Wednesday, August 15, 2007 www.BeyeNETWORK.com  
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This month's edition of the BPM newsletter features two timely articles that are sure to assist you in your performance management initiatives. I encourage you to continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information regarding business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing and information quality.

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In This Issue 

How to Increase Your Performance Management Risk, Part 2
by Craig Schiff
The unique balance required between business and technical needs makes performance management a challenge that requires special expertise.

Business Performance Management Beyond Finance: The Impact on Human Resources
by John Colbert
Many organizations are getting past the hurdles of a normalized data structure and tying in information from a wide variety of source systems. These organizations are now prepared to take on performance management 2.0.


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