The Telephone Game
The Problem
Adding layers of people between idea and execution. Business person → Business Analyst → Project Manager → Data Developer → UI Developer → back to business. Six people. Six handoffs. Each handoff loses fidelity. Each translation adds cost. Each person added increases project time exponentially. A simple "show me last quarter's sales" becomes a 6-week project through the assembly line. Or worse: you're still stuck in 2007 where Business → BA → Sourcing → ETL → Modeler → BI Developer means a 2-month cycle for a dashboard. The manufacturing analogy is perfect: imagine Toyota running a production line where each station speaks a different language and has to translate work orders. You'd never ship a car. That's your BI process.
The Principle
Flatten the org. Get the person with the idea as close to the tools as possible. Give business analysts the same BI toolkit as developers. Train them. Trust them. Stop the assembly line of handoffs. T...
Action Steps
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