AgileBI
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 Discipline
AgileBI Process
AgileBI Team Articles
Yellowfin just makes a noob feel welcome
One of the things you often hear is people discussing how sexy or easy to use a BI tool is. I remember when I was at Oracle and for my (future) sins was trying to sell Oracle Applications up against Peoplesoft. We constantly got our arses whipped and one of the...
We are BEAM’ing Lawrence Corr to NZ in 2015
As part of our adoption of AgileBI, we have started the journey using the BEAM* methodology, to introduce Agile in our requirements gathering and data modelling approach. We have used this approach on a couple of projects, and as Shaun has blogged, we have also done...
UX Design, looks like a fun journey, and lots of opinions
We are at the stage with MagnumBI that we will soon be starting to develop the web front-end that enables business users to configure their own data warehouse structures. Its going to be based on a business model construct rather than a ETL construct (what business...
Meet the Orange Family
When we were deciding what software components we would embed in MagnumBI to provide all the capability we needed, without having to build it all ourselves. we evaluated them based on a couple of core criteria such as: Features/functions of the product Licensing cost...
The Art of Weeding
The other weekend we weeded our garden at home. It was a funny old thing, one of us would start on an area that was covered in weeds, pull them out on mass and then eventually move on to another area (either believing we had done a good job and finished the area, or...
RapidMiner Repository Database Options
When you install RapidMiner Server it automatically installs a repository inside the database of your choice. And the choices are (in RapidMiner Server 6.x): MySQl Postgres Oracle Microsoft Sql Server Ingres The repository holds all the metadata, config etc for your...
RapidMiner Documentation
As we delve into using new tools, one of the first things we do is list all the resources we can find for the given product/tool etc so we can easily find it later. So i'm going to put everything I find in this blog in case your looking for it too. RapidMiner Official...
This week I sat and listened to a leader
His name is Matt Mullenweg. This is what he looks like: Matt is a Leader. Matt is also 30, a Texan who lives in San Fran now and 11 years ago he started the open source software called Wordpress, via a "Not for Profit"organisation Wordpress.org. Did you know that...
Do you stand out in a crowd?
As I have mentioned I have sat through a lot of presentation this year. When I get bored my mind wanders. One of these times I thought: "I wonder if all these different BI company tag lines are similar" So here we go, a selection of tag lines from BI companies:...
Other Blogs from this category
Yellowfin just makes a noob feel welcome
One of the things you often hear is people discussing how sexy or easy to use a BI tool is. I remember when I was at Oracle and for my (future) sins was trying to sell Oracle Applications up against Peoplesoft. We constantly got our arses whipped and one of the...
We are BEAM’ing Lawrence Corr to NZ in 2015
As part of our adoption of AgileBI, we have started the journey using the BEAM* methodology, to introduce Agile in our requirements gathering and data modelling approach. We have used this approach on a couple of projects, and as Shaun has blogged, we have also done...
UX Design, looks like a fun journey, and lots of opinions
We are at the stage with MagnumBI that we will soon be starting to develop the web front-end that enables business users to configure their own data warehouse structures. Its going to be based on a business model construct rather than a ETL construct (what business...
Meet the Orange Family
When we were deciding what software components we would embed in MagnumBI to provide all the capability we needed, without having to build it all ourselves. we evaluated them based on a couple of core criteria such as: Features/functions of the product Licensing cost...
The Art of Weeding
The other weekend we weeded our garden at home. It was a funny old thing, one of us would start on an area that was covered in weeds, pull them out on mass and then eventually move on to another area (either believing we had done a good job and finished the area, or...
RapidMiner Repository Database Options
When you install RapidMiner Server it automatically installs a repository inside the database of your choice. And the choices are (in RapidMiner Server 6.x): MySQl Postgres Oracle Microsoft Sql Server Ingres The repository holds all the metadata, config etc for your...
RapidMiner Documentation
As we delve into using new tools, one of the first things we do is list all the resources we can find for the given product/tool etc so we can easily find it later. So i'm going to put everything I find in this blog in case your looking for it too. RapidMiner Official...
This week I sat and listened to a leader
His name is Matt Mullenweg. This is what he looks like: Matt is a Leader. Matt is also 30, a Texan who lives in San Fran now and 11 years ago he started the open source software called Wordpress, via a "Not for Profit"organisation Wordpress.org. Did you know that...
Do you stand out in a crowd?
As I have mentioned I have sat through a lot of presentation this year. When I get bored my mind wanders. One of these times I thought: "I wonder if all these different BI company tag lines are similar" So here we go, a selection of tag lines from BI companies:...
Other Blogs from this category
Yellowfin just makes a noob feel welcome
One of the things you often hear is people discussing how sexy or easy to use a BI tool is. I remember when I was at Oracle and for my (future) sins was trying to sell Oracle Applications up against Peoplesoft. We constantly got our arses whipped and one of the...
We are BEAM’ing Lawrence Corr to NZ in 2015
As part of our adoption of AgileBI, we have started the journey using the BEAM* methodology, to introduce Agile in our requirements gathering and data modelling approach. We have used this approach on a couple of projects, and as Shaun has blogged, we have also done...
UX Design, looks like a fun journey, and lots of opinions
We are at the stage with MagnumBI that we will soon be starting to develop the web front-end that enables business users to configure their own data warehouse structures. Its going to be based on a business model construct rather than a ETL construct (what business...
Meet the Orange Family
When we were deciding what software components we would embed in MagnumBI to provide all the capability we needed, without having to build it all ourselves. we evaluated them based on a couple of core criteria such as: Features/functions of the product Licensing cost...
The Art of Weeding
The other weekend we weeded our garden at home. It was a funny old thing, one of us would start on an area that was covered in weeds, pull them out on mass and then eventually move on to another area (either believing we had done a good job and finished the area, or...
RapidMiner Repository Database Options
When you install RapidMiner Server it automatically installs a repository inside the database of your choice. And the choices are (in RapidMiner Server 6.x): MySQl Postgres Oracle Microsoft Sql Server Ingres The repository holds all the metadata, config etc for your...
RapidMiner Documentation
As we delve into using new tools, one of the first things we do is list all the resources we can find for the given product/tool etc so we can easily find it later. So i'm going to put everything I find in this blog in case your looking for it too. RapidMiner Official...
This week I sat and listened to a leader
His name is Matt Mullenweg. This is what he looks like: Matt is a Leader. Matt is also 30, a Texan who lives in San Fran now and 11 years ago he started the open source software called Wordpress, via a "Not for Profit"organisation Wordpress.org. Did you know that...
Do you stand out in a crowd?
As I have mentioned I have sat through a lot of presentation this year. When I get bored my mind wanders. One of these times I thought: "I wonder if all these different BI company tag lines are similar" So here we go, a selection of tag lines from BI companies:...