The FIT between BI user and solutions.

Writing by Jorgen on Friday, 8 of August , 2008 at 1:37 pm

 

Just imagine that your local hardware store gives you a hammer for each and every project you want to undertake. Paint the house? Here have a hammer. Fix the light? Here have a hammer. Build a shed? Here have a hammer. Actually, that last one made sense. In order to select the right tool you need to know a couple of basic things. One of the most important questions would be: where do you want to use it for? The same thing off course applies for BI tools. Giving a standard reporting tool to all user across the organization does not make sense. Some people might need a dashboard and other statistical data mining tools. Therefore the same question must be asked: where do you want to use it for? But who to ask this question? Do you know your Business Intelligence (BI) End-users? Are you wondering why your BI-applications are barely used? Do you think technology is enough? Do you want to want to get maximum benefit from your BI investments? During the next six months a scientific research project is conducted by a graduate student of Utrecht University to get an answer to these questions. The main goal of this research is to obtain insight into the factors influencing the fit between BI Solutions and BI End-users. Derived from the research goal(s), the following main question is formulated: “What are the major factors influencing the fit between end-users and Business Intelligence Solutions?” Results will be posted regulary at
www.intelligent-business.nl. Are you interested in helping him with his project? To validate the research project several semi-structured interviews will be conducted with BI-Practitioners (in English or Dutch). Please do not hesitate to contact him directly. Send an e-mail to Rick Tijsen or leave a comment in this post.

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