I know this blog is a long time coming. Part 1 was in March and the reason for the delay is I’ve had an internal conflict going on between saying what I think is happening with BICC vs what I want to see happen. Let’s see if I can explain. Recently Eric Vallo & […]
Tag: User Adoption and Training
A dashboard is …
A dashboard is … A dashboard is well hard to define. When you hear the word dashboard what do you think of? Could it be something similar to the instrument panel in your car? Do you think of gauges and slides? Or maybe for you any report is a dashboard. So what is a […]
Advice for the BI ‘Noob’
You may be asking yourself: What is a universe? What is the difference between a measure and a dimension? How do I write a query in SQL? How do I create a report in Webi? How do I develop visualizations in Lumira? What have I gotten myself into? BREATHE!… In… and out… In, two, three, […]
BI Zen – It Could Happen Part 1
Every day in the BI world you are fighting against opposing goals. Users who want a super flexible reporting system that can answer any question they can dream up without interaction with IT in real time and policies that require security, formal approvals, processes and system stability. Basically how can you let users do whatever […]
BICC – Requirements Gathering Woes
Fluid requirements usually leads to a project never being finished because you can’t complete a project without a set success criteria or requirements.
Managing Fluid Priorities in Your Business Intelligence Competency Center
A better method of prioritizing tasks in your business intelligence competency center.
Budgeting for an SAP BusinessObjects Upgrade
Upgrading any enterprise software application that is used heavily in an organization can be a frightening undertaking. Not only do you have to acquire all of the hardware, licenses, time, and people to make the upgrade happen, you also have to ensure that nothing breaks in the process. When it comes to upgrading SAP BusinessObjects […]
Making Smarter BI User Adoption KPIs
There has been a lot said lately across industry research blogs, and the twitter-verse about the future shape and direction of BI Almost two years ago, now, I suggested at the Mastering SAP Business Analytics conference in Melbourne that fundamentally, the way we measure BI user adoption is not so simple as calling tool usage a good […]
10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Training Your Users for BI4
EV Technologies has experience helping organizations of all sizes and training budgets develop and execute training plans for business intelligence.
10 Steps to SAP BusinessObjects BI4 – Get The Business Buy-In
Get your business users to buy in to your upgrade strategy.