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Nov 06

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Business analytics must haves for 2018, what’s on other people’s lists?

According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2018 is the year of the Earth Dog and it’s characteristic word is ACTION! We are told that it will be a good year in all respects, but we must resist the urge to postpone our activities and accelerate the initiation of all things on... read more →

Sep 27

Open source, is it the “real thing”?

We have been increasing the use of open source technologies such as Talend for building information solutions for our clients. Open source tools are now dominating thought leadership and innovation. They have also upped their game in reliability and support options, so they can be considered a viable and cost... read more →

Sep 21

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Cognos Analytics R7 has landed and here are the 5 top reasons you want to move to this version

Increased Dashboard Functionality With new and updated functionality around filters, calculations and visualisations this is the most exciting release of Cognos Analytics. Here are a few of the updates: Enhanced Filtering – the addition of the Filter dock area at the top of the Dashboard allows users to declutter their... read more →

Sep 13

Working software over comprehensive documentation

Intro Repeat after me – “I have been born to be agile”. As Steve Jobs once remarked – “…I know what I want once I see it…”. If you look at the human spirit, at heart, it adapts. It improvises. And ohhhhhhhh man does it survive. The human mind is... read more →

Aug 22

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Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

This is the first in a series of articles which deal with the values in the Agile manifesto. “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools“. In agile, we acknowledge that the stuff on the right (the stuff in italic) is important. But we value the stuff on the left more... read more →

Aug 01

“Doing” agile versus “being” agile

So you have a stand-up every morning. Good for you… So you have JIRA. Even better for you…. But are you working on things that are forever stuck on your board? If so, you are probably “doing agile” instead of “being agile” (thanks boss – you rock). Being agile is... read more →

Jul 20

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Decision making, dashboards and an expanded user base

As a reporting mechanism, dashboards offer businesses the ability to move beyond figures and data, into a world were aggregated information and display metrics can be consumed and understood by simply looking and absorbing. Decision making with dashboards According to Gartner research, dashboards help by improving decision making by using... read more →

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Business Intelligence, Dashboards & Visualisation

Jul 11

Warehousing Scrum – practical application thereof

In my last blog I left off with a discussion around this thing called “The Scrum”. So, what in fact is this thing? The scrum For those of you who have ever watched a game of rugby, you will appreciate this statement – a scrum in rugby is a dark... read more →

Jul 01

Agile for Warehousing. My story.

I have been doing data warehousing for as long as I can remember. In many forms – sometimes “operational”, sometimes “analytical”, sometimes Kimball, sometimes Inmon. In most cases a hybrid. I pride myself on being technology agnostic and really not concerning myself too much with all the bells and whistles... read more →

Jun 09

Dashboards and data visualisations

Significant amounts of dense or confusing quantitative information can be a challenge to understand, even for those who are experienced in reading complex data. When intricate data sets are more streamlined and visual, the information is far more easily absorbed and understood. The rules of design This is where design comes... read more →