The Daily WTF

Business Intelligence is the oxymoron that makes modern capitalism possible. In order for a company the size of a Fortune 500 to operate, key people have to know key numbers: how the finances are doing, what sales looks like, whether they’re trending on target to meet their business goals or above or below that mystical number.

Once upon a time, Initech had a single person in charge of their Business Intelligence reports. When that person left for greener pastures, the company had a problem. They had no idea how he’d done what he did, just that he’d gotten numbers to people who’d needed them on time every month. There was no documentation about how he’d generated the numbers, nothing to pass on to his successor. They were entirely in the dark.

Recognizing the weakness of having a single point of failure, they set up a small team to create

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