Implementing Successful Business Intelligence Projects: What the 2014 World Cup Can Teach Us

After years of planning, the 2014 World Cup is set to kick off in Brazil this week. Here we look at what it takes to pull off a global sporting event – and what this can teach us about delivering successful Business Intelligence projects.

Over the next five weeks, these 32 teams will play in 64 matches across 12 different cities, competing to lift the trophy in Rio on the 13th July. For the teams involved, this is the result of months of hard work throughout the gruelling qualification process necessary to book their place in Brazil, but for organisers the preparations began a long time before that.

For five weeks, the eyes of the world will be on Brazil and expectations are high so it is crucial that every detail goes according to plan. Any mistakes will be under intense scrutiny. With a global audience of over 3 billion, the World Cup is by far the biggest sporting event in the world and a project on this scale takes years of planning. However, many of the factors involved in delivering such a large project have relevance for companies engaged in undertakings such as Business Intelligence projects.

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