2013…What a year! maxmetrics successes and challenges

December 20, 2013July 28, 2023 Gloria J. Miller

Once upon a time.. I was very naive to think I could spend a few days or weeks to write a book: “Going Agile Project Management Practices”. I just wanted to document some of my experience about project management specifically being agile. Well, in the end the book project took six months and involved about… Continue reading 2013…What a year! maxmetrics successes and challenges

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Addressing agile challenges

October 12, 2013July 28, 2023 Gloria J. Miller

At the PMI Global Congress in New Orleans, I will present 10 to 12 techniques and practices that can be used to avoid or minimize the common challenges and problems faced in agile projects.

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Business Analytics Marktführer SAS stellt Führungsposition unter Beweis

September 30, 2013July 28, 2024 Admin

1 SAS Forum Deutschland 2013 mit Rekorden SAS Institute zeigte sich auf dem SAS Forum Deutschland 2013 vom 11.-12.09.2013 in Höchstform: Besucher-Rekord, nagelneues Software-Release SAS 9.4, erfolgreiche Kundenprojekte und viele hochinteressante Präsentationen und Diskussionen. Erfreulich ist die Kehrtwende weg von Marketing-lastigen und Technik-entleerten Vorträgen hin zu konkreten Lösungs- und Projektvorträgen, Hands-On-Möglichkeiten, Live-Vorführungen und sogar einem… Continue reading Business Analytics Marktführer SAS stellt Führungsposition unter Beweis

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Creating a color-coded risk matrix in excel

September 30, 2013May 23, 2022 Gloria J. Miller

In the book “Going Agile Project Management Practices”, I describe the use of a color-coded probability and impact matrix for classifying risks. (Figure 1) Visualizing the probability, impact, and severity of risks is a great tool for engaging project team members in risk management. Figure 1 Example Risk Matrix as Excel Bubble Chart

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Agile BI and Analytics : Test Automation

July 2, 2013July 28, 2024 Gloria J. Miller

The agile manifesto (www.agilemanifesto.org) suggests that working software should be delivered in short delivery cycles. To realize this, one of the practices that teams need is test automation.

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Agile BI vs. Lean BI

June 28, 2013September 8, 2023 Gloria J. Miller

At the TDWI Europe Conference, I gave a three-hour presentation on agile business intelligence. Therefore, I have a view on the definition and meaning of agile BI.

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Aberdeen on agile analytics…

June 16, 2013July 28, 2023 Gloria J. MillerQuote

Of 103 respondents “…34% of survey respondents need a more agile analytics solution because of the increasing need for managers to make decisions anytime, anywhere.” — David White (Aberdeen)

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Presentation on agile BI at TDWI on 19-June-2013

June 7, 2013July 28, 2023 Gloria J. Miller3 Comments

On 19-June-2013 at 14:45, I will give a presentation on 25 techniques, guidelines, and skills useful for agile Business Intelligence at the TDWI European Conference. The topics for the presentation are outlined in Figure 1

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BI & Analytic Marketing to an Individual

June 3, 2013July 28, 2023 Gloria J. Miller

Marketing is one of the departments whose effective use of business intelligence and analytics can have a direct impact on the organization’s top line revenue, a tier one-performance measure.

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Business Intelligence & Analytics Tier 3 Performance IT Productivity

May 6, 2013July 28, 2024 Gloria J. Miller

In my view, that BI & Analytics contribute to organizational performance with three different levels of importance. Tier 1: Business Metrics — Are we contributing to profitable revenue growth? Tier 2: User Productivity — Are we impacting the user productivity? Tier 3: IT Productivity — Are we more efficient in our IT operations? In this… Continue reading Business Intelligence & Analytics Tier 3 Performance IT Productivity