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Ten Mistakes to Avoid


Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Your Big Data Implementation

Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Your Big Data Implementation

February 19, 2013

 

By Krish Krishnan

In this Ten Mistakes to Avoid, we will look at the most common mistakes that occur when implementing a big data program to help you enhance your analytical insights and the decision support processes in your enterprise.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Data Resource Management

Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Data Resource Management

December 7, 2012

 

By Dave Wells

Data is an essential business resource that is as critical to business success as financial and human resources are. The disciplines of data resource management include strategy, architecture, and governance. Mistakes to avoid in data resource management span all three disciplines.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Adopting Emerging Technologies in BI

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Adopting Emerging Technologies in BI

September 17, 2012

 

By John O'Brien

These 10 mistakes to avoid center around three key themes: identifying transformational or disruptive technologies, minimizing and managing risk to the overall program, and maintaining a continuing balance in business intelligence (BI) programs.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Big Data

Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Big Data

June 18, 2012

 

By Marc Demarest

Marc Demarest takes a look at the 10 most common missteps and fatal actions he’s seeing now as the big data revolution gets under way.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Validating Your BI DW Direction

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Validating Your Business Intelligence or Data Warehousing Direction

March 19, 2012

 

By Jonathan G. Geiger

Jonathan Geiger describes 10 common errors to avoid as you validate your current business intelligence or data warehousing direction.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Dimensional Modeling

Ten Mistakes to Avoid In Dimensional Modeling

December 5, 2011

 

By Christopher Adamson

To attain the full potential of your dimensional model, it is necessary to master a broad range of principles, understand how and what to model, and avoid lapsing into habits from other modeling disciplines. A dimensional model of your business is an important asset of your BI program. Maximize its value by avoiding these 10 mistakes.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Your Cloud Business Intelligence Strategy

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Your Cloud Business Intelligence Strategy

September 12, 2011

 

By Shawn Rogers

The upsides to cloud business intelligence are easy to identify, but like any other solution, you need a strategy before you begin your research to identify the right solution for your company. Skipping the due-diligence phase with cloud solutions can be just as costly as with traditional on-premises solutions.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Transforming Your BI/DW Department to Agile Methods

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Transforming Your BI/DW Department to Agile Methods

June 20, 2011

 

By Ralph Hughes

To identify where many agile BI/DW practitioners and managers have erred, we will examine the 10 items found in the Agile Manifesto and consider ways to rethink or rebalance each concept as a path to an even more effective second decade of accelerated BI/DW programs.


Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Gathering Business Requirements

Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Gathering Business Requirements

March 21, 2011

 

By Laura L. Reeves

Gathering requirements is the most critical step in any project, and certainly for a data warehouse project. A data warehouse should deliver an environment that empowers the business community rather than an application system that accurately performs specific business functions. This difference in approach will change the way you go about gathering requirements.


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