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1. Business Intelligence
SUCCESS CHECKLIST
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TOP 10 MISTAKES

4. 1 TOOLS
One BI system can’t do it all.
You probably need a variety of solutions.
Chose the right
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“We shall neither fail nor
falter; we shall not
weaken or tire…give us
the tools and we will
finish the job.”
-Winston Churchill

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YES !!!
Get Buy-infrom Stakeholders
Make sure to
identify them all.
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“When a man’s willing and
eager, the Gods join in.”
-Aeschylus

6. 3 Agile implementations
ROCK!
CxO’s Love Graphics.
Go give it to them!
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“When eating an elephant,
take one bite at a time.”
-Creighton Abrams

7. 4 Bring the right competence
on-board!
If you, and your users, don’t know
how to properly implement and use
the tools, all your efforts are lost!
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Success Checklist
“Competence, like truth, beauty, and
contact lenses, is in the eye of the
beholder.”
-Dr. Laurence J. Peter

8. 5 Set Goals,
make plans and follow
through!
You need at least one really fat business case
to succeed, but preferably many more.
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Success Checklist
“A Goal without a plan is just
a wish.”
-Larry Elder

9.  Set up routines for
data laundry
Yes, Data Quality
is still a problem!
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“Data Quality requires a certain level of sophistication
within a company to even understand that it’s a problem.”
-Colleen Graham

10.  Set up Meta-Data…
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…so IT and
business clients
can find
opportunities to
re-use data.
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Success Checklist

11.  Don’t forget
Scale & Performance8
Speed of thought
response is expected,
but not always achieved.
Business Intelligence
Success Checklist
“E=mc2
Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared”
-Albert Einstein

12.  Make sure the organization
is mature and ready9Business Intelligence
Success Checklist
WOOF!!
“We teach people how to remember, we
never teach them how to grow.”
-Oscar Wilde

13.  Make it last…10Business Intelligence
Success Checklist
Implementing a BI-System
is not something you do
and then walk away.
Think Governance!

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Business Intelligence Success Checklist
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Chose the right tools
Get buy-in from Stakeholders
Agile implementations rock
Bring the right competence on-board
Set goals, make plans and follow through
Set up routines for data laundry
Set up meta-data
Don’t forget about scale and performance
Make sure the organization is mature
Make it last…

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