The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence Using Analytics to Achieve a Global Competitive Advantage

A complete blueprint for creating winning business intelligence strategies and infrastructure, and maximizing the value of information * *Practical techniques for planning strategy, and exceptional real-world guidance on BI evaluation. *Fully reflects radical shifts in the BI marketplace, including new platform suites (e.g., Cognos, SAP/BOBJ) and appliances (e.g., Neteeza), which add complexity to decisionmaking and planning. *Contains realistic solutions to the BI pitfalls enterprises encounter most often. Enterprises recognize the immense potential of business intelligence, but it's not easy to transform BI's potential into real business value. In Enterprise Business Intelligence , top IBM BI expert Mike Biere presents realistic start-to finish guidance and practical checklists for every planner, strategist, and implementer. Drawing on thousands of hours working with enterprise customers, Biere addresses both strategy and infrastructure, helping decisionmakers choose amongst today's unprecedented spectrum of options -- including the latest BI suites and appliances. Coverage includes: * *Understanding the evolving scope of potential BI solutions. *Assessing new options such as SaaS and cloud-based technologies. *Creating successful Proofs of Concept. *Setting realistic expectations. *Avoiding 'project killing' pitfalls in enterprise BI implementation. *Setting up competency centers and planning for skills development. *Establishing the right staffing roles throughout the enterprise. *Selecting the right tools for development and other tasks. *Working with advanced analytics, text analytics, data mining, dashboards, scoreboards, and KPIs Effective BI has never been more crucial to the success of the enterprise. Its importance means that it now requires scrutiny at higher levels of the organization than ever before. This book will give senior decision-makers and their teams the insights they need to make the best decisions - and get best results