Posts Tagged ‘decision making’

2nd July 2009

The election in Iran and some real data analysis

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In 2005, Mr Ahmadinejad got 17 million votes and in 2009 he got 24 million.
The question is, where did all those extra votes come from?
The answer, according to this study, is not at all clear.
I don’t write political or personal posts and, despite first appearances, this is not one either. When I saw [...]

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posted by James Taylor in BI, Data Mining | 0 Comments

26th June 2009

On supporting decision management and collaborative decision making

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Timo Elliot had an interesting post Gartner on Collaborative Decision Making in which he discussed a report from Gartner called The Rise of Collaborative Decision Making (and thanks to Nic Smith of Microsoft for the link). This kind of ad-hoc, collaborative decision making is critical in companies and technology to support it is [...]

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posted by James Taylor in BI, Decision Management | 1 Comment

23rd June 2009

First Look – Accord

I caught up with David Ullman of Robust Decisions the other day. Robust Decisions has an interesting product called Accord aimed at helping with decisions. While it is not aimed at exactly the same kind of decisions as the systems I usually review, I like the product and think there is some interesting synergy between [...]

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posted by James Taylor in BI, Decision Management, Product News | 0 Comments

29th May 2009

Here’s how micro decisions turn blasting into targeting

Ginger Conlon had a nice post this week – Don’t Blast. Target. – Think customers: The 1to1 Blog.
many marketers are still drawn to the ease of blasting to a broad audience, instead of targeting for maximum impact among those most likely to respond
If you are trying to make this transition from blasting to targeting – [...]

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posted by James Taylor in Analytics, Business Rules, Data Mining, Decision Management | 1 Comment

27th May 2009

Using business rules to add decision transparency

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Jim Sinur had a short post on The Power of Visibility with BPM Enabled Processes that made me think about another kind of visibility – visibility of decisions. One of the most powerful benefits of adopting business rules to manage decisions is that the approach generates increased visibility into the decision making process [...]

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19th May 2009

Everyone makes decisions – your systems should too

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Merv Adrian recently posted on Information Builders Prepares to Ramp It Up and this made me think of webFocus. Like Merv I recently spoke with Michael Corcoran and learned a little more about Information Builder’s attitude to decision making and information.
The webFocus page says “Because Everyone Makes Decisions” and pushing information access and [...]

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6th May 2009

Optimization and Business Processes

ILOG and XM presented on optimization and business processes. Optimization in this context is about mathematical optimization aimed at decision support or Operations Research. Creating plans and schedules to optimize use of resources. Optimization helps business create best possible schedules or plans, explore their alternatives and understand trade-offs between conflicting goals. For instance, how much [...]

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posted by James Taylor in Optimization | 1 Comment

4th May 2009

Comprehensive report on decisioning technology

Neil Raden of Hired Brains and I have just published a new report on the Technology for Operational Decision Making. You can get the executive summary from my company site or register and download the full report. The report will also be available from the sponsors – without whom the report would not have happened. [...]

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posted by James Taylor in Decision Management | 0 Comments

24th April 2009

Dashboards should do more than raise your blood pressure

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This headline came from a briefing I got from LucidEra about their spring release and was so good I just had to use it. Think about it – if all a dashboard does is stress you out and raise your blood pressure by telling you what’s wrong without giving you any help as [...]

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20th April 2009

Do not underestimate the need for automation in decision making

Tom Davenport wrote a nice piece last year that recently showed up on my radar – 10 Principles of the New Business Intelligence – on HarvardBusiness.org. His first principle was particularly good:
Decisions are the unit of work to which BI initiatives should be applied.
Whether you are just looking to make your reporting and dashboards more [...]

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