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January 24, 2018
By Lynn Winterboer
With so many teams “going agile,” it’s important for your BI team to keep a few things in mind that will help your agile transformation go more smoothly.
These 10 mistakes to avoid are the primary problems I’ve seen in BI agile transformations. Fortunately, agile approaches provide solutions that prevent you from making these mistakes.
December 20, 2017
Readers repeatedly tell us that they often learn the most by reading about what colleagues are doing. Although you’re interested in technologies, you’re also interested in seeing that technology in action. This issue is filled with real-world case studies and theories put into practice.
November 29, 2017
By Troy Hiltbrand
Advanced analytics is consistently ranked as a high-priority focus of CIOs across the industry. With applications from cybersecurity to financial management to human resources to sales and marketing, almost all sectors regard advanced analytics as a mechanism to solve their most challenging business problems.
This publication explains 10 mistakes to avoid when adopting advanced analytics.
October 25, 2017
TDWI’s annual BI/DW Teams, Skills, and Budgets Report (formerly known as the TDWI BI Benchmark Report) enables business
intelligence (BI) and data warehouse (DW) teams to compare themselves to their peers on a series of organizational and
performance metrics. This year’s report is based on a Web survey of 165 BI professionals conducted worldwide in spring and early summer 2017.
September 28, 2017
It’s a common failing. With so much to be done and so little time to do it, the processes and procedures for closing out projects cleanly can sometimes be neglected. Though the kudos for cleaning up are few, the tasks are critical. A pair of this issue’s articles will explain why.
August 16, 2017
By Ted Cuzzillo
The "smart city" buzz is loud, but smart cities themselves are still young. In this Ten Mistakes to Avoid, Ted Cuzzillo identifies the most common mistakes vendors, leaders, and administrators are making as they create and manage smart cities.
May 22, 2017
Psychologists know that the hardest thing to change is someone’s mind—even when it’s your own. Established practice and engrained habit can be powerful forces to overcome. However, this issue of the Business Intelligence Journal might give you a few reasons to do just that.
April 21, 2017
By William McKnight
Companies everywhere are realizing that data is a key asset that can directly impact business goals. Yet, in some enterprises, awareness of data’s value doesn’t translate into increased data maturity and modernization. In this Ten Mistakes to Avoid, William McKnight identifies the misguided practices that cause the most friction in modernization efforts and the journey to higher data maturity.
March 14, 2017
Average bonuses soared 19.8 percent in 2016, to $17,210. Read more in the 2017 TDWI Salary, Roles, and Responsibilities Report.
February 27, 2017
There’s never enough time to do it right but there’s always enough time to do it over. In this issue of the Business Intelligence Journal we look at best practices -- including ways to manage teams -- that can help you get things right the first time.