Building a BI Strategy

It is surprosing how many BI programs are cruzing on without any clear strategic guidelines, or the comprehension for the need of one. BI Strategies are the foundation to overall BI, the rules and regulations to take the application to the next level.
BI Strategy is like a destination. The captain uses this destination and unifies all assets to reach it.
At a high level a BI strategy ensures that all tactical programs and developments are aligned towwards a common goal using common standards and processes

High level Strategy is:
1. Lining up your needs on the ground, with the goals beyond the horizon.
2. Aligning the BI strategy, and all other strategies, towards long term business needs
3. There can be many strategic goals. Each strategy must be singular, but can have multiple tactical goals under it, each tactic can have multiple programs and each program can have multiple projects, team members with time and deliverables. The important strategic objects is all working towards a common goal.
4. A Strategy must be documented and communicated
5. Programs, Tactics must be measurable towards a common strategic goal with benchmarks
6. Strategy must contain standards, processes, principles and governance methodology
7. Companies must work with a 'Strategy Checklist' to ensure all components are identified and benchmarked