Making Better Decisions Faster

"This readable practical book helps business people quickly understand what business intelligence is how it works where it's used and why and when to use it all illustrated by real case studies not just theory."
Nigel Pendse
Author of The OLAP Report
www.olapreport.com

So much information so little time. All too often business data is hard to get at and use thus slowing decision-making to a crawl. This insightful book illustrates how organizations can make better faster decisions about their customers partners and operations by turning mountains of data into valuable business information that's always at the fingertips of decision makers. You'll learn what's involved in using business intelligence to bring together information people and technology to create successful business strategies and how to execute those strategies with confidence. Topics covered include:

THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE MINDSET: Discover the basics behind business intelligence such as how it's defined why and how to use it in your organization and what characteristics components and general architecture most business intelligence solutions share.

THE CASE FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: Read how world leaders in finance manufacturing and retail have successfully implemented business intelligence solutions and see what benefits they have reaped.

THE PRACTICE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: Find out what's involved in implementing a business intelligence solution in your organization including how to identify your business intelligence opportunities what decisions you must make to get a business intelligence project going and what to do to sustain the momentum so that you can continue to make sense of all the data you gather.