Actionable Intelligence (PDF)

Building an analysis ecosystem for a smarter approach to
intelligence

Keith Carter's Actionable Intelligence: A Guide to Delivering
Business Results with Big Data Fast! is the comprehensive guide
to achieving the dream that business intelligence practitioners
have been chasing since the concept itself came into being. Written
by an IT visionary with extensive global supply chain experience
and insight, this book describes what happens when team members
have accurate, reliable, usable, and timely information at their
fingertips. With a focus on leveraging big data, the book provides
expert guidance on developing an analytical ecosystem to
effectively manage, use the internal and external information to
deliver business results.

This book is written by an author who's been in the trenches for
people who are in the trenches. It's for practitioners in the real
world, who know delivering results is easier said than done -
fraught with failure, and difficult politics. A landscape where
reason and passion are needed to make a real difference.

This book lays out the appropriate way to establish a culture of
fact-based decision making, innovation, forward looking
measurements, and appropriate high-speed governance. Readers will
enable their organization to:

* Answer strategic questions faster

* Reduce data acquisition time and increase analysis time to
improve outcomes

* Shift the focus to positive results rather than past
failures

* Expand opportunities by more effectively and thoughtfully
leveraging information

Big data makes big promises, but it cannot deliver without the
right recipe of people, processes and technology in place. It's
about choosing the right people, giving them the right tools, and
taking a thoughtful--rather than formulaic--approach.
Actionable Intelligence provides expert guidance toward
envisioning, budgeting, implementing, and delivering real
benefits.