Business Analysis for Business Intelligence (Hardcover)

Aligning business intelligence (BI) infrastructure with strategy processes not only improves your organization's ability to respond to change, but also adds significant value to your BI infrastructure and development investments. Until now, there has been a need for a comprehensive book on business analysis for BI that starts with a macro view and gradually narrows it down to real-world tips, templates, and discussion material BI analysts need to know.

Covering the concepts, tools, and background required for successful BI projects, Business Analysis for Business Intelligence describes how to use business intelligence to improve your analysis activities. It outlines a proven framework for developing data models and solutions that fit your organization’s strategy. Explaining how to avoid common pitfalls, it demonstrates how to use continuous improvement to create a strategic knowledge organization and establish a competitive advantage.

• Links proven theories with practical insights
• Describes the questions you need to ask yourself or the client when turning data into information
• Includes discussion items and templates suitable for both IT and business professionals
• Illustrates the root causes behind poor performance management
• Outlines the steps needed to get your BI project started correctly

The book details a framework based on time-tested theories, empirical data, and the author’s experience analyzing strategic processes in dozens of organizations across a range of industries—including financial, logistics, food production, health, telecom, government, and retail. Providing you with the tools to achieve enduring success, the book can help your organization develop successful BI projects and fine-tune them to match the strategic decision making process in your organization.

將以上文字翻譯成繁體中文如下：

「將商業智能（BI）基礎架構與策略流程相結合，不僅可以提升組織應對變化的能力，還能為您的BI基礎架構和開發投資增加顯著價值。迄今為止，對於以BI為基礎的商業分析，一直存在著對一本全面的書籍的需求，該書籍從宏觀視角開始，逐漸縮小到BI分析師需要了解的實用技巧、模板和討論材料。」

「《商業智能的商業分析》涵蓋了成功BI項目所需的概念、工具和背景，描述了如何利用商業智能來改善您的分析活動。它概述了一個經過驗證的框架，用於開發符合組織策略的數據模型和解決方案。該書解釋了如何避免常見的問題，並演示了如何利用持續改進來創建戰略性知識組織並建立競爭優勢。」

「該書將已證實的理論與實用見解相結合，描述了在將數據轉化為信息時，您需要向自己或客戶提出的問題。它包含了適用於IT和商業專業人士的討論項目和模板。該書還說明了導致績效管理不佳的根本原因，並概述了啟動BI項目所需的步驟。」

「該書詳細介紹了一個基於經過時間考驗的理論、實證數據和作者在各行業（包括金融、物流、食品生產、醫療、電信、政府和零售等）中分析戰略流程的經驗的框架。該書提供了實現持久成功所需的工具，可以幫助您的組織開發成功的BI項目，並將其調整到符合組織的戰略決策過程。」