Buying Business Intelligence? Qkiview, Tibco, SAAS? Some tips
Selecting Business Intelligence? Some questions to ask.
Choosing the best BI Tool always starts with talking to the end users. And knowing that in general they are not going to be that interested in assisting you. Naturally they want the results that business intelligence reports, alerts, visualisations, graphical reports will delivery. Weight loss without the diet as it were. And as we all know IT systems around the world idle like ships at the bottom of the ocean. The frustrated manager ends up using the default IT system
Excel.
Know you Goals and what success looks like.
What are the business goals, that’s the first questions to ask users, not what they want. Armed with that information the IT Manager, CIO, business analyst, and the end user can determine what best BI system in the market today. Most sites have free download so a serious examination of the business intelligence marketplace is possible.
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Business requirements gathering.
Here are some questions to ask when looking for business intelligence software. Popular systems include Qlikview, Tibco, SAAS, Cognos and Microsoft options.
A) What are short term and long term goals for the BI project?
B) Where are you now in terms of the BI cycle?
C) Can you describe and picture successful outcome now?
D) Where is business going, what do you need to get there.
E) Strenghts & Weaknesses of your organisation. What are they?
F) What critical business decisions do you make and are key business questions you need to answer to achieve success and change.