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One on One with Wayne Eckerson BI Leadership Webcast Series

One on One with Wayne Eckerson BI Leadership Webcast Series . Moving Faster Than the Speed of Business. Guest: Eric Colson September 24, 2012. Wayne Eckerson. BI Thought Leader Founder, BI Leadership Forum Director of Research, TechTarget

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One on One with Wayne Eckerson BI Leadership Webcast Series

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  1. One on One with Wayne Eckerson BI Leadership Webcast Series www.bileadership.com

  2. Moving Faster Than the Speed of Business Guest: Eric Colson September 24, 2012

  3. Wayne Eckerson • BI Thought Leader • Founder, BI Leadership Forum • Director of Research, TechTarget • Former director of education and research at TDWI • Author www.bileadership.com

  4. Ships October, 2012 Pre-order at: www.technicspub.com Use code: AnalyticalLeaders25 to receive a 25% discount www.bileadership.com

  5. The BI Leadership Forum is a network of BI and Analytical Directors who meet regularly to share ideas about best practices in business intelligence and educate the larger BI community. www.bileadership.com Twitter: @bileadership BI Leadership Forum www.bileadership.com

  6. Eric Colson • Former VP of Data Science and Engineering at Netflix and manager of BI at Yahoo • 18 years of experience in data mining, data warehousing, and business intelligence • Master’s degree in Information Systems; Bachelor’s degree in Economics • Profiled in Wayne’s upcoming book www.bileadership.com

  7. What are the challenges in delivering data solutions in a fast-moving business? • Lack of clear requirements • Constant change • Lack of sufficient lead time www.bileadership.com

  8. Why doesn’t the traditional approach to BI work in this environment? • In a fast-moving business, specializing by tech function is not optimal • Specialization in BI can lead to: • Longer development cycles • Loss of context • Unfulfilling roles www.bileadership.com

  9. How does specializing by tech function lead to longer development cycles? Report Architecture Development Requirements Gathering Data Modeling ETL Development Report Development Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Requirements Modeling ETL Report Arch www.bileadership.com

  10. How does specialization lead to lack of context? www.bileadership.com

  11. How does specialization lead to unfulfilling roles? The division of labor leads to… “mental mutilation” -- Adam Smith www.bileadership.com

  12. If specialization doesn’t work, what’s the solution? • Dedicate resources to business departments • Orient roles around business domain – not technical skills • Balance the cost of constant cohesion with the benefits of agility www.bileadership.com

  13. Dedicate resources to business departments • Engagements are long-term – not project-oriented • Data folks still report into the central leader but dotted-line to departments • Embedded seating in the departments • Fully autonomous teams www.bileadership.com

  14. What’s the benefit of business-domain oriented roles? Subj Area 2 Subj Area 3 Subj Area 1 Reporting Reporting Reporting Database Database Database ETL ETL ETL www.bileadership.com

  15. How do you balance cohesion and agility? • Monoliths move slowly • In some cases it’s better to sacrifice cohesion for agility in the short-term • Embrace “Eventually Cohesive” data models www.bileadership.com

  16. Under what conditions does this model work? • Time-to-delivery is critical and wait-time is materially greater than the actual task duration • Necessary to leverage the ideas of the data developers • Top talent • Engaged business users within good proximity • Perseverance on the part of the analytic leader www.bileadership.com

  17. Questions?? We’re listening! www.bileadership.com

  18. Key Takeaways • Division of labor in BI can lead to loss of context, slower development cycles, unfulfilling roles • Dedicate resources to business departments • Specialize by business domain – not tech function • More diverse roles can yield better and faster results • Insisting on constant cohesion can be too costly www.bileadership.com

  19. Contact information: Wayne Eckerson weckerson@bileadership.com Eric Colson Eric.colson@yahoo.com www.bileadership.com

  20. Next Episode: October 15, 2012 3 p.m. Eastern Darren Taylor, President and COO, Cobalt Talon One on One with Wayne Eckerson BI Leadership Webcast Series www.bileadership.com

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