Review for Desert Tan:Business Intelligence

By: Connie Weekley&

Katie Belcher

Reading List Pro’s•Good Sources•Gave a clear understanding of BI•Appling BI to a little business•Helpful video•Relevant Information

•Repetitive •Video seemed targeted to sales rather

than information

Reading List Con’s

Presentation Pro’s

•Power Points well organized•All given questions were answered•Great real life examples•Concept map looked good•Provided sources for purchasing BI toolsoCognosoMicrosoftoSAS (best video)

Presentation Con’s• Charts were too small to read• Prices?oUnanswered questions:

Can a small company afford SAS? Will it pay off?

• Still confused about CRM & BI

Our Decision…

•We would like to hold off on any BI purchases until we have an accurate price estimation.

•More research about the payoffs.