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Success with Business Intelligence - Don't Underestimate the Value of Management Commitment

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published by Jonathan Kingsepp on Wed, 10/19/2011 - 22:00

We spend a fair amount of time talking to people about drivers that lead to successful Business Intelligence (BI) implementations and drivers that progress organizations towards analytical maturity.  The most important drivers for success, in our experience, have more to do with organizational readiness, willingness to change and support of senior management than they do with a specific BI tool.

Forrester's Evelson on ROI for BI

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published by Mike Szymanski on Fri, 10/07/2011 - 15:16

Forrester BI superstar Boris Evelson writes about several topics that we deal with consistently with our clients. A common question we get involves estimating ROI for BI initiatives.

Retail BI's "Slowest Common Denominator"

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published by Mike Szymanski on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 16:35

I stumbled on the transcript of a panel discussing business intelligence applications in a retail setting. The panelists, senior analytics executives at PETCO, Carter's & Ascena, had some great answers to how their BI initiatives are providing business value. Here are some of the highlights: 

Q: How do each of you actually use BI and analytics in your company?

Math Nerd Party Tricks, Portuguese and SQL

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published by Mike Szymanski on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 15:11

My uncle, a former seminarian who has two masters' degrees (one in English Literature and one in Business Administration) and has been running his own company for nearly fifty years, once told me that it isn't enough to be good at just one thing. It isn't enough just to be great at sales. You need to be great at sales and operations. One dimensional resources abound and the way to stand above the crowd is to be great at many things. 

Don't Call It a Comeback

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published by Mike Szymanski on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 14:17

Ted Cuzillo over at Information Management finds three tools that he wouldn't "call BI" 'cause... they focus on distinctly non-BI aspects of analytics: visualization, collaboration & search.