The Language of Business Intelligence - W
Most comprehensive business intelligence glossary by Vernon Prior. Market & competitive intelligence thesaurus and glossary. Terms and terminology used in business intelligence.
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War gaming is a process, adapted from the military, in which teams or individuals, representing the company and its competitors, simulate a business situation and act out the roles of decision makers in timed phases. Comparison between the results leads to the next stage. This continues until at least one feasible Strategy, counter-strategy, or solution emerges. War gaming is very effective in industries undergoing high rates of change. Sometimes referred to as a Strategy game or as Virtual competition. See also: Business environment, Competitor, Scenario planning.
War room is an area set aside for use as an Intelligence or Knowledge centre or as a demonstration room for Reverse engineering purposes. Also referred to as an Operations or Situation room; it may:
• contain a variety of Intelligence or Market-oriented displays;
• act as an Internet/Intranet/Database/Knowledge map centre;
• be equipped as a library or a repository of Information collections;
• allow easy and rapid access to recent Research results.
Web rage describes the anger or frustration provoked by slow Internet access.
Web site is an online collection of pages (or screens) of linked Information on the World Wide Web; usually accessed by way of a Home page. See also: Information architecture.
Webinar (abbreviation of Web seminar) is a presentation delivered over the Web using Videoconferencing.
Weblog , see Blog.
Wiki (from the Hawaiian word for quickly) is a medium for collaboration that allows many people to participate in the production of a long-term knowledge repository or database; often devoted to a specific subject or field of interest. It is based upon a relatively unstructured collection of hyperlinked documents that may be edited by any number of authors but that also incorporates a mechanism for comparing the result with the pre-edited version. A wiki allows users to gather all information pertinent to a project or activity in one central location. See also: Blog, Corporate blog.