Howard Dresner's New Book

Howard Dresner, who is the chief guru of Business Intelligence, is coming out with a new book soon, called "Profiles in Performance: Business Intelligence Journeys and the Roadmap for Change." Although he had originally thought it would be an implementation guide to Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), after looking in detail at the way four companies from different sectors implemented BI, he learned "that "culture", and not technology, was the deciding factor for success or failure. By culture I mean people and groups of people - their beliefs, motives, attitudes, organization, customs, processes, etc." Once again, people and the ways they interact seem to be more important than ever in the success or failure of systems. Based on Howard's earlier works, I expect this will be a fascinating read.