November 11, 2008 – 1:25 am
Here are a couple of online resources that provide complimentry views on determining the ROI of your Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence efforts:
Data Warehouse Justification and ROI by William McKnight published in DMReview
Realizing Data Warehouse ROI by Lisa Slutter published in TDWI – What Works
Data Warehousing ROI: Justifying and Assessing a Data Warehouse published in [...]
October 31, 2008 – 6:00 am
We touched on the benefits of the Reduced Cost for collecting the data and formatting data consistently in Part 2 of this series. There are benefits beyond just the costs savings to produce this repository of reliable data. This is the ease with which the accurate data can be accessed.
Once the data [...]
October 29, 2008 – 9:04 pm
The enabler for an effective data warehousing and business intelligence strategy is automation. The process of loading a data warehouse and prepping the data for consumption, is analogous to building an assembly line or refinery that follows consistent processes to produce reliable data for decision making.
Like any “assembly line” whether producing cars or [...]