Business Intelligence: A picture (or Flash demo) is worth a thousand words

June 18, 2009
miproconsulting
Blog

Business Intelligence (BI) is one of those things that we can talk to clients about until our jaws cramp and they still have only a loose impression of what the business value actually looks like. Folks get the concept and the high-level potential, but they struggle to apply the concept to a real business scenario, although they know it applies to many. This is partially why, for so many years, BI was simply summarized as fancy reporting and a few automotive-themed dashboards.

The following Flash demo, courtesy of Oracle, does exactly what we try to do in our BI workshops: it paints a picture of how BI helps detail real business problems. In plain English and way that almost any exec can appreciate.

One of MiPro’s founding partners said this is one of the most powerful BI examples he’s ever seen. Give it a look and see if you agree.

Business Intelligence and Oracle Financial Analytics (Flash demo, 3 mins)