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The problem is the SW is a very small cost for BI. When I consulted I worked alongside a medium sized BI project and the costs went something like: $40k for S
by kenjackson 15y ago
The problem is the SW is a very small cost for BI. When I consulted I worked alongside a medium sized BI project and the costs went something like:
$40k for SW
$500k for development (they brought in a BI shop to get their warehouses setup)
$120k/year for a BI developer
So the delta for making the SW go to $0 just isn't very motivating. Getting the best BI tool is far more important than the cheapest one.
- thibaut_barrere 15y agoIt really depends of the size of the project really. For one client we have for instance ~5 facts and around 12 dimensions. For that kind of requirement the cost is much lower in term of development/maintenance, and free of licenses was a plus in that case (we're using activewarehouse-etl and an "Excel on top of ODBC" front-end).
- tom_b 15y agoI don't necessarily disagree with your statement that getting the best BI tool is more important than the cheapest. I think far more important is for a good BI developer or someone in-house with deep domain knowledge and "power," for lack of a better term, who can clearly articulate what valuable questions are going to be answered by the implementation and tools and also drive the effort. Of course, if your BI effort is aimed directly at customers and customer data analysis, maybe that is a good enough vision. My experience is more on the resource management side of data warehousing, stuff like figuring out how to attach revenue/cost numbers to web applications and allow drill down across multiple dimensions.