The BI Collaboration Challenge
Strategic BI Technologies
Collaboration is not ranked as critically important as other BI technologies, landing in the 12th spot with 62%. Dashboards: 95%, End user self-service: 91%, Advanced visualization: 84%, Data Warehousing: 82%, Integration with operational processes: 82%, Data discovery: 80%
Importance of Collaborative Business Intelligence
Surprisingly, the importance of collaborative BI dropped in 2013 compared to 2012. Very important: 28%, Important: 27%, Somewhat important: 22%, Not important: 16%, Critical: 11 %
Method of BI Collaboration in Use Today
Based on a scale of 1 to 4.5, embedded collaboration features are less popular than other modes of collaboration. E-mail: 4.1, Face-to-face: 3.9, Telephone calls: 3.7, Virtual meetings: 3.5, File sharing: 3.1, App-based collaboration features: 3.1
Top Five BI Collaboration Feature Requirements
Follow BI Objects jumped to the number two slot in 2013. Annotate BI objects: 3.7, Follow BI objects: 3.5, Co-Author BI objects: 2.9, Share BI objects: 3.4, Collaborate around topics: 3.3
Importance of Enterprise Collaborative Frameworks
There’s a slight decline year-over-year on a mean of 3.5. 2013: 3.44, 2012: 3.47
Importance of BI Integration With Collaboration Framework Features
Users are tapping into a full range of collaboration platforms. Ability to reference and search BI data: 83%, Ability to analyze and audit decision process: 82%, Extend sharing: 82%, Structured workflow: 81%, Inclusion with other BI objects: 81%, Ad hoc workflow: 80%
BI Vendors Not Charging for Collaboration Tools
Collaboration tools within BI applications are now much more expected to be included. 2013: 87%, 2012: 78%
Most Widely Supported Enterprise Collaboration Frameworks by BI Vendors
Microsoft Yammer is the fastest growing collaboration framework. 1.Microsoft SharePoint, 2. Google Docs, 3. Salesforce Chatter, 4. Dropbox, 5. Box, 6. Microsoft Yammer