BusinessIntelligenceBewegung

The BusinessIntelligenceBewegung is a broad, interdisciplinary movement that advocates for the systematic adoption of business intelligence practices to improve decision making across organizations. The name combines English 'Business Intelligence' with the German term Bewegung, meaning movement, reflecting its transnational orientation. It emphasizes turning data into actionable insight through people, processes, and technology.

The movement emerged from the convergence of data warehousing, analytics, and data visualization, gaining momentum in the 2000s and 2010s as organizations sought faster, more accessible data insights beyond traditional IT projects.

Core principles include data-driven culture, data literacy, governance, privacy, and ethics; promotion of self-service BI while maintaining data quality; cross-functional collaboration among business units, IT, and data professionals.

Practices encouraged by the movement include standardized metrics and KPI frameworks, iterative analytics, dashboards and storyboards, data modeling, and the use of data warehouses, data lakes, and increasingly data mesh concepts; emphasis on interoperability and open standards.

The impact cited by practitioners includes improved operational efficiency, faster decision cycles, better risk management, and competitive differentiation; the movement also spurs professional development, certifications, and communities of practice.

Critics warn about tool proliferation, data overload, skill gaps, and governance complexity; challenges include aligning business goals, ensuring data quality, and avoiding overreliance on dashboards without context.