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…
The Small Business Market – April 2007
It will likely come as no surprise to you that small company managers make mistakes. Big ones; small ones; important…
The Road to a Well-Ordered Enterprise is Through Metadata Management
Published in TDAN.com April 2007 No one would argue that enterprises should have their financial books in order. How else…
Eye on TDWI – Las Vegas – February 2007
Big Payoffs in Las Vegas Even considering the bright lights and lavish shows, this town always generates more energy than…
The Data Modeling Addict – April 2007
This article focuses on the abstraction category.
The Database Report – April 2007
The first quarter of 2007 is now behind us and it is time to investigate what happened in the database…