{"id":1864,"date":"2011-02-01T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2011-02-01T07:00:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T15:00:48","slug":"business-intelligence-think-like-a-leader-not-like-a-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/business-intelligence-think-like-a-leader-not-like-a-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Intelligence: Think like a Leader, not like a Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nature of Business Intelligence software is changing and BI\u00a0technology is positioned for rapid change<\/a> in the next few years. \u00a0Patrick Meehan<\/a> at Gartner refers to the change as being a cultural one <\/a>and well as a technological one. \u00a0We’ve seen in our earlier posts that BI software is becoming easier to use and more “self service” and “consumer software like”. \u00a0The ease of use has and will continue to broaden the audience of users and expand the way in which BI technology is applied.<\/p>\n

NetworkWorld<\/a> quotes Meehan as saying: “Traditionally, BI has been used for performance reporting from historical data, and as a planning and forecasting tool for a relatively small number of people in an organisation that relies on historical data to plan ahead…” \u00a0 Modelling future scenarios permits “an examination of new business models, new market opportunities and new products, and creates a culture of opportunity.”<\/p>\n

For BI to be able to deliver and continue to appeal to an ever wider base of users, Meehan says that organizations need to change their usage habits of the software as follows:<\/p>\n