Business Intelligence Sampler: Book Excerpts by Douglas Hubbard, David Parmenter, Wayne Eckerson, Dalton Cervo and Mark Allen, Ed Barrows and Andy Neely

You know if your business is succeeding or failing – but do you know the real numbers? Are you focusing on the right metrics, and measuring them properly? Let Wiley’s experts on performance management and business intelligence explain how you can define, measure, track and control everything that’s vital to your Chapters 1 and 2 from How To Measure Anything, 2 nd Edition : Learn from best selling author Doug Hubbard how anything in your business can be measured and that there can be tremendous value in doing so. Chapter 1 from Key Performance Indicators, 2 nd Edition : David Parmenter explains what KPIs really are, and how to determine the right ones to track. Chapter 1 from Performance Dashboards, 2 nd Edition : Wayne Eckerson describes how to create breakthrough dashboards that turn a list of metrics into a working datatool to drive your business forward. Chapter 1 from Master Data Management in Practice : Dalton Cervo and Mark Allen explain how to implement master data management and bring your organization’s data together into “a single version of the truth.” Chapter 1 from Managing Performance in Turbulent Times : Ed Barrows and Andy Neely examine how to implement performance management in highly turbulent business environments, with technological and business-model changes making a typical 18-month window far too leisurely. Download and enjoy!