With data driving so many business decisions, firms need to strike the right balance between enabling the business to get on with its job and maintaining control where necessary. Key points include:

• The agility to adapt. Develop flexible governance frameworks, technology infrastructures and tools.
• Come together. Develop constructive working relationships between business and IT that revolve around the business, not the technology.
• It’s a BI balancing act. Learn to walk the line between control and flexibility with your BI strategies.
• The BI toolbox. Find the balance between enforcing standards and permitting exceptions.