Jane Griffin is a Deloitte Consulting LLP partner. Griffin has designed and built business intelligence solutions and data warehouses for clients in numerous industries. You can follow Jane on Twitter at @janegriffin. She may be reached via e-mail at janegriffin@deloitte.com. 

Five Emerging Trends in Analytics
January 4, 2012 The tools and development techniques available today help just about any company with competent IT people to compete with...

Executive Buy-In: The Chorus Of Championing Voices
September 15, 2011 How to secure and nourish an ongoing commitment for support and guidance for an analytics initiative

Picking Up Signals
July 1, 2011 Internal systems and back office operations provide a wealth of unused, valuable information

Data Governance Defined
May 1, 2011 Build a culture of accountability that rests on foundational pillars of education, buy-in, responsibility and communication

Seven Principles of Sustainable Analytics
March 1, 2011 Business success calls for a continuous cycle of understanding and improving process performance

Who's Responsible for Analytics?
January 1, 2011 When it comes to who's in charge of data, there is not one right answer for every company

How Do I Make Deep Analytics Fit My Business?
November 1, 2010 Technical and cultural changes are required to shift the focus from past trends to what must be known to impact future...

Deep Analytics: What is it, and How do I do it?
September 1, 2010 Sophisticated tools and technologies support predictive analytics and modeling

Data Governance: What "Right" Looks Like
July 1, 2010 There is a proper way to implement data governance, and either it works or it needs improvement

Clearing the Confusion
May 1, 2010 The what and why of business analytics

Implementing a Data Governance Initiative
March 1, 2010 The road to effective data governance starts with choosing to formalize the practice of managing corporate data

Four Critical Principles of Data Governance Success
January 2, 2010 Appreciation for the true value of business data is key

Spending Smarter on IM Strategy
May 19, 2009 Even when budgets are cut, you can't ignore the value of your data

Data Governance: The Key to Enterprise Data Management
August 21, 2008 I believe the key to effective EDM is comprehensive enterprise data governance.

EDM: Understanding and Achieving Your Goals
July 23, 2008 I believe it’s technically possible to manage data successfully across the enterprise, but it’s also exceedingly...

Bringing the Business and IT Strategies in Line
May 20, 2008 The brain of any business is the C-suite, which is charged with developing the strategic direction of the company.

What’s Your Data Trying to Tell You?
March 13, 2008 Is your corporate data lonely, or just confused?

What’s Your Data Trying to Tell You?
February 20, 2008 The data locked in your corporate systems has a story to tell. Often, it’s a sad story of neglect and misuse that could...

The Role of the Chief Data Officer
January 17, 2008 I like to keep my proverbial finger on the pulse of IT trends, and there always seems to be some new topic that catches my...

Producing an EIM Cultural Transformation
October 1, 2007 Most companies have some level of a formal enterprise information management program in effect that may be stagnant and...

Producing an EIM Cultural Transformation
September 26, 2007 Enterprise information management cultural transformation will not be easy or quick

The Big Shift in Business Intelligence
August 1, 2007

Putting the Business Back into Business Intelligence,
Part 2
July 11, 2007 More ways to bring business into BI

Putting the Business Back into Business Intelligence, Part 2
June 1, 2007

BI and ERP Integration: Five Critical Questions
May 1, 2007

Putting the Business Back into Business Intelligence Initiatives
March 5, 2007 It just makes sense that the most effective way to employ BI technology is to let the business take the lead and align all...

Putting the Business Back into Business Intelligence Initiatives
February 1, 2007

Playing Monday-Morning Quarterback
January 8, 2007 Reflection on the past five years in IT

The Business Case for a Business Intelligence Strategic Plan
January 2, 2007

Playing Monday-Morning Quarterback
December 1, 2006

The Data Governance Component of EDM
November 1, 2006

Evaluating the Pilot Enterprise Data Management Project
October 1, 2006

Five Questions for Master Data Management Vendors
September 1, 2006

Information Quality Strategies
August 8, 2006 Insights from an information quality survey conducted by Deloitte Consulting LLP and CFO Research Services

Information Quality - Strategies for Achieving Desired Results
July 1, 2006

Common Master Data Management Pitfalls to Avoid
June 1, 2006

Get a Handle on IT Spending: RDA Assessment
May 1, 2006

Overcoming Challenges to Master Data Management Implementation
April 1, 2006

Information Strategy
March 1, 2006

Adding Value - Enterprise Information Maturity Model
February 1, 2006

Improve Data Quality
January 1, 2006

Critical Questions for Your Master Data Management Initiative
December 1, 2005

Building a Data Management Strategy Part 2: Technology
November 1, 2005

Building a Data Management Strategy, Part 1: Process
October 1, 2005

Get Your Data Management House to Enable Service-Oriented Architecture
September 1, 2005 Before you build the SOA, build an appropriate data management strategy that will enable it to operate as it should. Use a...

