Today, static business models can not keep pace with change. Ever shifting factors from demographic changes, capital availability and legal regulations to technological innovations and all present digitalization, mean that …
8 Business Intelligence Trends to Embrace in 2016
View Post5 More Themes from a Chief Data Officer Forum
This article is the second of two pieces reflecting on the emerging role of the Chief Data Officer. Each article covers 5 themes. You can read the first five themes …
5 Themes from a Chief Data Officer Forum
This article is the first of two pieces reflecting on the emerging role of the Chief Data Officer. Each article will cover 5 themes and the concluding chapter can also …
The Zachman Framework for Architecture Revisited. On conceiving the informational enterprise
View PostDefining your Architecture Scope: The Role of Value Chains
In the first Article of this series, I discussed the current interest in Business Architecture that has been brewing in the last little while and also discussed some of the …
What does “Value” mean to a Business Analyst?
As a Business Analyst I can contribute analytical and systems thinking So that the eventual solution provides business value by exactly matching the real needs of the business. This Business …
Data Management? Take it with a bit of Philosophy
Of one thing rest assured, I am not a fan of those posts that offer a numbered list of advises, you know, those “7 ways to double your salary”, “9 things you should …
Data Knowledge Democratisation
View PostBusiness Analysts in Distributed Outsourced Projects
by Thomas Behrens, Thomas.Behrens@endava.com Introduction The number of outsourced distributed software development projects increases continuously. During the set-up of these projects, we tend to focus on the developers and testers, less …
Data Governance: A Step Toward Value-Driven Compliance & Risk Management
by Dr. Walid el abed, walid.elabed@globaldataexcellence.com As trivial as it may sound today, 100 years ago companies from all industries elected electricity experts on their senior management team to guide the …
Evolution of Business Analysis – The Next Step Forward?
by David Beckham, Senior Business Analyst, Aviva, david.beckham@aviva.com I recently attended the European Business Analysis Conference in London where a lot of the debate centred around the future of the Business …
Demystifying Big Data Governance
by Peter Hora Big Data is a popular buzzword but when it’s actually used in everyday tasks, practical questions about data governance, no different from those being asked of other …
Big Data Demands Big Picture Thinking, Part 3
View PostEnterprise Architecture. Play or Pass?
How Enterprise Architects Maximize Their Impact on Business Performance By Chris Potts, cdpotts@dominicbarrow.com Chris will be presenting the following two seminars for IRM UK in November in London: Management Strategies …
Just Enough
by: Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Consulting, danette@gfalls.com “Just enough planning to optimize results. Not a drop more! … but not a drop less either.”- Kimberly Weifling So says Kimberly Wiefling in one …
Why user research is vital to the success of your digital transformation
by Kyle MacDonald-Wallis, User researcher, IPL, K.Macdonald-Wallis@ipl.com Design something that helps people and they’ll use it. In turn, your organisation will be able to increase revenue, cut costs, operate more efficiently …
The BI and Data Governance Disconnect
In many organisations the Business Intelligence (or Management Information) team is a very separate entity from the Data Governance or Data Quality team. Indeed, in many organisations the BI Team …
Adapt or Die Trying: The What, Why and How of Innovation
by Daryl Wilkinson. In this blog I asked Jake Chambers @MrJake74 to share his perspective on innovation, and in particular, to discuss why he believes organisations sometimes struggle to maintain …