Project Management

2013…What a year! maxmetrics successes and challenges

Once upon a time.. I was very naive to think I could spend a few days or weeks to write a book: “Going Agile Project Management Practices”. I just wanted to document some of my experience about project management specifically being agile. Well, in the end the book project took six months and involved about… Continue reading 2013…What a year! maxmetrics successes and challenges

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Business Analytics Marktführer SAS stellt Führungsposition unter Beweis

1 SAS Forum Deutschland 2013 mit Rekorden SAS Institute zeigte sich auf dem SAS Forum Deutschland 2013 vom 11.-12.09.2013 in Höchstform: Besucher-Rekord, nagelneues Software-Release SAS 9.4, erfolgreiche Kundenprojekte und viele hochinteressante Präsentationen und Diskussionen. Erfreulich ist die Kehrtwende weg von Marketing-lastigen und Technik-entleerten Vorträgen hin zu konkreten Lösungs- und Projektvorträgen, Hands-On-Möglichkeiten, Live-Vorführungen und sogar einem… Continue reading Business Analytics Marktführer SAS stellt Führungsposition unter Beweis

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Business Intelligence & Analytics Tier 3 Performance IT Productivity

In my view, that BI & Analytics contribute to organizational performance with three different levels of importance. Tier 1: Business Metrics — Are we contributing to profitable revenue growth? Tier 2: User Productivity — Are we impacting the user productivity? Tier 3: IT Productivity — Are we more efficient in our IT operations? In this… Continue reading Business Intelligence & Analytics Tier 3 Performance IT Productivity

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Business Intelligence & Analytics Tier 2 Performance User Productivity

In my view, that BI & Analytics contribute to organizational performance with three different levels of importance. Tier 1: Business Metrics — Are we contributing to profitable revenue growth? Tier 2: User Productivity — Are we impacting the user productivity? Tier 3: IT Productivity — Are we more efficient in our IT operations? In this… Continue reading Business Intelligence & Analytics Tier 2 Performance User Productivity

Business Intelligence & Analytics · Project Management

TDWI Reports On Agile BI/Analytic Facts And Recommendations

In January 2013, David Stodder from TDWI Research issued the report Achieving Greater Agility with Business Intelligence. The report was based upon the results from 408 survey respondents, interviews, vendor briefings, and other TDWI research reports.TDWI provides education and research in the business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW) industry. The following are some data… Continue reading TDWI Reports On Agile BI/Analytic Facts And Recommendations