Successful Business Intelligence projects don’t just happen. All projects need careful planning to manage the risks and maximise the returns.

Experience shows that there is a direct link between the amount of time invested in preparing for the project and the perceived returns.

It can be tempting to rush into implementing a system but the result is likely to be a Business Intelligence application that creates little profitable value.

Effective planning doesn’t have to be time consuming.

A Business Intelligence partner will help you formalize your goals, identify risks and prioritise requirements in line with your budget and timescale.

A North Korean restaurant is not an obvious place for your first meal after a 5,752 mile train journey, particularly a two week jaunt through two continents and 87 stations. However, as reputedly one of the top places to eat in the Russian Far East, it seemed like a sensible choice, and after having every meal served with dill for the past fortnight, it felt difficult to go too far wrong. [Read more…]

I was at a restaurant the other day and wanted to get the server’s attention. Now the standard etiquette at food establishments in China – particularly local ones – is that you are allowed (nay, even encouraged) to raise your voice and yell for service, yell as if you were three pints into a prime day at the Hong Kong Sevens. So, employing vocal chords that have been known to shatter glass, I shouted “Hey…xiao jie” and a young lady immediately appeared at my table.

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