I don’t mind when a client tells me my report is wrong. This was not always how I felt. In over 10 years working in Business Intelligence (BI) and IT I have noticed that a considerable percentage of developers do not take kindly to being told their report/data extract/table is wrong. In some environments I…Continue readingWhys it’s okay when your report is ‘wrong’
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In my opinion “soft” skills such as the ability to listen are hardly ever mentioned as a success factor for data warehousing and BI projects. Part of the problem with BI is the broken telephone effect and to a lesser extent, the technical skills of the developers. Too much time is spent implementing the wrong…Continue readingListening to hear your clients
Nothing irritates me more than redoing BI reports because of an unclear specification. This is a total waste of time that I try avoid at all costs. Decision tables are a simple tool to facilitate effective communication of report logic between business users and BI developers. How many times have you sat through a meeting…Continue readingVisualising Client Reporting Specifications