White Paper – Paving the Road to Success: From Spreadsheets to Advanced Analytics
The ‘culture’ of an organization includes habits and processes that are familiar and comfortable. There are many aspects to the success of a culture change within a business organization. When an enterprise decides to move from the silo spreadsheet culture … Continued
White Paper: Self-Serve Data Preparation Provides Significant Benefit to the Enterprise
By providing sophisticated analytical features and algorithms in an easy-to-use self-serve environment, the enterprise enables business users to perform data preparation and test theories and hypotheses and prototype on their own. Rather than preparing data at the central meta-data layer, … Continued
Module Overview – Impact and Sensitivity Analysis
Module Overview – Impact and Sensitivity Analysis Betsy says: BI Sensitivity Analysis has nothing to do with you a) being sensitive to the feelings of others or b) visiting a therapist to discuss your inability to take criticism. BI sensitivity … Continued
An OEM Partnership with BI/CPM Solution Provider Will Make Your Customers Think You Know it ALL!
An OEM Partnership with BI/CPM Solution Provider Will Make Your Customers Think You Know it ALL! So, you think you know it all? I know you’re smart, but you can’t possibly be an expert at EVERYTHING. Consider how much you … Continued
Benefits of predictive analytics and forecasting
Benefits of predictive analytics and forecasting Betsy says: These days you can forget the five-year planning cycle. The business world and the competitive landscape change every day, and you’re lucky if you can predict what will happen next week, much … Continued
Bring Business Forecasting Out of the Basement and Shed Some Light on Predictive Analysis
Bring Business Forecasting Out of the Basement and Shed Some Light on Predictive Analysis Ever visit the offices of the analytical team that does your business forecasting? In the old days, you took the elevator to the bottom floor and … Continued
BI Advantage: Value Proposition for OEM partners
BI Advantage: Value Proposition for OEM partners Betsy says:So, you think you know it all? I seriously doubt it. I know you’re smart, but you can’t possibly be an expert at EVERYTHING. As an example, consider how much you THINK … Continued
BI IS MOBILE!!! Who Needs To Go to the Office to Work?
BI IS MOBILE!!! Who Needs To Go to the Office to Work? I hardly ever go to the office anymore. I work harder than ever but I don’t go to the office to do that work! That’s where mobile BI … Continued
My Friend Stan Uses ‘What If” Analysis to Stop Guessing and Start Achieving!
My Friend Stan Uses ‘What If” Analysis to Stop Guessing and Start Achieving! Thanks to my colleagues for letting me use their BI problems as lessons. Here’s another lesson for my readers. My friend, Stan is CFO for a consumer … Continued
What If/Sensitivity Analysis
What If/Sensitivity Analysis Betsy says: My colleague, Stan got tired of playing guessing games and gambling his CFO career in the process. He asked a wise friend (me) what he should do and I recommended that he get himself a … Continued
Everyone Thinks Their Job is THE Most Important. A Great BI Solution Doesn’t Take Sides!
Everyone Thinks Their Job is THE Most Important. A Great BI Solution Doesn’t Take Sides! Last summer I was asked to recommend a BI system for our sister company. I traveled to Los Angeles, California where I hoped to spend … Continued