Why BI Projects Fail and What To Do About it, Australia

This session was presented at Mastering BusinessObjects 2009 conference in Manly, Sydney. It covers the six main areas that most often lead to BI project failure: Changing the Business People, Not Technology Process, Not Project Value, Not Cost Insight, Not Data Pragmatism, Not Rigid Process The slides are available in pdf format (3.7Mb) and ppt format (15.6Mb) and are posted on SlideShare and Scribd.  Read More →

BI Competency Centers, Australia

This session was presented at the Mastering BusinessObjects 2009 conference in Manly, Sydney. It covers: Why have a BI Competency Center BICC Organization and Staffing BICC Functional areas and Key Tasks Creating a BICC Overcoming Common BICC Issues BICC Examples The slides are available in pdf format (2.2Mb) and ppt format (4.6Mb) and are posted on SlideShare and Scribd.  Read More →

Transforming BI, Australia

Ian Parker and I presented the first keynote at the Mastering BusinessObjects 2009 conference in Manly, Sydney, standing in for Donald MacCormick. We took turns covering: Why BI is more strategic than ever in a downturn The SAP BusinessObjects vision of helping organizations link strategy and execution Integration and innovation plans including BusinessObjects Explorer and the Social Network Analyzer Prototype The slides are available in pdf format... [Read More...]