Successful business intelligence : secrets to making BI a killer app / Cindi Howson.

By: Howson, Cindi [author]
Language: English Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2008]Copyright date: c2008Description: xii, 244 p. : illustrations; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780071498517 (alk. paper); 0071498516 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Business intelligence | Business intelligence -- Data processing | Management information systems | Information technology -- ManagementDDC classification: 658.4/72 LOC classification: HD38.7 | .H696 2008Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
Business intelligence from the business side -- Techno babble : components of a business intelligence architecture -- The business intelligence front-end -- Measures of success -- The LOFT effect -- Executive support -- D is for data -- The business-IT partnership -- Relevance -- Agile development -- Organizing for success -- The right BI tool for the right user -- Other secrets to success -- The future of business intelligence.
Summary: Praise for Successful Business Intelligence "If you want to be an analytical competitor, you've got to go well beyond business intelligence technology. Cindi Howson has wrapped up the needed advice on technology, organization, strategy, and even culture in a neat package. It's required reading for quantitatively oriented strategists and the technologists who support them." --Thomas H. Davenport, President's Distinguished Professor, Babson College and co-author, Competing on Analytics "When used strategically, business intelligence can help companies transform their organization to be more agile, more competitive, and more profitable. Successful Business Intelligence offers valuable guidance for companies looking to embark upon their first BI project as well as those hoping to maximize their current deployments." --John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects "A thoughtful, clearly written, and carefully researched examination of all facets of business intelligence that your organization needs to know to run its business more intelligently and exploit information to its fullest extent." --Wayne Eckerson, Director, TDWI Research "Using real-world examples, Cindi Howson shows you how to use business intelligence to improve the performance, and the quality, of your company." --Bill Baker, Distinguished Engineer & GM, Business Intelligence Applications, Microsoft Corporation "This book outlines the key steps to make BI an integral part of your company's culture and demonstrates how your company can use BI as a competitive differentiator." --Robert VanHees, CFO, Corporate Express "Given the trend to expand the business analytics user base, organizations are faced with a number of challenges that affect the success rate of these projects. This insightful book provides practical advice on improving that success rate." --Dan Vesset, Vice President, Business Analytics Solution Research, IDC
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.

Business intelligence from the business side -- Techno babble : components of a business intelligence architecture -- The business intelligence front-end -- Measures of success -- The LOFT effect -- Executive support -- D is for data -- The business-IT partnership -- Relevance -- Agile development -- Organizing for success -- The right BI tool for the right user -- Other secrets to success -- The future of business intelligence.

Praise for Successful Business Intelligence

"If you want to be an analytical competitor, you've got to go well beyond business intelligence technology. Cindi Howson has wrapped up the needed advice on technology, organization, strategy, and even culture in a neat package. It's required reading for quantitatively oriented strategists and the technologists who support them." --Thomas H. Davenport, President's Distinguished Professor, Babson College and co-author, Competing on Analytics

"When used strategically, business intelligence can help companies transform their organization to be more agile, more competitive, and more profitable. Successful Business Intelligence offers valuable guidance for companies looking to embark upon their first BI project as well as those hoping to maximize their current deployments." --John Schwarz, CEO, Business Objects

"A thoughtful, clearly written, and carefully researched examination of all facets of business intelligence that your organization needs to know to run its business more intelligently and exploit information to its fullest extent." --Wayne Eckerson, Director, TDWI Research

"Using real-world examples, Cindi Howson shows you how to use business intelligence to improve the performance, and the quality, of your company." --Bill Baker, Distinguished Engineer & GM, Business Intelligence Applications, Microsoft Corporation

"This book outlines the key steps to make BI an integral part of your company's culture and demonstrates how your company can use BI as a competitive differentiator." --Robert VanHees, CFO, Corporate Express

"Given the trend to expand the business analytics user base, organizations are faced with a number of challenges that affect the success rate of these projects. This insightful book provides practical advice on improving that success rate." --Dan Vesset, Vice President, Business Analytics Solution Research, IDC

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