The debate is developed based on the following considerations: 1 - Business Intelligence (Bl) is unanimous considered the art of gaining business advantage from data; therefore Bl systems and infrastructures must integrate disparate data sources into a single coherent framework for real-time reporting and detailed analysis within the extended enterprise; 2 - Business Intelligence can be described as a value proposition that helps organizations in their decision-making processes; 3 - the Business Intelligence Value Chain represents a ,,From DATA To PROFIT" approach and is recommended to ground any performance management program. Different aspects, including theoretical considerations and practice examples, regarding location intelligence, mobile Bl, cloud-based Bl, social Bl and collaborative Business Intelligence will be treated, pointing out some of the author's contributions.Nowadays, organizations have adopted more prudent policies requiring a financial justification for nearly every IT initiative, including Business Intelligence system implementations. A business-driven methodology is recommended in any Bl project management approach, project scoping and planning being vital for the project success. A business-driven approach of a Bl project implementation starts with a feasibility study. The decision-making process for large projects is very complicated, and will not be subject of this paper. Having in mind a middle-sized Bl project, a feasibility study based on the Monte Carlo simulation method will be conducted.
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