有关BI商务智能培训教程(英文版)(pdf 7页)

    Success with business intelligence (BI) is determined by the  degree of business value delivered. The measures of business  value define the cornerstones of BI excellence. The cornerstones  are presented in the context of a new "BI value framework."     The BI value framework unites the BI framework (see "The BI Framework Provides Return on Integration"), which enables  organizations to align their various BI initiatives, and the "five   pillars of benefits realization," which define the connections  between the business context and IT investments (see "TVO  Methodology: Valuing IT Investments via the Gartner Business  Performance Framework").
    The combined model, in the form of the BI value framework,   provides the basis for presenting the cornerstones of BI   excellence easured in terms of business value delivered:
    The opportunity to maximize payback on the BI investment
    The mandate to minimize risk
     Each level of the framework has measures of business value  along these two dimensions. The higher the level in the
framework, the higher the potential for maximizing payback and  minimizing risk (see Figure 1). However, at the highest levels, the  business value
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