Business intelligence systems are a lot like our children, who require constant nurturing to grow into the mature and contributing adults that we hope they will become. At birth, a BI system represents a vision of what it will someday become. This vision is a collection of the wishes and dreams of key stakeholders based on current issues and needs. Just like the visions and plans of young inexperienced parents, these issues and needs change over time, and so do stakeholder visions. As the system matures it must adapt to these changes in order to mature into a relevant and valuable business intelligence solution.

In this on-demand webinar, Ken Collier imagines what would happen if we raised our children like we build BI systems ... We would keep them in highly controlled and protected environments, away from others until they are mature and fully developed. Then we would release them into the world to see if they can function effectively.

Clearly this is not a healthy way to raise a child, nor is it a healthy way to build a business intelligence solution or system.

Ken Collier demonstrates how Agile Business Intelligence — the application of agile values, principles, and practices to data warehousing, data mining, and other BI development efforts — will enable you to treat BI system development like healthy child rearing.

You'll discover how, using Agile BI, the system is, from its inception, frequently exposed to stakeholders - no matter how immature it is. You'll learn how these early versions will help your stakeholders shape their visions and provide meaningful feedback about the system, and enable developers to respond by continuously maturing the system to align with the stakeholders' vision.

Just as children gradually mature, we give them greater freedom and responsibility; similarly as an Agile BI system gradually matures, we increase the number of users who can access the system and it gradually becomes a production system. Ken will help you understand how Agile Business Intelligence can be extremely effective whether you're building an enterprise data warehouse, a customer relationship management system, or advanced set of data mining models.

Learn the values, principals, and practices behind Agile BI, based on specific case examples and successes Ken Collier has experienced as a result of using this method.