Making the most of the information you've got: It's not a difficult concept, but hurdles abound when it comes to executing a comprehensive business intelligence (BI) solution, whether it's data that's inaccessible across company divisions or regulatory requirements that demand a new level of financial transparency. Companies trying to implement such solutions are often challenged by process, technology and budgetary limitations.

Jane Griffin, principal and Deloitte Consulting LLP's national service line leader for the Information Management practice, has more than 30 years of experience assisting and advising her multi-industry clients in designing, developing and implementing technology and processes to efficiently leverage information within and between their organizations.

Information Strategy Articles
Producing an Enterprise Information Management Cultural Transformation
Jane Griffin explains ways to shape Enterprise Information Management culture at companies to help deliver heightened value. 

DM (Data Management) Review Magazine Column
Jane Griffin writes a monthly column for DM Review magazine that focuses on the challenges of BI and data warehousing. View her articles below:

Data Governance: A Key to Effective Enterprise Data Management
Published August 2008
Effective data governance reduces the chances of making a bad decision that can cost the organization – revenue, a sale or a customer.

Enterprise Data Management: Understanding and Achieving Your Goals
Published July 2008
Jane Griffin explains how effective data governance can help clear barriers to effective enterprise data management.

Bringing the Business and IT Strategies in Line
Published May 2008
Jane Griffin discusses the various steps to take to help align the organization’s business and information technology (IT) strategies.

What's Your Data Trying to Tell You? Your Chief Data Officer Has the Answer
Published March 2008
How the chief data officer can help unlock the secrets in latent data, and tell the stories data longs to tell.

The Role of the Chief Data Officer
Published February 2008
The unique opportunities and challenges facing the chief data officer.

Using an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Strategic Plan to Ease the Pain 
Published September 2007
EIM is a strategy that can help uncover and address common IT pain points enterprisewide.

The Big Business Intelligence 
Published August 2007
Business intelligence is shifting from the tactical to the strategic.