Is there a more structured way of introducing or managing a BI initiative, which cannot only meet the current enterprise needs at various levels but can also sustain the future BI initiatives, in a scalable, standardized, and integrated manner? The answer to this lies in a simple pre-BI initiative: a BI consulting exercise. This exercise is the best opportunity for an organization to assess its BI readiness and also to take itself to the higher levels of the BI maturity model. This Executive Update examines such an exercise.