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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howson, Cindi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business intelligence.

Business intelligence--Data processing.

Management information systems.

Information technology--Management.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

xii, 244 p.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611151881

9781281151889

1281151882

9780071596145

0071596143

OCLC:

402405726