Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Selecting and Deploying BI Tools
Keep in mind: the goal is not to find the “best tool” but to find the “best fit.” Every BI…
Integrating Structured and Unstructured Data Using Text Tagging and Annotation
The nature of unstructured data makes it hard to search, retrieve, and analyze; directly integrating it with structured data is…
From Short Stack to Competitive Advantage: IHOP’s Pursuit of Data Quality
Driven by the need to better understand its business, the International House of Pancakes (IHOP) appointed a data quality team…
Framing Business Intelligence Governance
The reality of a good governance framework is that it must include both the tactical boundaries and consistency outlined by…
Building a Data-Centric Organization
Our main objective is to identify a needed paradigm shift for organizations regarding data, its importance, and its value.
The Four Components of BI Governance
No doubt about it—business intelligence (BI) is complicated. The objective of BI seems relatively straightforward—using data to advance your business.…
Enterprise Data Modeling: Lost Art or Essential Science?
This article explains the origin of data modeling and the significance of EDM; compares top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out EDM approaches;…
Beyond the Dashboard: Making Better Decisions
Charts and graphics are integral parts of modern business reporting. The reason is easy to understand: charts give a richer…
A Performance Management Primer: Why You Need More Than a Dashboard to Manage Your Strategy
We analyze the leading performance management and quality frameworks, including the Balanced Scorecard, Performance Prism, Six Sigma, Baldridge, and commonly…
Perry Carraway, Director of Business Development for Blackstone & Cullen, Inc.
Perry describes their circle of life approach to business intelligence and explains how it enables them to show customers the…