Monday, August 29, 2011

BI Estimation - "A more appropriate metahpor"?

http://peterjamesthomas.com/2009/03/18/a-more-approprate-metaphor-for-business-intelligence-projects/

So this leads me to suggest a different metaphor for BI projects. Major elements of them are much more like archaeological digs than traditional building. The extent and importance of a dig is very difficult to ascertain before work starts and both may change during the course of a project. It is not atypical that an older site is discovered underneath an initial dig, doubling the amount of work required.

That's so obvious it kills me that I hadn't thought of it before.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for reading my article - glad that it was of interest.

    Peter

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  2. It's a great metaphor. Good on yer!

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