I might quibble a bit about: "They could derive historical insights into the business using BI tools." A lot of work in some traditional BI tools (e.g. Oracle

I might quibble a bit about: "They could derive historical insights into the business using BI tools." A lot of work in some traditional BI tools (e.g. Oracle Hyperion) is actually about collecting and aggregating forward looking data (within forecasts, budgets, scenarios) that are then compared with actuals.