"Business Intelligence isn't a technical problem, it's a social problem"

Yesterday I presented to an B-eye-network audience our perspective on why business intelligence is broken and what can be done to fix it. The full PDF-version (4mb) of the presentation can be downloaded.

A sampling of the fun:

"Chart-based encryption -- data goes in, no information comes out"

Chart-based encryption

On the excessive emphasis on reporting over analysis...

Herding

"Technologists are looking to build an atomic-baloney slicer"..."Nobody ever got fired for adding more requirements"

Waiting

"Data analysis isn't just for the data analysts anymore"

Typing is to...

"Have you ever working with a reporting tool that outputted to PDF?"Sheep

Hopefully we stirred the pot a little with this presentation. A recording of the B-eye-network event should be available soon.

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May 5, 2008
Zach said:

Emily, feel free...and use the pictures too.


May 8, 2008
Drew said:

Nice work! Thanks for sharing this.


February 3, 2009
Charles Lumpkin said:

Interesting. Would have liked to have seen it live.


May 18, 2009
hugo koopmans said:

Hi Zack,

this becomes more true as time passes...

good work! thank you

hugo


July 25, 2009
Anon said:

There's a grammatical error on Slide (page) 16. It's fragmented.

It says:
"Reporting is useful it
measures things that are
well-understood and
predictable"

Correction:
Reporting is useful IF it
measures things that are
well-understood and
predictable

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