Oct 2010

Agile BIConnect, Map & Visualize

| Our world is changing..

• Connected

• Interconnected

• Distributed

Digg labs

• Interactive

• Real-time

• Mobile

| Use of BI is changing…

• Disposable BI

• Googlization

• Larger user base (internal & external)

• More data

• Less time

Google maps, finance, analytics

| Traditional BI has failed

Average Implementation time:

17 months in total; 5 months to deploy the 1st usable analytic application

Mean annual expenditure on BI software:

$1.1 million for companies with >1,000 employees

Project Success Rate:

31% success rate; at best

Meeting needs - right data to the right person:

only 36% are confident that reports and dashboards deliver the right data to the right person at the right time.

IDC Business Intelligence Survey

“Agile Business Intelligence helps make sense of the changing landscape”

| Agile Methodology

12 core principles… but the key messages are:•Customer centric design•Continuous delivery•Business & Tech work together daily•Acceptance of change requests•Working software is the measure of success•Ease of use

For more detail: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

| Agile Business Intelligence

Agile BI is about :

•Technology

•Culture

•Process

| Agile BI Technology

Agile BI technology needs to be:

•End User Driven

•Intuitive

•Flexible

Versus

| Agile BI Culture

Agile BI culture is about :

•Data driven decision making

•Pervasive – anywhere, anytime access

•Supportive

| Agile BI Process

Agile BI process is about :

•Iterative & continuous deployment

•Small cross functional teams

•Continuous improvement

YellowfinAn agile BI environment

| Yellowfin – agile BI

• Ease of use• Single integrated environment• Iterative development• Collaborative• Device independent

| Yellowfin – Architecture

| Why its important

• Lower cost

• Lower complexity

• Higher ease of use

“Enterprises need to keep an eye on emerging BI technology areas especially in-memory analytics, mobile BI apps and interactive visualization”

Gartner 2010

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