Ian Nicholson’s analysis of why business intelligence applications aren’t used equally applies to topic maps and topic map applications.
From: Ten Reasons Your Users Won’t Use Your Business Intelligence Solution.
- Project Stalled or Went Over Deadline/Budget
- The Numbers Cannot Be Trusted
- Reports Take Too Long To Run
- Requirements Have Changed Since The Project Began
- The World Has Moved On After Delivery
- Inadequate Training
- Delivery Did Not Meet User Expectations
- Your BI Solution is Not Available to Everyone
- Reports Too Static – No Self-Serve Reporting
- Users Simply Won’t Give Up Excel or Whatever It Is They Use
Ian also offers possible solutions to these issues.
Questions:
Do any of the issues sound familiar?
Do the solutions sound viable in a topic maps context?
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