Business intelligence needs to be treated as a core capability of a business. Without that, business users may not get what they need from BI – due to insufficient, inaccurate or inaccessible data, unacceptably long turnaround times for new reports, or due to BI tools that are not right for the job. BI teams continue to face challenges as well – lack of governance and business ownership, and not having a knowledge management and collaboration environment.
In this report, Forrester Research analysts discuss how to maximize BI success through these takeaways:
- For BI Initiatives To Succeed, They Need To Align With Business Goals
- Agility Is The Most Important Characteristic Of All Processes
- A Solid Governance Foundation Is More Important Than Ever
This report talks about maximizing success of BI initiatives by finding a business sponsor, becoming agile, and providing self service access to the business users to their data.