by Colin McGowan (Author)

The Business Intelligence Pocket Guide steps through the essential elements for creating a successful business intelligence capability in your organisation.

Inside the guide:

• 3 pillars of a business intelligence strategy
• 5 essential ingredients of every business intelligence project
• 6 concise chapters of practical advice

Written for the analyst, executive, manager, and technology professional alike, the Business Intelligence Pocket Guide is a jargon free and vendor neutral introduction to the opportunities and issues common to all business intelligence projects.

Author Biography

Colin McGowan is a business intelligence consultant with 10 years of experience designing and implementing decision support and process improvement solutions for organisations across a wide range of industries in London (UK) and Sydney (Australia). He has a Law Degree (LLB Hons), a Post Graduate Diploma in Software Development, and a Master's Degree in Computing. For his Master's Degree, he spent two years actively researching data warehouse modelling methodologies. Colin is the founder of CMBI (colin mcgowan - business intelligence), a business intelligence consultancy service based in Sydney, Australia, where he currently lives with his wife and family.