Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
June 10, 2026 | Live Webinar
Storage Sanity
Craig is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and has worked with ProjectManagement.com for the last six years developing the various HEADWAY processes (Project, Change and Portfolio). He has hosted a series of webinars and is a business intelligence subject matter expert.
Storage. It’s not one of the steps that many people consider when they think about business intelligence or the broader intelligence discipline as a whole. In fact, most intelligence cycles do not include storage as being a step at all, choosing to lump it in with collection.
Some argue that the storage discussion belongs in the realm of the technical business intelligence debate around data warehousing and data sourcing. However, in my mind, storage is a key step in the intelligence cycle--and while I will admit it may not be as important as the others, it is one that people should seriously consider when planning and executing a business intelligence project and function within their organization. The storage step keeps you organized and focused and can save you loads of frustration down the road. Let’s begin…
One of the most frustrating and time-wasting aspects on any intelligence project is the inability to access the information collected. Part of this may be the fact that I am not a detail-oriented person. I consider myself to be a big-picture thinker, and am proud of it! (This frustrates the life of my wife, but that is for another article…). So maybe my attention to detail is not at the level it should be. However, regardless of one’s personal aptitude or predilection toward details and organization, having a planned approach …
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