As John Lauer and a team of supporting authors at Microsoft® made clear in a white paper, “How to Choose the Right Business Intelligence [BI] Technology to Suit Your Style”, “[b]usinesses, in an effort to stay one step ahead, collect large amounts of data ranging from demographics, buyer behavior, and customer loyalty to financial and operational data. Unfortunately the data is useless for decision making, its intended purpose, without a way of organizing and displaying it as meaningful information.” Whether the objective is better project portfolio management, the compilation of useful business key performance indicators (KPIs), balanced scorecards, or executive…
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