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]]> By: Ritesh Sharma http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2008/08/29/business-intelligence-or-actionable-insight-oh-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Ritesh Sharma Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:12:36 +0000 http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2008/08/29/business-intelligence-or-actionable-insight-oh-i-see/#comment-1518 Well, continuing with the above point. It very important for the business to drive the Business Intelligence project. They should not look at it as just another IT automation project. The success of BI project is totally dependent on the involvement of the end business users. Best approach as a BI project manager would be not to create a detailed and confusing BI plan at the very beginning. Try to create a small BI prototype/dashboard and showcase it and try to get the end business users excited about the wonders of BI which in turn should help BI project by their increase level of involvement. Moreover, the business should be kept in loop at the ETL level also as it is very important to take a go ahead from Business on what data you are taking from the Enterprise Wide Database. Wrong data identification at this juncture would result into skewed output and at a later stage almost impossible to drill down to the actual cause of the problem. Cheers, Ritesh Well, continuing with the above point. It very important for the business to drive the Business Intelligence project. They should not look at it as just another IT automation project. The success of BI project is totally dependent on the involvement of the end business users.
Best approach as a BI project manager would be not to create a detailed and confusing BI plan at the very beginning. Try to create a small BI prototype/dashboard and showcase it and try to get the end business users excited about the wonders of BI which in turn should help BI project by their increase level of involvement.
Moreover, the business should be kept in loop at the ETL level also as it is very important to take a go ahead from Business on what data you are taking from the Enterprise Wide Database. Wrong data identification at this juncture would result into skewed output and at a later stage almost impossible to drill down to the actual cause of the problem.

Cheers,
Ritesh

]]> By: Arun Gupta http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2008/08/29/business-intelligence-or-actionable-insight-oh-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Arun Gupta Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:32:49 +0000 http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2008/08/29/business-intelligence-or-actionable-insight-oh-i-see/#comment-928 The challenge you mention that IT organizations face occurs when IT is driving the project rather than business. The CIO/IT Organization can build the platform, program what's desired, but cannot significantly influence usage. External change agents are effective in scenarios where the risk ability of the organization is low. Then they need a crutch to stand on. The challenge you mention that IT organizations face occurs when IT is driving the project rather than business. The CIO/IT Organization can build the platform, program what’s desired, but cannot significantly influence usage.

External change agents are effective in scenarios where the risk ability of the organization is low. Then they need a crutch to stand on.

]]> By: Ajay http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2008/08/29/business-intelligence-or-actionable-insight-oh-i-see/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Ajay Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:58:20 +0000 http://blog.maia-intelligence.com/2008/08/29/business-intelligence-or-actionable-insight-oh-i-see/#comment-916 Arun I could not agree with you more. I especially agree with your thoughts on starting small in BI and not trying to build a Taj mahal. I think one of the key challenges that technology faces is "how can IT get the power of analytics into the Business trenches,where it matters most". The need to have a strong "change agent" cannot be overemphasized. The issue typically is that you cannot easily "manage your career and become a change agent"-sometimes bringing in an external change agent who has no other agenda may help. Arun

I could not agree with you more. I especially agree with your thoughts on starting small in BI and not trying to build a Taj mahal. I think one of the key challenges that technology faces is “how can IT get the power of analytics into the Business trenches,where it matters most”. The need to have a strong “change agent” cannot be overemphasized. The issue typically is that you cannot easily “manage your career and become a change agent”-sometimes bringing in an external change agent who has no other agenda may help.

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