Implementing business intelligence systems and solutions can be a lengthy and expensive process. Organizations today, looking to lower costs and achieve a faster turnaround, may want to consider a guerrilla-like approach for their BI initiatives. In this report, Karl Boone, from the globally based IT consulting firm, PA Consulting Group, explores guerrilla business intelligence, a process for rapidly and cost-effectively implementing BI systems and applications. Track: Straight talk straightforward explanations of key technologies and their business value. Learning objectives: Understand how guerrilla business intelligence differs from traditional BI implementation strategies. Recognize how to decide whether applying a guerrilla approach, or a more traditional model, is best for your BI initiatives. Identify best practices in order to be successful with guerrilla business intelligence.

Today's modern information systems are difficult for the general business person to understand because the business work is largely managed inside a 'black box.' In this two-part program, technology writer and consultant Roger Grannis clearly explains and simplifies the inner working of modern information systems, enabling the business person to recognize the issues, ask the right questions, and have confidence in tackling IT-related problems. The purpose of the program is to make it easier to understand the economics of computing and communications and lay the foundation for understanding enterprise resource planning (ERP), which keeps track of orders, inventory, and work flow, banking applications that keep track of deposits, reserves, loans, and credit, and supply chain applications that connect the ERP systems of one enterprise with the equivalent systems of another.