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		<title>The Culture Club</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I was sitting here listening to a podcast for the Midwest Healthcare BI Summit (www.healthcarebisummit.com) when the interviewee said something that surprised me.  He said, BI isn’t about data or technology, it’s about culture.  And I thought to myself, we are at the tipping point.  I have been saying this for quite a while, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Mileage May Vary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PowerPoint can be misleading.  Take the slide I saw the other day as an example.  It said a lot of stuff, the primary message being reports can be created 10 times faster using the latest version of a particular BI tool.  My concern wasn’t for the words on the slide; it was for the information [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/mileage-may-vary/</link>
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		<title>Ongoing Management of a BI Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, here we are.  I have been late twice, one of those completely missing the deadline.  Overall I think a blog series is a good idea for topics that require more coverage than a few paragraphs.  Perhaps there is another in the future, but for now let’s wrap up this one. This post is meant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/ongoing-management-of-a-bi-program/</link>
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		<title>A break from the series&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next week will be the last installment of the blog series on how to get started with BI.  If you are interested in learning more, and having virtual conversations about these topics then join our collaboration site.  To join, just send me an email at lmadsen@lancetsoftware.com. On the collaboration site you will find additional content, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/a-break-from-the-series/</link>
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		<title>Marketing your BI Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since most of us are recovering IT professionals the idea of marketing anything is less than palatable.  But, the fact of the matter is BI programs need to be marketed in order to stay top of mind for both executives and end users alike.  Good marketing helps ensure financial support as well as user adoption. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/marketing-your-bi-program/</link>
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		<title>Ensuring Good User Adoption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a post early last year on user adoption.  It is one of the most challenging aspects of BI, and many organziations struggle a great deal with how to address it.  The most important thing to do when considering user adoption is timing.  As in, don&#8217;t think about user adoption after you realize you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/ensuring-good-user-adoption/</link>
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		<title>Creating a BI Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A good team is the difference between success and failure.  No pressure. 
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		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/creating-a-bi-team/</link>
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		<title>Starting with Data Governance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No one wants more bureaucracy. It seems the hesitation of organizations to implement data governance usually comes down to a concern that it will just introduce an un-necessary level of red tape to getting BI projects completed. The truth is that data governance is a mechanism to improve user adoption and manage a corporate asset. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/starting-with-data-governance/</link>
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		<title>Gaining Support for Your BI Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I read a twitter feed not that long ago that postulated the only reason that BI programs need executive sponsorship is so consultants can have someone to sell to. Well, I disagree with that theory. What I found through personal experience is that without a strong executive sponsor I wasn’t able to gain traction, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/gaining-support-for-your-bi-program/</link>
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		<title>The Five Disciplines of Business Intelligence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of years ago the Vice President here at Lancet, Randy Mattran wrote a whitepaper called “The Five Disciplines of Business Intelligence: How Lancet Software Development Views the Scope of Business Intelligence Implementation.” After a number of years in practice this model continues to direct our work and remains as applicable as it was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.lancetsoftware.com/business-intelligence/the-five-disciplines-of-business-intelligence/</link>
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