
The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence
Description
Key Features
- A practical, process-oriented book that will help organizations realize the promise of BI
- Written by Nancy and Steve Williams, veteran consultants and instructors with hands-on, "in the trenches" experience in government and corporate business intelligence applications
- Will help senior business and IT executives understand the strategic impact of BI and how they can help ensure a strong payoff on BI investments
Readership
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The business value of business intelligence
Chapter 2: Identifying and prioritizing business intelligence -driven opportunities for your organization
Chapter 3: Business intelligence readiness
Chapter 4: Business-centric business intelligence development with the BI pathway method
Chapter 5: Leading and managing a business intelligence-driven profit improvement program
Chapter 6: Business intelligence in the broader information technology context
Chapter 7: Important ways business intelligence can drive profit improvement
Chapter 8: Common mistakes companies make on business intelligence initiatives
Chapter 9: A view over the horizon
A business intelligence glossary
A business intelligence
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
Product details
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2006
- Published: December 5, 2006
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080467764
About the Authors
Steve Williams

As a BI strategy consultant, Steve has had the privilege of working with successful companies in retail, distribution, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, government, and electric power. His clients have included:
• ArcBest
• Heinens Fine Foods
• Louisville Gas and Electric
• Navy Federal Credit Union
• Northwestern Mutual Life
• Partners Federal Credit Union
• Pinnacle Foods Group
• Principal Financial Group
• Toronto Hydro Electric System
• United Natural Foods
• U.S. Social Security Administration
• Watsco
While the industries and companies are different, there are many common challenges when it comes to leveraging BI, analytics, and big data to enhance profitability. Steve understands these challenges, and he provides proven methods for meeting them.
In addition to his consulting work, Steve is also an active contributor to the field of business intelligence, analytics, and big data. He and Nancy Williams wrote The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence in 2006, and Steve has continued to write for magazines such as Strategic Finance, Business Intelligence Journal, and MWorld (The Journal of the American Management Association). In addition to widely-sharing his thinking about BI, analytics, and big data, Steve has also served as a judge since 2001 for the annual TDWI Best Practices in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Competition.
Prior to founding DecisionPath, Steve worked for twenty years in several specialized consulting companies where he developed expertise in program management, systems integration, software engineering, and management accounting. He holds an MBA in General Management from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Maryland.
Affiliations and Expertise
Nancy Williams
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