What are some of the lessons learned around BI? It is more important for BI applications to get out there sooner rather than later. A lot of projects traditionally have taken a long time to finalize the requirements and get out there. Get BI impementations out there as quickly as possible. The 80/20 rule works pretty well. The day you put it into production, the requirements will change.

We have quarterly release for reports; make sure you measure what you are doing. We have made tremendous performance improvements on some of the reports ... to the tune of 500 percent.