Sequent Values and Principles
During the early 90’s I had the honour and pleasure to work with a great group of people at Sequent Computer Systems. The company had a set of great set of values and principles and I…
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Implementing Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Governance
This presentation outlines six governance processes that we believe cover the entire Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing Lifecycle Data Lifecycle Data Models Data Quality Data Security Data Warehousing Metadata And describes our people and process template approach…
Read MoreBI Business Requirements
Another ETIS presentation from Stockholm in October 2010 This presentation looks at what it takes to develop good business requirements for business intelligence projects. It starts with the proposition that “70% of all documented requirements are worthless” –…
Read MoreBI Governance Models & Strategies
An presentation to ETIS from April 2010 in Athens This presentation looks at what makes a successful model for implementing Business Intelligence Governance within an organisation. It builds on the white paper Data Warehouse Governance published in 2007…
Read MoreThe Business Case For Business Intelligence
This white paper looks at the business case that should lie behind the decision to build a data warehouse and provide a business intelligence solution. There are three primary drivers for making the investment in a…
Read MoreWhat can IT really deliver for BI and DW ?
This presentation to the IRM Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence 2009 conference looks at the why IT faces problems in delivering Business Intelligence to the Business and asks the question “Is the business really ready for…
Read MoreThe project wiki – a cost reduction tool
Some readers will be familiar with TED: Ideas Worth Spreading a series of talks on just about everything worthwhile in Technology, Education and Design. I recently revisited Yochai Benklers talk on the new open-source economics from 2005 where he explains…
Read MoreOh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!
The deception in our case is the accuracy of the data and the return on investment of the data warehouse solution. Too often projects make compromises in the implementation of a business intelligence solution that create…
Read MoreBlack Swans and White Elephants
Another ETIS presentation from Istanbul in Octovber 2009 This presentation looks at the Return on Investment in Business Intelligence projects Return on Investment is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to…
Read MoreETIS – The global IT association for telecommunications
ETIS (http://etis.org) is a membership based organisation which brings together the major telecommunications providers in Europe on key information and communication technology issues. The mission of ETIS is to enable its members to improve their business performance…
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