Aligning BI to Business Goals

Regardless of whether you are starting out with a departmental implementation or with the simple goal of automating a legacy report process, the sweet spot of BI is when it is aligned with the business goals. This is when SAP BusinessObjects is not merely a productivity tool (for example, to get the same data faster), but also a strategic tool that measurably affects company profitability, competitiveness, and market share.

According to BI Scorecard’s 2011 Successful BI Survey, alignment with business goals was the number one ranked organizational factor for BI success. Even if you start out implementing SAP BusinessObjects to fulfill IT cost-reduction goals, the road does not end there. Its uses will evolve, and ...

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