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Tag Archives: Business Management

Strategic Data Warehousing: A Smart Approach – REMASTER 2026

17 Wednesday Sep 2014

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business analysis, business intelligence, Business Management, enterprise data warehousing, Goal Setting, Information Technology, IT Strategy, Organisational Autism, Requirements management, Strategy

HERE WE ARE!

Extract taken from the draft work-in-progress provisionally titled Assess! Choose! Act! Data Warehousing and Strategy by Martyn Jones 

It’s a fantastically chic restaurant. It’s one of the best, if not the best in town. It’s Catalan or Basque, for sure. A group of twelve people sit at a round table. Silver service, starched white linen, spotless polished lead crystal glass, the works. There is even a minimalist arrangement of seasonal flowers. The owner of the exquisite restaurant walks across to the table, accompanied by one of her impeccably uniformed staff, who holds a notepad and pen in readiness; “Good afternoon, and, what would our esteemed ladies and gentlemen like today?” she asks.

Confused? If you haven’t seen this before then you should be. So just read on fellow traveller.

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Addressing Professionalism Issues in Data Warehousing

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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Behavioural Economics, Business Management, Information and Technology, Information Technology, Organisational Autism, Strategy

People are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with the quality and quantity of many self-styled data warehousing and business intelligence professionals, organisations, and individuals. The perceived and increasing degradation of professionalism and integrity in my own areas of specialisation also finds echo in other aspects of Information and Communication Technology practice, but for now, that is outside the scope of this piece.

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Understanding IT Failures: A Path to Improvement – REMASTER 2026

14 Sunday Sep 2014

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Business Management, Information and Technology, Information Technology, Organisational Autism, Strategy

My original intention was not to write a book on the decline and fall of so many projects, but rather to pen a short essay, a sort of hard-hitting criticism of the litany of IT failures. Of course, this is rarely enough; it wasn’t enough because it identified the issues without provoking debate, and it highlighted common issues without providing guideline suggestions, which meant that it appeared upon reflection to come across as too much like a hi-tech hit and run exercise, beating up on IT failures without actually offering tangible solutions.

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