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Successful Business Intelligence: Secrets to Make BI a Killer App

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In today s highly competitive global economy, actionable business intelligence (BI) is crucial to success. Yet while many companies have made substantial investments in BI infrastructure, few employees are taking advantage of the powerful BI tools they have at their fingertips. This is because technology is only part of a truly successful, company-wide BI strategy. Executive support, an analytic culture, and strong business-IT partnerships and collaboration are among the many other facets that make up a winning end-to-end BI initiative.Written by industry analyst and BI consultant Cindi Howson, Successful Business Intelligence: Secrets to Making BI a Killer App reveals how to get the most value out of your BI investments. The book draws on exclusive survey data and real-world case studies of BI success stories at Continental Airlines, The Dow Chemical Company, Corporate Express, 1-800 CONTACTS, and other companies to identify proven BI best practices you can put to use in your organization, including: *Gaining executive support and aligning your BI strategy with business goals *Organizing BI teams and experts for success *Choosing the best BI tools to meet user and business needs *Improving data quality so decision-makers trust the BI solution *Finding the relevance of BI to all employees, including front-line workers *Using agile development processes to deliver BI capabilities and improvements at the speed of business *Measuring success in multiple waysBusiness intelligence has the power to change people s way of working, to enable businesses to compete more effectively and efficiently, and to help non-profits stretch their dollars further. Successful Business Intelligence: Secrets to Making BI a Killer App holds the key to bringing technological innovations together with the people, processes, and culture of any organization in order to achieve a competitive and profitable BI strategy.

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Hoboken, NJ : ., 2008

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244[258] Pages

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English

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