Actionable Intelligence - A Guide to Delivering Business Results With Big Data Fast!

Building an analysis ecosystem for a smarter approach to intelligence
 
Keith Carter's Actionable Intelligence: A Guide to Delivering Business Results with Big Data Fast! is the comprehensive guide to achieving the dream that business intelligence practitioners have been chasing since the concept itself came into being. Written by an IT visionary with extensive global supply chain experience and insight, this book describes what happens when team members have accurate, reliable, usable, and timely information at their fingertips. With a focus on leveraging big data, the book provides expert guidance on developing an analytical ecosystem to effectively manage, use the internal and external information to deliver business results.
 
This book is written by an author who's been in the trenches for people who are in the trenches. It's for practitioners in the real world, who know delivering results is easier said than done - fraught with failure, and difficult politics. A landscape where reason and passion are needed to make a real difference.
 
This book lays out the appropriate way to establish a culture of fact-based decision making, innovation, forward looking measurements, and appropriate high-speed governance. Readers will enable their organization to:
* Answer strategic questions faster
* Reduce data acquisition time and increase analysis time to improve outcomes
* Shift the focus to positive results rather than past failures
* Expand opportunities by more effectively and thoughtfully leveraging information
 
Big data makes big promises, but it cannot deliver without the right recipe of people, processes and technology in place. It's about choosing the right people, giving them the right tools, and taking a thoughtful--rather than formulaic--approach. Actionable Intelligence provides expert guidance toward envisioning, budgeting, implementing, and delivering real benefits.

Table des matières

Preface xi
 
Acknowledgments xvii
 
Introduction 1
 
Chapter 1: Vision of Actionable Intelligence 5
 
The Challenge at Hand 7
 
The Big Data Lie 13
 
Actionable Intelligence: The Road and the Destination 14
 
Stages of Actionable Intelligence: Getting Ready for the Journey by Knowing Where You Are and Where to Go 22
 
Are You Ready to Take the First Step? 26
 
Summary and Considerations 29
 
Notes 29
 
Chapter 2: Discovery of the Business Situation (Business Discovery) 31
 
Government Intelligence 34
 
Ask the Questions 37
 
Answer the Questions: Business Discovery 38
 
Visual Consistency and the First Tool 42
 
Off to the Races 45
 
Summary and Considerations 45
 
Notes 45
 
Chapter 3: Creating a Foundation of Data 47
 
Building the Foundation 48
 
Benefi ts of Having the Right Data 49
 
The Data Challenge 50
 
Acquire Data in Four Consistent Steps 51
 
The Byproduct: Master Data Management 61
 
Data Management Issues in the Spotlight 63
 
The Data Supply Chain 65
 
Build the House 65
 
Summary and Considerations 67
 
Notes 68
 
Chapter 4: Visualization 69
 
Complete Circle 70
 
So Now, How Can You Do It? 74
 
The Way Ahead 77
 
Example of Iterative Visualization to Solve the Question "How Do I Get There Quickly, Safely, Effi ciently:" Leveraging Global Positioning System Data 77
 
Effective Visualizations: Tell a Story to Your Mind 80
 
Noticing Visualization Pitfalls 80
 
Summary and Considerations 83
 
Notes 83
 
Chapter 5: The Initial Answers 85
 
Attempting to Regularly Capture Benefits, False Starts, and a Rhythm 87
 
The Results of Actionable Intelligence Delivered 87
 
The Power of Quotes 89
 
Possibilities with Actionable Intelligence 89
 
Almost Done? 98
 
Summary and Considerations 99
 
Note 99
 
Chapter 6: Time for Change 101
 
Collaborative Business Planning 103
 
Linking Collaboration to Actionable Intelligence 106
 
Summary and Considerations 110
 
Chapter 7: Governance: Funding Intelligence, Protecting the Results 111
 
An Actionable Intelligence Governance Methodology 112
 
Intelligence Budgeting 121
 
Remember the Key Points of the UPS Story 122
 
Governing the Use of Actionable Intelligence and Establishing Data Security 125
 
Summary and Considerations 133
 
Notes 133
 
Chapter 8: Sustaining Delivery of Actionable Intelligence 135
 
Leading Intelligence 136
 
Quick Wins to Build Trust 140
 
Hiring Done Right for Big Data with Big Data 145
 
Training 148
 
Business Cultural Change 149
 
Communication 155
 
Knowledge Lock?]In 157
 
What's Next? 159
 
Summary and Considerations 161
 
Notes 161
 
Chapter 9: Tying It All Together 163
 
Clifford Siegel's Journey at Lifetime Brands 163
 
Starting the Right Way 165
 
Finding the Right Pitch 166
 
Developing a Mission and Strategy for Intelligence Capabilities 167
 
TIE: The Intelligent Enterprise at STATS ChipPAC with Elizabeth Lim 170
 
The Recipe to Greatness 174
 
Summary and Considerations 179
 
Notes 180
 
Chapter 10: Next Frontiers 181
 
A Healthier Lifestyle with Actionable Intelligence 183
 
The Street?]Smart Cabbies 184
 
The Amplifi ed Customer Experience 186
 
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A propos de l'auteur

KEITH B. CARTER enjoys making the lives of others easier with technology and is an avid sportsman, private pilot, fencer, and family man. Born in Long Island, he spent most of his life in New York until moving to Singapore in 2012, where he currently resides. Always interested in both corporate and academic roles, Keith is working as Visiting Senior Fellow of Decision Sciences at the prestigious National University of Singapore Business School as well as principal advisor to KPMG, board member of Mentorica Technology Pte. Ltd. (a retail sales, mobile, big data solution provider), and board member of 1st Call Consulting, a competitive intelligence firm specializing in finance and supply chain. He previously worked at Estée Lauder in supply chain and Accenture in financial services and government. As an inventor, he recently received a patent on a financial intelligence tool design. Keith has a Master's in Business Administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Résumé

Building an analysis ecosystem for a smarter approach to intelligence Keith Carter's Actionable Intelligence: A Guide to Delivering Business Results with Big Data Fast! is the comprehensive guide to achieving the dream that business intelligence practitioners have been chasing since the concept itself came into being.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: CARTER, Kb Carter, Keith Carter, Keith B Carter, Keith B. Carter, Keith B. Farmer Carter, Carter Keith B., Donal Farmer, Donald Farmer, Clifford Siegel
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 24.10.2014
• EAN: 9781118915233
• ISBN: 978-1-118-91523-3
• Pages: 224
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Informatique, ordinateurs > Applications, programmes; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Economie privée; Controlling, Rechnungswesen, Accounting, Corporate/Managerial Accounting