Agile BI: Complementing Traditional BI to Address the Shrinking Decision Window

Business answers – not in a month or a week or a day – but RIGHT NOW is what business leaders increasingly demand. A shrinking decision window is becoming the norm, not the exception, and equipping business stakeholders with the information they need, when they need, is paramount.

So why isn’t traditional BI sufficient to handle this emerging need?

In this paper, Aberdeen leverages the research that underlies their “Agile BI: Three Steps to Analytic Heaven” report to explore why companies who combine traditional BI with agile BI tools are best equipped to meet the shrinking decision window reality businesses face.

Read this paper to learn why combining traditional BI and agile BI is proving to be a valuable one-two punch:

• IT is challenged by a shrinking “decision window.” Requests for reports are up and people want them faster than ever before. Data volumes are going through the roof. Adding a self-service BI platform that business users can easily adopt helps alleviate IT’s pain.
• Agile BI helps business managers. Sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, agile BI tools let business users investigate their data and alleviates the backlog facing IT.

You'll also find out how AOL has embraced Tableau, creating a self-service BI environment and creating visualizations that are revealing new insights into business opportunities.

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