Giving business intelligence and analytics their due

CIOs should start factoring strategic objectives and accompanying business intelligence capabilities into their budget and planning cycles. That means an awareness of the business-as-usual operational issues, as well as a newfound focus on strategic goals. IT budgets should focus not only on well-defined business functions but on strategic business initiatives as well. This has significant implications on business intelligence (BI) programs since they often fall outside of operationally focused priorities. If not, business intelligence and analytics get shoved further and further back in the priority queue. As new business requests are made, IT must distinguish between operational needs and those programs that mandate business intelligence. And CIOs should have the right skills and processes in place to distinguish between new, business-driven requests and operational enhancements. While business intelligence might be a fraction of the CIO's overall budget, IT should always ensure that strategic objectives do not routinely draw the short straw.

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