How to Lead Your BI Project with a Brand New Approach - An Agile BI Practical Guide

BI projects frequently fail to deliver results on time and on budget. Matters get worst when the solution is not adopted by business users, hindering their self-sufficiency and independent decision making. As a result, IT remains on the BI treadmill, needing to respond to business users' every request. With ever growing data volumes and shrinking decision windows, this approach is no longer acceptable. This paper explores how Agile BI brings a new life to these unwanted patterns.
Key points explored in this white paper are:
  • Top 3 reasons why traditional BI projects often fail to deliver on their promise
  • 4 simple steps to expedite these projects faster, better and with more measurable results

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Pentaho Agile BI: An iterative methodology for fast, flexible and cost-effective Business Intelligence

In this white paper, Pentaho Agile BI: An iterative methodology for fast, flexible and cost-effective Business Intelligence, Pentaho Chief Geek/CTO, James Dixon, dispels why old technologies, pricing and approaches used for Business Intelligence are not well suited for today¹s environment. Explore the basis of the Agile approach to business intelligence and how it enables BI to cross the chasm from being process bound to being user driven. Then, learn the iterative toolset and methodologies of Pentaho¹s Agile BI initiative that change the technical, operational and economic factors of BI.
Key points explored in this white paper are:
  • What roadblocks to expect with traditional business intelligence
  • The basic definition, principles and delivery of Agile BI
  • Needs and expectations of the Pentaho Agile BI initiative

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Business Intelligence at the Crossroads & Realizing the Pentaho Agile BI Opportunity (A Two Part White Paper)

The Agile BI methodology that Pentaho pioneered and announced in November 2009 is designed to change the technical, operational and economic factors required in traditional, proprietary BI vendor solutions. Industry Analyst, Joshua Greenbaum, principal at Enterprise Applications Consulting, has researched in-depth Agile BI and the Pentaho Agile BI initiative from the customer/user perspective. Greenbaum has created two independent white papers: part one explores the promise and reality of Agile BI and part two includes real-world observations of the impact and value of Agile BI for Pentaho customers.

Part 1

Business Intelligence at the Crossroads:
The Need for Lean, Agile, and Effective End-user Solutions

Key questions explored in this research are:

  • The disconnect between business Intelligence tools, the IT department and
    business user
  • Why the promise of BI for the masses has failed in the past
  • The promise and reality: The Data Warehouse/business intelligence
    disconnect
  • Making Business Intelligence easier to consume and easier to deploy
  • Fulfilling the promise of BI for the masses

Part 2

Realizing the Pentaho Agile BI Opportunity:
BI for the Masses and Customer Success
 

Key questions explored in this research are:

  • An overview of the concepts of BI for the masses and how Pentaho's Agile BI initiative seeks to fulfill that mandate
  • How Pentaho customers have broadened the footprint of their BI initiatives and derived measurable value while minimizing costs
  • How the Pentaho Agile BI approach is changing the foundations of what enterprise software and business intelligence means for industry and user
    organizations alike