008
No where does the cliche "Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail" ring truer than in regards to testing. First, although everyone knows you have to […]
June 23, 2008
Some clichés ring truer with experience and this one is re-enforced by countless DW, BI and performance management projects. Most of these projects have a plan […]
June 12, 2008
The “Men Write Code from Mars, Women Write More Helpful Code from Venus” posting in the Wall Street Journal’s Business Technology blog on June 6 produced very […]
March 10, 2008
This week’s Wall St. Journal Business Insight section looks at the glass wall between IT and the rest of the company, which can lead to missed […]
May 29, 2007
I’m not the only one who thinks that Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are here to stay. (See Microsoft Excel: The King of BI.) In "Ouch! Get Ready […]
March 26, 2007
People, process and governance issues – that’s where companies are spending their time, energy, and money rather than on technology according to Gartner analysts in a […]
January 17, 2007
Technical people often think that delivering great solutions is the key to satisfying business users. It is not. Delivering the solution users want is the key. […]
January 16, 2007
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. – Captain in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke What is the most likely cause of failed business […]
June 29, 2006
You think so, do you? If you don’t work with the business users, how are you going to know their real needs? How will you understand […]
June 22, 2006
It’s tempting to ignore this. However, the promise of business results is what gets a project staffed and implemented; therefore, an internal awareness and marketing campaign […]
May 2, 2006
What’s with all the animosity between IT and business users? Christopher Koch provided a summary of the string of hate-posts from Slashdot, where it got so […]
June 12, 2005
Have you ever wondered why companies buy software licenses from BI vendors for hundreds or even thousands of “seats” and only use a small fraction of […]
July 13, 2004
Reining in the proliferation of expensive, redundant data silos requires a methodical approach that includes establishing a data integration center of expertise. In their quest for […]