Build a Next Generation BI with a Game-Changing BI Strategy
Build a Next Generation BI with a Game-Changing BI Strategy
Put the business back in business intelligence by injecting new BI use cases.
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Failing to develop or revisit a strategy for your organization’s BI results in:
Increased rift between IT and business users whose needs aren’t being met
Wasted investment in tools that are not fit-for-purpose
Poor adoption and weaker information governance
A defined BI strategy rooted in business needs and use cases facilitates:
Greater IT–business alignment
Enterprise-wide buy-in and lower operational overhead as BI costs are spread across more users
A program that can be improved iteratively in response to changing business needs
Module 1: Establish Business Vision and Understand the Current BI Landscape
The Purpose
Document overall business vision, mission, and key objectives; assemble project team.
Collect in-depth information around current BI usage and BI user perception.
Create requirements gathering principles and gather requirements for a BI platform.
Key Benefits Achieved
Increased IT–business alignment by using the business context as the project starting point
Identified project sponsor and project team
Detailed understanding of trends in BI usage and BI perception of consumers
Refreshed requirements for a BI solution
Activities:
Outputs:
1.1
Gather key business information (overall mission, goals, objectives, drivers).
Articulated business context that will guide BI strategy development
1.2
Establish a high-level ROI.
ROI for refreshing the BI strategy
1.3
Identify ideal candidates for carrying out a BI project.
BI project team
1.4
Undertake BI usage analyses, BI user perception survey, and a BI artifact inventory.
Comprehensive summary of current BI usage that has quantitative and qualitative perspectives
1.5
Develop requirements gathering principles and approaches.
BI requirements are confirmed
1.6
Gather and organize BI requirements
Module 2: Evaluate Current BI Maturity and Identify the BI Patterns for the Future State
The Purpose
Define current maturity level of BI practice.
Envision the future state of your BI practice and identify desired BI patterns.
Key Benefits Achieved
Know the correct migration method for Exchange Online.
Prepare user profiles for the rest of the Office 365 implementation.
Activities:
Outputs:
2.1
Perform BI SWOT analyses.
Exchange migration strategy
2.2
Assess current state of the BI practice and review results.
Current state of BI practice is documented from multiple perspectives
2.3
Create guiding principles for the future BI practice.
Guiding principles for future BI practice are established, along with the desired BI patterns linked to functional requirements
2.4
Identify desired BI patterns and the associated BI functionalities/requirements.
2.5
Define the future state of the BI practice.
Future BI practice is defined
2.6
Establish the critical success factors for the future BI, identify potential risks, and create a mitigation plan.
Critical success factors, potential risks, and a risk mitigation plan are defined
Module 3: Build Improvement Initiatives and Create a BI Development Roadmap
The Purpose
Build overall BI improvement initiatives and create a BI improvement roadmap.
Identify supplementary initiatives for enhancing your BI program.
Key Benefits Achieved
Defined roadmap composed of robust improvement initiatives
Activities:
Outputs:
3.1
Create BI improvement initiatives based on outputs from phase 1 and 2 activities. Build an improvement roadmap.
Comprehensive BI initiatives placed on an improvement roadmap
3.2
Build an improvement roadmap.
3.3
Create an Excel governance policy.
Excel governance policy is created
3.4
Create a plan for a BI ambassador network.
Internal BI ambassadors are identified
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