20180123 ------------------------------------------------------- SMART Goals --------------------------------- Specific Measurable Appropriate Realistic Time-bound Effective Decisions: + Set of goals to work towards + A way to measure whether a chosen course is moving toward or way from those goals + Information based on those measures provided to the decision maker in a timely manner Effective Decision Making: ----------- Specific, measurable goals Useful information to the appropriate decision makers in a timely manner Business Intelligence (BI) ----------- The delivery of accurate, useful information to the appropriate decision makers within the necessary time frame to support effective decision making Is data BI? Not, necessarily. It needs to be digestible to guide effective decisions