Business Intelligence Competency Centers

Transform data into action for competitive advantage "The knowledge assets of an organization are becoming increasingly important for competitive advantage, and therefore, the way in which knowledge is created, renewed, and communicated is critical. This book provides practical insights into how this may be achieved through the establishment of a Business Intelligence Competency Centre and is a valuable read for 'information professionals.'" --Bill Sturman, Information Architecture Project Manager The Open University, United Kingdom "BI is more than technology and projects. BI must live in the organization--as a BICC. This book helps to make BI tangible and understandable, bringing it to life." --Miriam Eisenmann, Project Manager (PMP) CSC Ploenzke AG, Germany "This book is a must-read for planning and implementing your BICC. It is a pragmatic guide that addresses a lot, if not all, of the questions you'll be asking yourself. Don't miss out on getting a head start from the people who thought this through from start to finish . . . Pray your competitors don't get hold of this book!" --Claudia Imhoff, President Intelligent Solutions, Inc., USA "Creating a BICC forces the organization to focus on the importance of centralizing the gathering, interpreting, and analyzing of information to create business insight." --Anne Ulyate, Group Manager Business Intelligence Mutual & Federal, South Africa "BI is a highly visible element in the 'business value' trend for IT investments. Initiatives, such as competency centers, should empower user organizations to drive even more value out of their BI investments." --Marianne Kolding, Director, European ServicesIDC, United Kingdom

What's the best design framework for an organization in a post Industrial-Age if the top-down, command and control model is no longer relevant? If I had to leave my organization for a year and the only communication I could have with employees was a single paragraph, what would I write? How do we promote understanding that opportunity for improvement is not criticism of the status quo, or the people who created the status quo? Does Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC create potential expectations in other areas that need to be recognized and considered? To what extent does management recognize Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC as a tool to increase the results? This one-of-a-kind Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC self-assessment will make you the trusted Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC domain leader by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC task and that every Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC opportunity costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC advise instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC essentials are covered, from every angle: the Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the business/project activities and processes so that Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the uncommon elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access to the $249 value Business Intelligence Competency Center BICC self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.

Transform data into action for competitive advantage "The knowledge assets of an organization are becoming increasingly important for competitive advantage, and therefore, the way in which knowledge is created, renewed, and communicated is critical. This book provides practical insights into how this may be achieved through the establishment of a Business Intelligence Competency Centre and is a valuable read for 'information professionals.'" --Bill Sturman, Information Architecture Project Manager The Open University, United Kingdom "BI is more than technology and projects. BI must live in the organization--as a BICC. This book helps to make BI tangible and understandable, bringing it to life." --Miriam Eisenmann, Project Manager (PMP) CSC Ploenzke AG, Germany "This book is a must-read for planning and implementing your BICC. It is a pragmatic guide that addresses a lot, if not all, of the questions you'll be asking yourself. Don't miss out on getting a head start from the people who thought this through from start to finish . . . Pray your competitors don't get hold of this book!" --Claudia Imhoff, President Intelligent Solutions, Inc., USA "Creating a BICC forces the organization to focus on the importance of centralizing the gathering, interpreting, and analyzing of information to create business insight." --Anne Ulyate, Group Manager Business Intelligence Mutual & Federal, South Africa "BI is a highly visible element in the 'business value' trend for IT investments. Initiatives, such as competency centers, should empower user organizations to drive even more value out of their BI investments." --Marianne Kolding, Director, European ServicesIDC, United Kingdom

"While business analytics sounds like a complex subject, this book provides a clear and non-intimidating overview of the topic. Following its advice will ensure that your organization knows the analytics it needs to succeed, and uses them in the service of key strategies and business processes. You too can go beyond reporting!"—Thomas H. Davenport, President's Distinguished Professor of IT and Management, Babson College; coauthor, Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results Deliver the right decision support to the right people at the right time Filled with examples and forward-thinking guidance from renowned BA leaders Gert Laursen and Jesper Thorlund, Business Analytics for Managers offers powerful techniques for making increasingly advanced use of information in order to survive any market conditions. Take a look inside and find: Proven guidance on developing an information strategy Tips for supporting your company's ability to innovate in the future by using analytics Practical insights for planning and implementing BA How to use information as a strategic asset Why BA is the next stepping-stone for companies in the information age today Discussion on BA's ever-increasing role Improve your business's decision making. Align your business processes with your business's objectives. Drive your company into a prosperous future. Taking BA from buzzword to enormous value-maker, Business Analytics for Managers helps you do it all with workable solutions that will add tremendous value to your business.

