The concept of Business Intelligence (BI) has been around in various forms for more than a century and a half. And we have used the terms Business Intelligence (BI) and Business Analytics (BA) quite extensively here within the County over the last 12-months. We have also seen a few BI demonstrations and now have some departments that are piloting the Microsoft PowerBI tool. The intent of this White Paper is to provide an executive level “short and quick” overview of BI and BA to set a foundational understanding for those who may be new to this space and for those who may be thinking about how to become more data-driven given the performance management work we’re doing with Managing for Results, utilizing BI and BA.