CIA’s insights on the psychology of analysis
Imagine someone writing a book about data analysis without even mentioning software.
“To penetrate the heart and soul of the problem of improving analysis,” writes Richard J. Heuer Jr. in Psychology of Intelligence Analysis, “it is necessary to better understand, influence, and guide the mental processes of analysts themselves.” It’s the mind that does the heavy [...]
BI terms that mean something
What a radical idea: break business intelligence down by the types of work to be done — financial intelligence, human-resources intelligence, risk intelligence, etc. — instead of by the technology — data warehousing, data integration, dashboards, etc.
“If I put my feet in the shoes of a business person listening to someone pitching ‘business intelligence,’ what [...]
Less than meets the ear
Last week, SAS Institute did what few other rearrangers of jargon have done: They got attention — in the way fashion hounds do. They’d like to replace “business intelligence” with “business analytics.” Why? Because “business intelligence is not “where the future is.”
Last year’s styles are never next year’s. Sooner or later, all clothes, cars and [...]
