Chapter 7

Meeting the Challenges of Enterprise BI

Abstract

Business intelligence is ultimately about improving business performance. While the concept of leveraging BI for improved business processes and enhanced business performance management is straightforward, the journey from concept to reality is complicated. There are predictable execution challenges to meet—some that cross organizational boundaries, some that business units must meet, and some that fall squarely in the lap of the information technology unit. From an enterprise perspective, achieving BI success is essentially a general management challenge, one that requires effective adaptation, synchronization, and cross-unit execution of six major workflows. More broadly, achieving BI ...

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