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Business Intelligence Standardisation. Graham Walter 29th June 2005. Traditional BI. Departmental, Project based Small Numbers of Expert Users Outside IT Governance process Resulted in fragmented solution. Things Are Changing. External Factors are driving BI
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Business Intelligence Standardisation Graham Walter 29th June 2005
Traditional BI • Departmental, Project based • Small Numbers of Expert Users • Outside IT Governance process • Resulted in fragmented solution
Things Are Changing • External Factors are driving BI • The BI user community is growing and changing • Users are demanding more from BI applications • BI is Mission Critical • BI is an accepted ‘Infrastructure component’ • Standardisation is the norm
What must we do? Traditional success factors • Business Sponsor • Address defined business need • Iterative development New considerations • Steering group • Competence Centre • Roadmap • IT production quality
Barriers to Standardisation • Timing • Politics • Internal resistance • Available technology? • Cost of Migration
WHY CHOOSE A SINGLE BI STANDARD? • Simplify • Become more agile and responsive • Lay foundation for improving performance • Reduce your TCO
3 LAY A FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE