Enterprise Decision Management - a Weblog

Call for Presentations - the new EDM Summit

How are you integrating business rules and analytics? How are you adding intelligence to your business processes? How are you putting analytics to work in your operational systems? How, in other words, are you using Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) to...

Making it actionable with EDM

(Posted by guest blogger, James Taylor) The Performance Guys had a post today titled "But is it "Actionable?" in which they discuss the general trend towards what is called "pervasive Business Intelligence" - that is, BI everywhere and for everyone....

Banks need more than workflow

(Posted by guest blogger, James Taylor) I was pointed to a new site this week - Gonzo Banker - and in particular to this article on Workflow: The Killer App. While I enjoyed the article, I do think that the...

The future of BI had better include EDM

(Posted by guest blogger, James Taylor) A number of posts on what the future of BI is likely to bring caught my eye this morning and I thought I should add my thoughts on how I see BI evolving into...

While Forrester Envisions Consolidation for the 3 "Bs", it's Happening for Apps and BI Vendors

Cognos and Microstrategy are the two remaining independent Business Intelligence (BI) software giants following today’s news that SAP was purchasing Business Objects. Speculation was building online last week that a deal was in the works and in fact for much of this year since Oracle purchased Hyperion, such rumors have been the case.

Insightful Hindsight on Forrester's 3 “Bs” Points to Need for EDM

While reading recent news in the Process Management section of Intelligent Enterprise today, I noticed a September 27, 2007 post by Sandy Kemsley titled “Forrester: Why BI, BPM and Rules Technologies Will Converge.” Sandy was part of a panel discussion at Forrester Research’s Technology Leadership Forum (Sept. 24-27) focused, in part, on the contents of a Forrester report issued to coincide with the event. I previously blogged about that report, titled “The Dynamic Business Applications Imperative,” by John Rymer and Connie Moore.

Decision Management at the Heart of Future Enterprise Applications, so Says Forrester Research

Respected technology prognosticators John Rymer and Connie Moore of Forrester Research just published a new paper titled, “The Dynamic Business Application Imperative” (September 24, 2007, For CIOs). Rymer and Moore envision a new generation of enterprise application that some IT organizations today are cobbling together in order to meet ever changing business, technical and marketplace requirements.

The Three Dimensions of Intelligent Business Processes

Today I read a September 21 Gartner Research note by Gareth Herschel titled, “The Role of Analytics in Adding Value to Business Processes.” As someone expert in analytics more so than Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Rules Management (BRMS), Gareth raises some important points to remember when discussing the role of analytics in business processes.

PerformancePoint Points the Way Toward Mainstream EDM

Microsoft Office PerformancePoint points the way toward mainstream adoption of EDM.

EDM Outta Sight: Invisible Employees and Transparent Decision Services

As a guest Blogger on the EDMBlog, I am obviously a proponent of Enterprise Decision Management and the impact it can have on a company’s operational decisions; you could say I think EDM is “outta sight.” By that, I mean really effective, specifically how EDM can optimize the many, often hidden, decisions underlying an organization’s day to day operations.

Nice article on operational analytics and EDM

Gib, who writes for the blog once in a while, wrote a nice piece on Making the Most of Operational Analytics with Enterprise Decision Management for DM Review. Enjoy. Technorati Tags: analytic application, analytics, BI, BI 2.0, business intelligence, DM...

If you think you need a Chief Analytics Officer, what you really need is a Chief Decision Officer

I saw this article in DM Review today - Building the Analytic Organization - in which Peter Graham lays out a case for a Chief Analytics Officer and how that role would be part of improving the use of analytics...

Got MDM? You know EDM Better than you think

For some time now, I have recognized analogies between Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) and Master Data Management (EDM). They both share attributes such as the separation/abstraction of “inputs” from operational or analytical systems and recognition of these inputs as assets to be managed and available for reuse across the enterprise. It’s interesting to note also that both have impacts on analytical and operational systems, yet originated from different points of view. In the case of EDM, high volume operational decisions have historically been the focus, while MDM stems from problems in managing consistency in data warehouses.

Doug Henschen and Intelligent Enterprise

I had a chat with Doug Henschen over at Intelligent Enterprise the other day and today he blogged about turning insight into action. If you are interested in this you will find lots on this blog (and my other one)...

Change your thinking about BI

An article on the upcoming Gartner BI conference caught my eye. The article said "Gartner research vice president Nigel Rayner will tell delegates at its Business Intelligence Summit at the end of the month, that traditional thinking around BI needs...

Those who know first, win - NOT!

I saw an ad today, for a well known enterprise application vendor's alliance with a chip company, that had the headline: Those who know first, win and all I could think of was how wrong this was. What good does...

Business Intelligence 2.0 and Enterprise Decision Management

I have been reading a few things on "BI 2.0" and it made me wonder about the phrase and about the differences, or similarities, between BI 2.0 and EDM. I know Charles Nicholls of SeeWhy and read his nice little...

Improving Performance Management, Strategic Alignment and Operational Execution

I was reading this Financial Insights piece today - U.S. Bank Survey: Performance Management (subscription required) - and it struck me that there is a key role for Enterprise Decision Management to play in organizations as they try and do...

Strategic, top to bottom alignment with EDM

One of the (many) advantages to an Enterprise Decision Management or EDM approach is the opportunity for real strategic alignment, top to bottom. At first sight this may seem contradictory with the ruthless focus on operational, high-volume decisions regular readers...

Want to Bridge the "Insight Gap": Get the Insights First

James has argued repeatedly and convincingly that Enterprise Decision Management serves to "bridge the insight gap". That is, when data and analytics generate insights about the business, EDM can help put those insights quickly, easily, and inexpensively into action. Or...

Shifting performance management into action

I wrote this article for ebizQ on "Shifting Your CPM Into Action". EDM offers a platform for decisioning across processes that enables you to change the way your company works as your performance management infrastructure tells you that you should....

Understanding and Implementing Real-Time Analytics

Michael Gonzalez and I recently gave a presentation on Understanding and Implementing Real-Time Analytics. Michael started off by discussing some trends he sees that lead to a need for real-time analytics: Drive to operational transformation using insight gained from operations...

Live from Brainstorm: BPM/SOA/BRM/EA/OPM

Well I am at the Brainstorm BPM/SOA/EA/BRM/OPM conference in Chicago today and tomorrow and just attended the opening panel discussion where the various track chairs discussed how all these pieces fit together. There was a fairly nice picture of the...

Process Management Grows Up

Doug Henschen interviewed Jim Sinur of Gartner in Intelligent Enterprise - Process Management Grows Up: Q&A With Gartner's Jim Sinur - and Jim was his usual provocative self. I like the new maturity model at first glance as I think...

Gartner BI - wrap up

The week after the Gartner BI show I thought I would try and summarize my thoughts on where the BI industry is and might go based on what I saw at this show. I think the BI industry is in...

Live from Gartner BI: Not your father's BI

So I am at the Gartner BI Summit this week. Attended the opening keynote and a session on BI competency centers, both given by Bill Hostmann and Betsy Burton of Gartner. Lots of good stuff in both sessions but a...