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Whys it’s okay when your report is ‘wrong’

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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Visualising Client Reporting Specifications

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