80% of Business Leaders make Critical Decisions without Full Information

Today we have more information at our fingertips than we have ever had before, yet informed decisions are not always made, when they should be. Every critical decision made in business should always be made on the basis of information, statistics and analysis. Although this is a staggering statistic, it has been stated before that [...]

January 29th, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

BI Project Decisions: Ready Made Database Options

There are broadly two types of ready-made Data Warehouse available, these are:

A full data model, usually linked closely with an operational application. SAP, Peoplesoft, Siebel and other software suppliers provide Data Warehouses linked with their ERP and CRM applications.
An industry [...]

January 21st, 2010 by Peter B. Giblett 

Good Decision Making

I think that I have good business instincts and given any situation I will make a good decision. Looking back on my career I am probably batting well above average, but is that good enough?
In order to make a good decision it is important to have at hand all of the pertinent facts. In a [...]

May 21st, 2009 by Peter B. Giblett