Gaining Business Value from Governed Analytics and Discovery

A TDWI Checklist Report written by David Stodder, BI Research Director at TDWI 

Visual analytics and discovery tools are revolutionizing what nontechnical subject matter experts can do on their own to make informed decisions. While these easier-to-use, self-service analytic tools are spreading by popular demand, their democratization is introducing valid IT governance concerns about data access and ownership, and development and execution of analytics models.

Gaining Business Value from Governed Analytics and Discovery: Seven Steps for Solving People, Process, and Data Challenges and Increasing Business Impact, a TDWI Checklist Report, outlines strategic governance objectives and reveals seven steps to a balanced governance strategy.