{"id":526,"date":"2017-02-15T19:54:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/?p=526"},"modified":"2019-08-27T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T10:05:20","slug":"how-to-create-an-agile-bi-environment-with-bi-governance-forrester-recommends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biconnector.com\/blog\/how-to-create-an-agile-bi-environment-with-bi-governance-forrester-recommends\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create an Agile BI Environment With BI Governance &#8211; Forrester Recommends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forrester&#8217;s recent research report on BI governance,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/report\/Divide+BI+Governance+From+Data+Governance+And+Conquer\/-\/E-RES129305\">Divide (BI Governance From Data Governance) and Conquer<\/a>, highlights a dilemma\u00a0faced by BI organizations:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agile BI applications and shadow IT environments are multiplying like rabbits. \u00a0While they are flexible and responsive, they are hard to govern. \u00a0\u00a0Is it possible for organizations to have both agile BI and BI governance? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report mentions that properly executed BI governance is a key success factor for agile BI. \u00a0When done right, the Forrester report highlights the following benefits with client examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better alignment between business and IT<\/li>\n<li>Fewer BI silos<\/li>\n<li>More efficient and effective BI environments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, how do you create an agile BI environment with BI governance?<\/p>\n<p>The analyst team led by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/boris_evelson\/17-01-04-divide_bi_governance_from_data_governance_and_conquer\">Boris Evelson<\/a> recommends a five-step approach\u00a0consisting of Monitor, Inform, Enhance, Harden, and Re-Architect. \u00a0An important step is hardening business users&#8217; self-service BI applications without disruptively taking over or locking it down. \u00a0The report\u00a0mentions BI connector as a data virtualization tool to harden\u00a0Tableau and Microsoft Power BI based agile BI applications by providing governed connectivity to Oracle BI (OBIEE) and MicroStrategy data sources. \u00a0Hardening of agile BI applications also enables you to re-architect\u00a0apps that do not scale into scalable enterprise BI apps.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a Forrester client, you can access the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forrester.com\/report\/Divide+BI+Governance+From+Data+Governance+And+Conquer\/-\/E-RES129305\">here<\/a>. \u00a0You can also read Boris&#8217; blog on this topic <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/boris_evelson\/17-01-04-divide_bi_governance_from_data_governance_and_conquer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to hearing\u00a0your thoughts on agile BI\u00a0and BI governance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Shankar Radhakrishnan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forrester&#8217;s recent research report on BI governance,\u00a0Divide (BI Governance From Data Governance) and Conquer, highlights a dilemma\u00a0faced by BI organizations: Agile BI applications and shadow IT environments are multiplying like rabbits. \u00a0While they are flexible and responsive, they are hard to govern. \u00a0\u00a0Is it possible for organizations to have both agile BI and BI governance? 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