Data Quality in BI “as we go along”

In the last year I have been to several conferences and network meetings about DW and BI. I have heard several customer stories.  They all tell about the fantastic economic reporting system, and how easy it has become for the managers to access information.
When they are asked about customer data quality issues, they often say ”we take that as
we go along” or ”we will cross that bridge later”.  Their main reason is that they need to
get the financial reporting in place, and this takes all their human and financial resources.
Do they really think their reports will be correct if they base [...]

Survey shows BI Key Benefits are Intangible

In the latest DM Review it is referred to a market survey that isconducted by Noetix Corp.  It shows that IT professionals consider the intangible benefits of BI solutions to be of more value than any tangible benifits, and therefore find it very difficult to measure the ROI of these applications.
For me this is another [...]