bUSINESS iNTELLIGENCE

mANAGER dECALOGUE

bE aN oRACLEA deep knowledge of all the business processes is more

important than be a good IT technician.

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bE aN eVANGELISTSpread the analysis through all the company areas. Your work

valuation is directly proportional to the analytical capabilities of business guys.

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bE nEAR tHE eSTRATEGYAvoid the intermediates in the business strategy flow

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bE cOMMUNICATIVEThe knowledge is not the power. The power is placed in an

effectively knowledge communication

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bE eNTHUSIASTNumbers are cold, an enthusiast oratory will give you a focus

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tRY tO dEFINE eACH

iNFORMATION aREADistribute the business needs in each business intelligence box: Reporting, Analysis, Data Mining and Dashboards

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tRY tO mAKE sIMPLE aND rOBUST

sYSTEMSPut a big efford in define granularity, re-runnable ETL processes, historification rutines and a good DWH schema. Don’t forget

hardware … multiprocessing and a DBA

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