Joe Stangarone at mrc-productivity.com has written an article on 5 essential foundational questions to ask before starting any BI project.
He writes:
Business Intelligence (BI) has a problem. Despite the growing need for analytics, most BI projects still fail. Why? Or perhaps a better question: How can we fix it?
In this, the first of a series of articles examining the Business Intelligence process, he shares some of the questions that need to be asked at the start of any BI project.