Innovative Analytics in Asia and ANZ

I am delighted to be going on an “Analytics Innovation” tour of Asia and Australia/New Zealand starting next week, talking about the latest and greatest business intelligence and analytics news. If you’re in interested in analytics, and you’re in Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, or Auckland, then come join us! I hope to see you there… Part 1: Asia Rapid shifts in consumer behavior and proliferation of new... [Read More...]

ANZ SAP Innovation Forums and BI Briefings Tour

I am looking forward to nine days, two countries, six cities, and 10 presentations as part of the 2012 Australia and New Zealand SAP Innovation Forum and BI Briefings Tour – I hope to see you there! SAP Innovation Forums I’ll be doing the opening SAP keynote and analytics presentations, packed with examples of customers doing business “like never before”. Search for #SAPForum on Twitter to follow what’s going on. Dates: Brisbane... [Read More...]

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. Share and Enjoy ... [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. Share and Enjoy  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...]