Data + Business Intelligence Analytics = Empowered Business Users and An Agile Organization

KEY TAKEAWAYS

* Organize For Agility –

BI requirements are often out of date even before the first set of specifications
has been collected and documented. Agility is the last frontier in the battle for
BI success, and it is the keystone to Forrester’s Agile BI triad: Agile BI soft ware
development, Agile BI organizations, and Agile BI technologies.

* Empower Business users To Roll Their Own BI Apps –

Firms can’t attain Agile BI nirvana until they empower business users to build up
to 80% of their own BI reports and dashboards. Don’t fight users who want to grow
their own apps for fear of losing control and a single version of the truth; fight
battles only for the most mission-critical BI apps. For the rest, empower users to
build their own.

* Fill IT BI Roles From Your Business –

Finding and retaining BI talent is a top challenge. Before going outside, look
internally for the business users who perform "shadow IT" BI functions today and
bring them into the BISC. Then empower them organizationally and give them the
right technology to draw them out of the shadows

by Boris Evelson

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