In my post on Creating a Positive Future, I discussed the importance of understanding Business Intelligence requirements from the perspective of your end users. Once you understand the user experience you need to provide, you are able to ensure that your delivery on this vision meets expectations.
Ok, so now you know what your users are looking for. Great! Let's jump in and start building the solution!
Not so fast... We need to prepare the organization for this massive shift towards an intelligent, fact-based decision making organization.
In a number of my earlier posts I have discussed the Business Intelligence Competency Centre (BICC) as a key component to ensure Business Intelligence projects and resources are aligned to business priorities. As we spread our wings with Business Intelligence tools it is absolutely critical that we have the underlying processes in place to support both the developers and users of the technology. Without the appropriate organizational and process support we will not be successful realizing the benefits of Business Intelligence.
There are a number of books available that provide a good overview of a BICC. One that I have found useful is the "Business Intelligence Competency Center: A Team Approach to Maximizing Competitive Advantage" written by a group of SAS staffers. It is written vendor neutral, with just a little marketing pitch...8) I would also encourage you to reach out to your Business Intelligence platform vendors and solution partners, as they will likely have experience launching a competency centre and may have their own methodologies you can borrow from. It can be invaluable to have a neutral 3rd party help you with this process, so that you can leverage their experience. That is if you can afford it!
Stay tuned for more thoughts about the BICC over the next couple of months.
Posts
1 comment:
Here's a fun little animation of a BICC that we created for sascom magazine. It was based on the roles described in chapter 5 of the book you mention.
Post a Comment