AgileBI Delivery
As a BI Practitioner
I want to understand how to deliver in an AgileBI way
So that I can deliver faster and with less risk
There are a number of Agile focussed delivery techniques that you should implement when deliverying Data, Analytics or Visualisations in an AgileBI way.
There are also a raft of waterfall focussed techniques, that have minimal value in an AgileBI approach and so should be avoided if possible.
The articles below provide more details on both.
Requirements
SAS 9.4 – Alas poor Jboss, Websphere and Weblogic I knew them well
The papers for SAS Forum 2013 are published over at http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings13/ We have had heads up on some of the major changes in SAS 9.4 for a while, but as none of it was official (and I don't seem to have the time to gossip as much as...
SAS VA – iOS, Flash and Android interfaces
Tricia blogged some interesting questions about SAS Visual Analytics today over at: Are You a SAS BI Geek Seeking Visual Analytics Answers at #SASGF13?. Unfortunately I can't make it to San Fran SASGF13 to sit through the SAS VA sessions, but we are rapidly executing...
Putting back tabs in SAS WRS 4.3
In SAS Web Report Studio 4.3, users can set an option that will display navigational tabs for report sections, similar to the tabs that appeared in version 3.1. To set this property, make the following changes to the SAS Web Report Studio properties in SAS® Management...
So who has the best Sausage Rolls in Wellington?
One of my favourite part of a project, is celebrating success at the end of it. Today we were privileged to celebrate with one of our great customers via a sausage roll-off. The challenge was to find the best sausage rolls in Wellington. We got pipped at the post...
Adding Login back to the SAS 9.2/9.3 Portal
If you need to display the login link on the portal after a user has logged out, Angela has posted how to do it here: http://blogs.sas.com/content/bi/2010/11/23/save-user-frustration-by-adding-the-magic-log-back-in-button/
OptimalBI to open new office in Caymen Islands
In a press release today OptimalBI announced that after being in operation for 5 years in the Wellington region they have decided to expand and open an overseas office, in the Caymen Islands. OptimalBI has grown from a small company in 2008 that focussed on delivering...
Adding WRS to Portal in SAS 9.2 / 9.3
Want to add Web Report Studio as a link in the SAS 9.2/9.3 Portal with single sign-on? Add a Portal application using the following url: http://<your server>:<your port>/SASWebReportStudio/logonFromPortal.do
Whirp, Whirp, Whirp, Please hide the Export button in SAS Web Report Studio
As many Kiwis will attest there is a serious focus on Privacy of information within New Zealand Central Government at the present moment. So it was not a surprise when a customer asked if it would be possible to hide the export option from the SAS Web Report Studio...
eeny meeny miny mo – Who’s on your team?
When you are putting together the roles and responsibilities to implement a Business Intelligence or Data Warehouse project, you probably have the following roles defined: Team Lead Designer / Data Modeller ETL Developer BI Developer Im assuming the Initiation,...
The business model for BI is changing
Anybody who knows me knows that I am a big fan of Seth Godin. I find his logic enlightening, his insight well-reasoned, his writing innovative and when added together he is just cool! (Pity I didn't think of this way to see Seth cheap, like Victoria's friend) Seths...
SAS Visual Analytics Short Online Demo
Quick overview on SAS Visual Analytics from the SAS Software Youtube channel below. Excuse the number of times they say daaaattaaaa and the word Billion (and no thats not the price 😉 Interesting bits I picked up: It automatically picks the most suitable...
SAS Inno”VA”tion
SAS has been around for a long time and you have to admit it has been a very successful company announcing USD $2.8 billion in revenue lately, while remaining privately owned and focussed on delivering Analytics and related Business Intelligence software. But it's...
Google insight – is this the future of Analytics?
I found an interesting article here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/justinesharrock/a-glimpse-into-googles-brain-hidden-in-a-spreadsheet-app It outlines how if you open a google docs spreadsheet and create two cells of related text (say two different brand of beers) then...
Gartner (meta) BI Definitions – Definitions about Definitions
When reading the latest 2013 Gartner BI and Analytics Magic Quadrant I noticed that they have included some definitions of the various capabilities in each of the BI categories. I wil no doubt end up cutting and pasting them into a few BI Strategy documents this...
Gartner Magic Quadrant Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms 2013
Gartner released their latest Magic Quadrant for BI last month. My thoughts as I when reading through the document: Microsoft has shot right up and given the massive disparity in pricing between them and the old Mega BI Vendors club (Oracle, IBM, SAS, SAP) and the...
Innovation Innovation where for art thou
I was sitting at the SUNZ conference last week listening to Evan Stubbs talk about Innovation and Analytics and how over the next 3-5 years there will be a marked shortage in Analytical bods, as the demand for these skills will far outweigh the supply. One of the examples of Innovation Evan gave was that old favourite […]
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings and not an outcome to drink
It would be fair to say that when working with customers defining or implementing BI strategies or architectures, I spend a bit of time in meetings with them. Meetings are always booked for at least an hour often two. (as compared to workshops that are normally 1/2 a...
Apple Retail Stores are a competitive advantage, goes against conventional wisdom or does it?
Interesting article on how Apple are closing down 20 retail stores so they can move them to alternative locations that allow them to be bigger: http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/12/apple-closing-20-retail-stores-in-order-expand/ Interesting as of course the conventional wisdom for retailers for the last few years has been to from “bricks and mortar” to an eChannel strategy. However there has been a lot of noise around people […]
What motivates the team behind a company
I have worked for enough "big" companies that pay lip service to motivation, especially when it comes to renumeration. As part of the sales team for these organisations it was often a see saw between a big carrot and an even bigger stick (especially at fiscal year...
Articles on Setting up CDC for SSIS 2012
I am doing some work at the moment working out options to enable Change Data Capture (CDC) within Microsoft SQL Server 2012. As always there are a number of blogs, articles etc on the web that give you a head start. As I find the ones that are useful I will add them...
Using the Art of Visualisation to tell a story
This is a great example of using visualisation to tell a story by Hans Rosling's. Its from the The Joy of Stats which was a show on BBC Four it seems, wonder if it was ever on NZ TV?