- Citizen data science and federated BI/insights teams are commonplace in most organizations.
- This shift toward federated BI underlines the need to revisit your operating model type, establish roles and responsibilities for the reporting & analytical insights practices, and promote communication and alignment with the business.
- Data leaders want to understand the broader BI landscape and drive value within the organization.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Good insights generation should follow human-centered design practices. Understanding the needs and sentiments of all your customers, internal or external, is the key to creating actionable analytics insights. BI teams, whether centralized or federated, must establish and communicate the services they provide, aimed at delivering or supporting outstanding reporting and analytical insights, with their services regularly measured for effectiveness and for driving for continuous improvement.
Impact and Result
- Drive strategy development by establishing the business context up-front to align the BI team with the most important needs of their business customers and the strategic priorities of the organization.
- Choose your target operating model style based on your existing BI environment and business requirements.
- Assess current BI maturity and determine your future-state BI maturity.
- Revamp or create a BI strategy to update your BI program to make it fit for purpose.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
9.5/10
Overall Impact
$72,637
Average $ Saved
24
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Worldnet International
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
10
Valuable insights around culture change
BC Energy Regulator
Workshop
10/10
N/A
20
I really enjoyed the flow and logical progression of the sessions. There wasn't much I didn't like, although I will say (even though we finished ea... Read More
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia by and on behalf of University of North Georgia
Guided Implementation
10/10
$37,675
20
Igor's guidance helped me to see the bigger picture of our aspirational data journey, which will allow me to better plan an estimate the total time... Read More
Sturdy Memorial Hospital
Guided Implementation
10/10
$130K
23
I only have the best parts to share, experienced and friendly staff!
Rocky View County
Guided Implementation
9/10
$100K
20
HR Green, Inc.
Guided Implementation
10/10
$32,499
20
The fact that I forgot to include our Director of Operations from HR Green :-)
Water District #1 of Johnson County
Workshop
9/10
$110K
55
This workshop was very valuable for us. It provided a framework for us to continue exploring our approach to BI. The team felt very satisfied wit... Read More
Correctional Service of Canada
Workshop
8/10
$25,000
20
Fantastic
Bob Barker Company, Inc.
Guided Implementation
10/10
$12,599
5
Just Born Inc
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,519
10
Igor gave me some solid advice for getting started on our data management and analytics journey, and he pointed me to some useful blueprints.
Guttman Energy, Inc.
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
10
Igor provides a very good combination of theoretical and practical guidance ... and this helps us focus in on developing a solid plan for our Data ... Read More
First Merchants Corporation
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
N/A
I enjoyed the insights on the business considerations that I need to take into account now, including the metrics that should be created to define ... Read More
Western Canada Lottery Corporation
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
20
Being able to tap into Raj's knowledge and get advice on best practices and a path to move forward has been very valuable. The InfoTech templates h... Read More
University of Western Cape
Guided Implementation
10/10
$107K
110
I really enjoyed the engagements and the thorough explanation from the advisor.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Cross Country Mortgage, Inc.
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Please note that the time & financial impact portions are marked as "N/A", as I cannot provide an accurate assessment at this time. However, I did... Read More
LMI Aerospace
Workshop
8/10
N/A
N/A
S2 Yachts, Inc.
Workshop
10/10
$61,999
50
Having access to the best practice information, InfoTech templates, and Reddy's wealth of experience will give us a great jump start on successfull... Read More
Cascades, Centre des Technologies
Guided Implementation
10/10
$50,000
50
AJIL Financial Services Company
Guided Implementation
7/10
$10,000
10
Sunday's River Citrus Company
Guided Implementation
6/10
N/A
N/A
The value selection of 6 is not a reflection on the presentation, but rather SRCC's readiness for such a project.
Platte River Power Authority
Workshop
10/10
N/A
20
Best - Workshop leaders, they did a very good job. The understanding gained by organization regarding the scope of this endevor. Worst - Probably... Read More
Dudek
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
1
They were both very knowledgeable on the subject and it was a productive conversation. Given the direction we have decided to move internally, the ... Read More
Ring Power Corporation
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
2
He was able to provide validation that we are headed on the right path and provide some Excel tools to help with planning and organizing.
Ariens Company
Guided Implementation
7/10
$12,399
2
Best was answers were given in real time with reference and experience. Most vendors I have researched were mentioned or within Info-Tech guidelines.
GraceKennedy
Guided Implementation
9/10
$30,999
60
Colorado Housing And Finance Authority
Guided Implementation
10/10
$6,031
12
The frameworks and experience the analysts provide from having done this process with other organizations is hugely valuable. It would be very diff... Read More
Alabama Department of Corrections
Guided Implementation
10/10
$12,300
5
Igor broke the important concepts down to a point we all understood the key components we need to address. Next, he's going to lead us in developin... Read More
Helen of Troy L.P.
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
N/A
Colorado Housing And Finance Authority
Guided Implementation
10/10
$25,199
10
It was great to see Infotech's expertise in helping organizations with their BI and analytics blueprints. I'm looking forward to our future calls.
Business Intelligence & Reporting
Put the business back in business intelligence by injecting new BI use cases.
This course makes up part of the Data & BI Certificate.
- Course Modules: 6
- Estimated Completion Time: 1.5 hours
- Featured Analysts:
- Ruyi Sun, Research Analyst
Workshop: Build a Reporting and Analytical Insights Strategy
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Understand the Business Context
The Purpose
- Define vision, mission, and key objectives; collect in-depth information around BI user perception to clearly articulate business context.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Increased BI-business alignment by using the business context as the project's starting point.
Activities
Outputs
Identify organizational drivers, challenges, pain points, enablers, and inhibitors.
- BI business framework
Draft BI vision and mission statements.
- BI vision and mission statements
Determine high-level ROI.
- High-level ROI
Analyze data culture diagnostic results and/or user sentiment feedback.
- End-user feedback
Module 2: Understand the Existing BI Landscape
The Purpose
- Review your organization’s BI usage and define a list of high-level business needs.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Detailed understanding of trends in BI usage.
- Identified business priorities and your stakeholder needs driving your BI initiatives.
Activities
Outputs
Review the critical BI artifacts and BI platform.
- Documented critical BI artifacts & platform
Understand the usage of your existing BI.
- Current state of BI practice is documented from multiple perspectives
Discuss and align on high-level business needs.
- Agreed-upon high-level business needs
Module 3: Choose Your Target Operating Model and Evaluate Your BI Practice
The Purpose
- Select target operating model type and assess BI practice maturity.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Selection of an operating model type that aligns with your organization’s outcomes and reflects your desired future state.
- Assessment of gaps between current and target state in BI operations and services as well as related data management practices.
Activities
Outputs
Review different operating model types and select target operating model type.
- Target operating model type selected
Align on the operating model.
Assess current BI maturity level.
- Documented current BI maturity state
Indicate the BI target-state maturity and perform a gap analysis.
- Assessment of gaps between current and target state
Module 4: Create a Strategy and Roadmap for Continuous Improvement
The Purpose
- Identify high-priority key initiatives to support your BI strategy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- An achievable roadmap of BI initiatives
Activities
Outputs
Document the BI strategy.
Develop a roadmap for the strategy.
- Roadmap accompanying the strategy with timeline
Discuss and align on communication plan.
- Communication plan
Plan for continuous improvement opportunities.
- Plan for improving BI