This is the second part of a three-part series that focuses on the business value that data science & analytics can provide to enterprises.
 

Strategic investment decision-making involves the process of identifying, evaluating and selecting among projects that are likely to have significant impact on the organization competitive advantage. More specifically, the decision will influence what the organization does, where it does and how it does it.

Over the twenty years that I have worked with Beyond Budgeting, I have asked tens of thousands of managers and Finance people all over the world about how satisfied they are with the budgeting process.

Usually I am fairly rational and do not let my personal emotions interfere with how I interact with others. However, as the readers of my blogs and articles may have detected, my more recent writings increasingly reflect my frustrations with old school accountants.

Welcome to this blog series, where I look forward to share with you some of my reflections on what I believe are very important issues for most organisations today.

Are your KPIs, Scoreboards and other metrics safe from the Simpson's paradox?