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Part 1: Results Before Reports
This is the first in a series of four articles about how to ensure that your BI efforts don’t just create reports and dashboards, but generate truly beneficial outcomes for your business. Part 1: Results Before Reports There’s an art to implementing business...
Exploiting Data: Don’t Forget To Ask ‘Should We?’
Exploiting data: Don't forget to ask 'should we?' If you’re an organisation that sells products or services, you’ve probably already looked at exploiting your data in some way. Maybe you’re analysing customer demographics to better inform your campaign targeting. Or...
The Key to Creating Truly High Value BI Dashboards
This article is part of a series being developed jointly between Saltare and Bloor Research (a leading independent research and analysis house that helps companies to intelligently evolve) to promote the use of analytics and make enterprises ready to make better...
Don’t Get Seduced by the BI Development Honeymoon Period
Don’t Get Seduced by the BI Development Honeymoon Period We all know about ‘honeymoon periods’ – those times when everything is going wonderfully and we don’t have a care or worry in the world. They happen at the start of something new, whilst the novelty is still...
Can Your Business Really Handle a Single Version of the Truth?
Single Version of Truth? A 'single version of truth’ is a scenario where conflicting data from multiple disparate sources, is consolidated into one single source that conforms to agreed data standards. It's a long-standing business intelligence goal which makes sense...
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
In When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, a new book published this month, author Daniel Pink shows how timing is everything, and how it's a science, not an art. The Daily 'When' The first part of the book looks at the best times of the day to perform...
Using Goodhart’s Law to Ensure Your KPIs Are Not Misused
Back in the 1970s, economist Charles Goodhart popularised a saying which has become known as Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." * The law warns against the natural human tendency to 'game the system'. A popular example...
BI Black Holes: How to Avoid Some Reasons Why So Many BI Projects Fail
BI Black Holes: How to Avoid Some Reasons Why So Many BI Projects Fail When it comes to business intelligence (BI), it’s a well-known fact that the majority of BI projects fail. Gartner has proclaimed there’s a staggering 70%-80% failure rate among corporate BI...
Realising Value from Data: Three Key Factors for Your Business
Realising Value from Data: Three Key Factors for Your Business Data doesn’t hang around for any organisation and, when it comes to getting the value you need from it, sooner is always better. As smart organisations rely on data to make informed decisions that improve...