In a Business Intelligence project usually a – possibly large – number of documents is made available, which describe the desired information and KPI’s from the information consumer’s point of view. These information consumers are always knowledge workers in the company that are fully accomplished in their own domain, such as physicians in a hospital. Together with the specifications of all the reports that the knowledge workers want to see, these reports constitute the basis for the ...

A quote that is widely attributed to Thomas Fuller, M.D. (1654 – 1734) reads: "Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong." This quote leads people straightaway towards a wholesome way of working in establishing which information is relevant and needed, and which basic forms this information has. But because the practice of everyday life is virtually full of infringements of Thomas Fuller's statement above, it was inevitable t...