Data Management & Warehousing

Tag: Governance

  • Sequent Values and Principles

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    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 often refer to them and sometimes am asked for a copy. In the absence of being able to find…

  • Implementing Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Governance

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    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 to delivery Download Implementing Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Governance Now

  • BI Business Requirements

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    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” – Why ? Written but never referred to (Shelf-ware) Out of date before they are built Cover the wrong things Can’t be…

  • BI Governance Models & Strategies

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    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 It starts by asking the following questions Is your BI programme allowed to define organisational structures outside the company programme…

  • The Business Case For Business Intelligence

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    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 business intelligence solution Measurement and management of the business process Analysis of why things change in the business in…

  • What can IT really deliver for BI and DW ?

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    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 BI?” Is BI something that the business really wants? Is the business prepared to pay for Business Intelligence? Is…

  • The project wiki – a cost reduction tool

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    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 how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organisation. The principle discussed is one…

  • Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!

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    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 massive cost and user dis-satisfaction downstream that lead to the failure of BI projects: For example: * In the…

  • Black Swans and White Elephants

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    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 compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. To calculate ROI, the benefit (return) of an investment is…

  • ETIS – The global IT association for telecommunications

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    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 by personal exchange of information on using ICT effectively. ETIS achieves this by engaging its members in various working…