This text aims to help you to maximize the potential of Business Intelligence in your organization. It includes stories of companies that implemented BI - those that have succeeded and those that have failed.

A Complete Blueprint for Maximizing the Value of Business Intelligence in the Enterprise The typical enterprise recognizes the immense potential of business intelligence (BI) and its impact upon many facets within the organization—but it’s not easy to transform BI’s potential into real business value. In The New Era of Enterprise Business Intelligence, top BI expert Mike Biere presents a complete blueprint for creating winning BI strategies and infrastructure, and systematically maximizing the value of information throughout the enterprise. This product-independent guide brings together start-to-finish guidance and practical checklists for every senior IT executive, planner, strategist, implementer, and the actual business users themselves. Drawing on thousands of hours working with enterprise customers, Biere helps decision-makers choose from today’s unprecedented spectrum of options, including the latest BI platform suites and appliances. He offers practical, “in-the-trenches” insights on a wide spectrum of planning and implementation issues, from segmenting and supporting users to working with unstructured data. Coverage includes Understanding the scope of today’s BI solutions and how they fit into existing infrastructure Assessing new options such as SaaS and cloud-based technologies Avoiding technology biases and other “project killers” Developing effective RFIs/RFPs and proofs of concept Setting up competency centers and planning for skills development Crafting a better experience for all your business users Supporting the requirements of senior executives, including performance management Cost-justifying BI solutions and measuring success Working with enterprise content management, text analytics, and search Planning and constructing portals, mashups, and other user interfaces Previewing the future of BI

"This book provides the latest ideas and research on advancing the understanding and implementation of business intelligence within organizations"--Provided by publisher.

Business Intelligence (BI) stellt in Unternehmen die Versorgung mit entscheidungsorientierten Informationen sicher. Fachanwender und IT-Spezialisten beklagen allerdings häufig die Qualität der Informationen, die in der Regel auf eine fehlende Gesamtstrategie oder die unzureichende Organisation zurückzuführen ist. Die Autoren erörtern in diesem Buch die verschiedenen Probleme im Einsatz von BI und zeigen praktische Lösungsansätze auf. Sie entwickeln ein Vorgehensmodell, das Inhalte, Architektur und Organisation berücksichtigt. Dabei werden die verschiedenen Varianten eines Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC), deren organisatorische Verankerung sowie Rollen und Aufgaben beschrieben. Behandelt werden im Einzelnen: • Konzeptioneller Rahmen einer BI-Strategie • Entwicklung einer BI-Strategie • Organisation eines BICC: - Funktionen und Personal - Aufbau und Einbettung im Unternehmen • Planung und Einführung eines BICC • Laufende BICC-Prozesse • Werkzeuge für den erfolgreichen Einsatz von BI Die 2. Auflage vertieft neue, wesentliche Aspekte des BICC wie Big Data, Mobile BI, Agile BI und Visual BI. "Das Buch kann somit gleichermaßen BI-Praktikern empfohlen werden, die u.a. die konkreten Checklisten, die klaren Best Practices und konkreten Beispiele schätzen werden, wie auch Lesern aus Forschung und Lehre, die einen Überblick über die relevanten Ansätze im Kontext der BI-Strategie und BI-Organisation suchen." Aus dem Geleitwort von Dr. Henning Baars, Universität Stuttgart In der Edition TDWI erscheinen Titel, die vom dpunkt.verlag gemeinsam mit dem TDWI Germany e.V. ausgewählt und konzipiert werden. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte dieser Reihe sind Business Intelligence und Data Warehousing.