Prerequisite:   None

 

One-Day Course

You Will Learn

• How BI can be used within different categories of business processes to support improved business performance
• How the informational, analytical and decision-support requirements for these areas should drive your BI program
• How to understand and model the business process changes that will be required to optimize the use of new BI capabilities
• How BI leaders can use BI requirements to align their BI program and organizational focus to achieve measurable success

Geared To

• Business sponsors
• BI program/project managers
• Business analysts
• Chief architects
• Anyone else with the responsibility for overall success of a BI initiative

The decision to compete on analytics forces you to change your mindset from relying on intuition and emotion to relying on facts. Many organizations start their BI initiatives with the goals of automating and optimizing delivery of their current reports rather than stepping back and reevaluating how Business Intelligence can be injected into those core processes that drive bottom-line results.

Course Outline

1. Industry Perspective on Competing through Analytics

• It’s not just about reporting anymore

2. Business Processes and BI Requirements (A View from the Other Side)

• What are management processes, operational processes, and revenue and profit maximization processes?
• How can business users define analytical needs and BI opportunities in the context of these processes?
• How can business processes be adjusted to make optimal use of new analytical capabilities?
• How can BI requirements provide the foundation for a successful BI program that can provide organizational focus and result in measurable success?

3. Successful BI Requirements in Practice

• A case study of how business requirements are put into practice to optimize organizational performance