As a BI Practitioner
I want to understand what AgileBI is and how it differs to Agile
So that I know what approaches to use (and which approaches not to)

When deliverying new Data, Analytics or Content in an AgileBI you have the benfit of leveraging the majority of the Agile approaches that have been defined and refined over the many years the various Agile approaches have been around.

But some of these some of these Agile approaches need to be tailored when delivering Data, Analytics and Content.  This is typically due to the complexity that comes with data we do not create or control.  AgileBI delivery is different to the typical “APP” development where the developer has control of both the way data is captured and the way it is presented.

For example I have found that using three weeks as a sprint iteration is more effective than the standard two weeks.

The articles below provide more details on the differences and the recommended techniques for deliverying in an AgileBI way.

AgileBI Team Articles

To blog or not to blog ……

I returned a while ago from four weeks overseas in a family holiday. I had thought I would spend the down time in the evening catching up with my reading and writing some blogs I have had in my head for a while. I managed to achieve one of the two. If you follow our...

? vs ?

As you may have noticed we have launched Poli vs Poli, a micro website that shows a number of metrics based on tweets about New Zealand politicians. Somebody asked me the other days where the Idea came from. We had the idea a few years ago before the last election....

Complexity is often the basis for making something simple

When we launched MagnumBI our goal was to make Business Intelligence as simple as possible for our customers. As a result we have ended up building a fairly complex architecture under the covers. Why you might ask? If you think about Dropbox it's a very simple product...

When presenting, present what counts for your audience first

I have been to a few conferences and presentations this year.  A big part of my role is to look to the future to see what is new in the world of Business Intelligence and what it could mean for our customers. So attending these (along with lots of research and...

Sex Sells – What about Advanced Analytics Tools?

When I was working in Presales at Oracle, doing penance by trying to sell Oracle Applications, I got my butt constantly whopped by Peoplesoft. Why? Sex Sells! Yes they had a few features we didn't (date effective GL hierarchies were a killer), but we had "the stack",...

The Wellington contractor market is changing – watch out

Its a very interesting time for the contractor market in Wellington this year, a number of major changes by Government last year, coupled with some some other factors has made the market tight for contractors and my view is it will get tighter as we head into 2014. So...

Gartner Magic Quadrant – “Advanced” Analytics 2014

It's that time of year again when Gartner publish their BI related magic quadrants and the vendors all blog. tweet and email the good news of where they sit. This year Gartner released a new quadrant, focussed on Advanced Analytics vendors.   Here it is:   I'm a...

Webstock – The Internet removes barriers

My current standing joke is: “I have a great product idea i’m about to launch I just have to figure out how to build it and then how to sell it” At Webstock one of the many great presentations was by Spoek Mathambo about how the internet is changing things for music in South Africa. […]

Other Blogs from this category

To blog or not to blog ……

I returned a while ago from four weeks overseas in a family holiday. I had thought I would spend the down time in the evening catching up with my reading and writing some blogs I have had in my head for a while. I managed to achieve one of the two. If you follow our...

? vs ?

As you may have noticed we have launched Poli vs Poli, a micro website that shows a number of metrics based on tweets about New Zealand politicians. Somebody asked me the other days where the Idea came from. We had the idea a few years ago before the last election....

Complexity is often the basis for making something simple

When we launched MagnumBI our goal was to make Business Intelligence as simple as possible for our customers. As a result we have ended up building a fairly complex architecture under the covers. Why you might ask? If you think about Dropbox it's a very simple product...

When presenting, present what counts for your audience first

I have been to a few conferences and presentations this year.  A big part of my role is to look to the future to see what is new in the world of Business Intelligence and what it could mean for our customers. So attending these (along with lots of research and...

Sex Sells – What about Advanced Analytics Tools?

When I was working in Presales at Oracle, doing penance by trying to sell Oracle Applications, I got my butt constantly whopped by Peoplesoft. Why? Sex Sells! Yes they had a few features we didn't (date effective GL hierarchies were a killer), but we had "the stack",...

The Wellington contractor market is changing – watch out

Its a very interesting time for the contractor market in Wellington this year, a number of major changes by Government last year, coupled with some some other factors has made the market tight for contractors and my view is it will get tighter as we head into 2014. So...

Gartner Magic Quadrant – “Advanced” Analytics 2014

It's that time of year again when Gartner publish their BI related magic quadrants and the vendors all blog. tweet and email the good news of where they sit. This year Gartner released a new quadrant, focussed on Advanced Analytics vendors.   Here it is:   I'm a...

Webstock – The Internet removes barriers

My current standing joke is: “I have a great product idea i’m about to launch I just have to figure out how to build it and then how to sell it” At Webstock one of the many great presentations was by Spoek Mathambo about how the internet is changing things for music in South Africa. […]

Other Blogs from this category

To blog or not to blog ……

I returned a while ago from four weeks overseas in a family holiday. I had thought I would spend the down time in the evening catching up with my reading and writing some blogs I have had in my head for a while. I managed to achieve one of the two. If you follow our...

? vs ?

As you may have noticed we have launched Poli vs Poli, a micro website that shows a number of metrics based on tweets about New Zealand politicians. Somebody asked me the other days where the Idea came from. We had the idea a few years ago before the last election....

Complexity is often the basis for making something simple

When we launched MagnumBI our goal was to make Business Intelligence as simple as possible for our customers. As a result we have ended up building a fairly complex architecture under the covers. Why you might ask? If you think about Dropbox it's a very simple product...

When presenting, present what counts for your audience first

I have been to a few conferences and presentations this year.  A big part of my role is to look to the future to see what is new in the world of Business Intelligence and what it could mean for our customers. So attending these (along with lots of research and...

Sex Sells – What about Advanced Analytics Tools?

When I was working in Presales at Oracle, doing penance by trying to sell Oracle Applications, I got my butt constantly whopped by Peoplesoft. Why? Sex Sells! Yes they had a few features we didn't (date effective GL hierarchies were a killer), but we had "the stack",...

The Wellington contractor market is changing – watch out

Its a very interesting time for the contractor market in Wellington this year, a number of major changes by Government last year, coupled with some some other factors has made the market tight for contractors and my view is it will get tighter as we head into 2014. So...

Gartner Magic Quadrant – “Advanced” Analytics 2014

It's that time of year again when Gartner publish their BI related magic quadrants and the vendors all blog. tweet and email the good news of where they sit. This year Gartner released a new quadrant, focussed on Advanced Analytics vendors.   Here it is:   I'm a...

Webstock – The Internet removes barriers

My current standing joke is: “I have a great product idea i’m about to launch I just have to figure out how to build it and then how to sell it” At Webstock one of the many great presentations was by Spoek Mathambo about how the internet is changing things for music in South Africa. […]