Data Governance: A Strategy for Success, Part 2
August 1, 2005

Data Governance: A Strategy for Success
June 1, 2005

The Master Data Management Challenge
May 1, 2005

Building a Culture of Sarbanes-Oxley Sustainment
April 1, 2005

Life after Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
March 1, 2005

Telling Where It Hurts
February 1, 2005

Designing for Success
January 1, 2005

Fundamentals of Analysis
December 1, 2004

Developing Strategic KPIs for your BPM System
October 1, 2004

Satisfying Stakeholders when Choosing an EII Solution
September 1, 2004

Information Strategy
August 1, 2004

Building a Better Mousetrap: The Business-Time Information Architecture
May 1, 2004 The business-time information architecture provides a solid architectural foundation that gives organizations the ability to...

Using a Common Message Model to Organize Your Organizational Meta Data
April 1, 2004

Getting Payback from Your Corporate Performance Management Initiative
February 1, 2004

Overcoming Political Challenges in Corporate Performance Management
January 1, 2004

Suggestions for Wisely Spending Your IT Dollars in 2004
December 1, 2003

The Path to Success in Building an Enterprise Performance Dashboard, Part 2: Addressing Cultural and Technical Issues
November 1, 2003

The Path to Success in Building an Enterprise Performance Dashboard, Part 1
October 1, 2003

Cutting Development Resources Too Soon May be a Very Costly Error
September 1, 2003

A Challenge for the Telecom Industry: Converging Enterprise Portals and Business Intelligence to Produce a Collaborative Business Platform
August 1, 2003 Integration of ETL, EAI, DW, enterprise portals and BI is required in the telecom industry. The technological combination that...

Choosing the Right Business Intelligence Software and Vendor
June 1, 2003

Defining High-Quality KPIs for the Organization as a Whole
May 1, 2003

Change Management: It Shouldn't be Just an Afterthought
April 1, 2003

A Framework for Enterprise Performance Management
January 1, 2003

The Heart of Today's Real-Time Enterprise: The Operational Data Store
November 1, 2002

Upping the Stakes on the Value of Organizational Information
October 1, 2002

A Philosophical Blueprint for Building the Executive Dashboard, Part 2
September 1, 2002

A Philosophical Blueprint for Building the Executive Dashboard
August 1, 2002

Fulfilling the Promise of Data Warehousing
June 1, 2002

Beware Your Local Portal Vendor
May 1, 2002

The Road to Action
April 1, 2002

Collaborative Commerce and the eXtended Intelligent Enterprise
March 1, 2002

Meta Data Management in the Extended Intelligent Enterprise
February 1, 2002

The XIE and Zero Latency: Partners in the New Era of BI
January 1, 2002

A Real-Life Case for Building the Extended Intelligent Enterprise
December 1, 2001

Extending the Intelligence of the Enterprise, Part 1
November 1, 2001

The First Step Toward EAI: Conducting an EAI Strategic Assessment
October 1, 2001

Delivering on the Business Intelligence Value Proposition
August 24, 2001 Griffin explains why being able to deliver on the business intelligence value proposition and close the loop from information...

New Technologies for Information Logistics Management
August 1, 2001 Implementing the proper architecture for efficient, integrated information logistics management is a wise investment that...

Information Strategy
July 1, 2001

EAI Tool Selection: Database-Oriented Middleware
June 1, 2001

Navigating the E-Business Slowdown: Two Ways to Wisely Spend Your IT Dollars
April 1, 2001

Old-Fashioned Sense for the New E-Conomy
March 1, 2001

Enterprise Customer Relationship Management
February 9, 2001 Enterprise CRM offers individualized and convenient services which allow companies to work "smarter" to keep and win savvy...

Data Warehousing: Learning, Change and Promise
February 1, 2001 For this special anniversary issue, several of our columnists reflect on the past 10 years. Their insightful commentaries...

Taking Care of E-Business with a CRM Initiative
January 1, 2001

As I Look into My Crystal Ball
December 1, 2000

Navigating the Data Warehouse Maze
November 1, 2000

Integrating to Achieve E-Business Success
October 1, 2000

Measuring the Success of the EAI/CRM Initiative
September 1, 2000

Enterprise Application Integration -- The Link to Successful CRM
August 1, 2000

Closing the Knowledge Loop
July 1, 2000

Closing the Sales and Marketing Loop in E-Commerce
June 1, 2000

The Clickstream of Consciousness
May 1, 2000

Next Generation Data Management Tools
April 1, 2000

Information Strategy
March 1, 2000

Business-to-Consumer E-Business and DW
February 1, 2000

E-Business and Data Warehousing
January 1, 2000

Enterprise Customer Relationship Management
December 1, 1999 Enterprise CRM offers individualized and convenient services which allow companies to work "smarter" to keep and win savvy...

It's the People
November 1, 1999

Business Intelligence for the New Millennium
October 1, 1999

Data Warehousing Meets Balanced Scorecard
September 1, 1999

ERP Data Warehousing Solutions: Easier or Not?
July 1, 1999

Where's the Beef?
June 1, 1999

A Method to the Madness
June 1, 1998

Winning Over Skeptics
May 1, 1998

What is High Performance?
April 1, 1998

Data Mart vs. Data Warehouse
February 1, 1998

Staffing the Warehouse Project
January 1, 1998

Fast Payback Projects
December 1, 1997

Identifying the Value of the Data Warehouse
November 1, 1997