Many levels of personnel need to stay informed about their organization's performance. Every individual on the team needs to understand and interpret the data, many times, from different perspectives. With self-service tools fueling data democratization, organizations need to rebalance self-service with enterprise BI reporting to ensure governance, data quality, and optimized performance.

This whitepaper discusses the following:

• How to make it easier for users to gain actionable insights
• Why it’s important to balance self-service with enterprise BI reporting
• Technology trends that are enabling organizations to lower TCO
• Strategies for modernizing operational reporting and dashboards for performance management

About the Author:

David Stodder is the Senior Director of TDWI Research for Business Intelligence. He focuses on providing research-based insights and best practices for organizations implementing BI, analytics, data discovery, data visualization, and performance management. Previously, he managed his own independent firm and served as Vice President and Research Director with Ventana Research.