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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

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Q&A: Scrum's Role in Agile BI

James E. Powell

Scrum is a core part of agile BI. We explore with William McKnight what it is and why it's so important to BI practitioners.

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Agile DW/BI Testing -- Just Get Started!

Lynn Winterboer and Ken Collier

When quality and testing is moved up front on a project, everyone enjoys a higher quality project. Here's how your team can be happier with an agile approach to testing, even before implementing key automation tools.

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Q&A: Managing Big Data to Improve Decisions

James E. Powell

With Madhu Nair we look at the issues that big data poses for decision making and the best practices for managing big data to enable enterprises to make more profitable decisions.

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An "Acentric" Approach to Customer-centricity

Sriram Anandan

Many organizations are just starting to recognize that the customers' requirements and priorities need to be heard. Here's how your enterprise can get started.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Improving Agility with BI and Analytics: A Preview of the Next TDWI BI Executive Summit and World Conference

Speaker: David Stodder

July
16
9:00AM PT
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Agility is a critical success factor for today's enterprises. Agility is about being flexible and responsive to change, from the rapid shift in business conditions to new customer preferences. Business intelligence, analytics, and data warehousing projects must also show flexibility and deliver value sooner. In this Webinar, we highlight the upcoming TDWI World Conference and BI Executive Summit (August 18-23) in San Diego, and discuss recent agile-related research and best practices, as well as case studies and courses in analytics, BI essentials, and data analysis and design.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT

Business-IT partnership is one of the most critical aspects of successful business intelligence solutions aligned with the goals of the business. Yet most companies continue to report painful disconnects between the business and IT.

Speaker: Cindi Howson

July
23
9:00AM PT

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Busting 10 Myths about Hadoop

Although Hadoop and related technologies have been with us for several years now, most business intelligence (BI) professionals and their business counterparts still harbor a few misconceptions that need to be corrected about Hadoop and related technologies such as MapReduce.

Speaker: Philip Russom

July
24
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

August 12-15, 2013

TDWI Seminar Series: BI Essentials and Foundations in Analytics

New York, NY

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August 18-23, 2013

TDWI World Conference: Agile BI

San Diego, CA

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August 19-21, 2013

TDWI Executive Summit 2013

San Diego, CA

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