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Business Strategy

14th September 2010

+Mission

To deliver cost effective IT solutions through effective use of affordable tools and resources in the following areas:

Data Migration Data Integration Data Quality Management Consulting

+Goals

 Rigorously encourage the use of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) packages industry wide with specific focus on public sector,  small, micro and medium enterprises.

Attract experienced professionals with experience in different business industries to ensure that our solutions are shaped to meet diverse business needs.  

+Governance

We will all be billable.

We understand that there is a need for business services e.g. marketing. Marketing will be shared until growth warrants a dedicated resource. Accountability will be with 1 person.

Equity will be equal – we all bring the same value.

We will provide some equity for new resources.

We practice what we preach.

We must partner with reputable organisations.

+Personal Strengths

We have great experience in Data Migration / Data Integration / Data Warehousing / Data Quality

We have Youth, Age, Energy, Enthusiasm, Passion, Integrity and Ideas

We are diverse We are local We are multi skilled We are hungry and … We have courage

+Personal Skills

All aspects of the Systems Development Life Cycle including Data Modelling

All aspects of ETL methodology

All aspects of Data Quality methodology

All aspects of Data Warehousing

Training

ETL tools: DataStage, Business Objects Data Integrator, Informatica

OLAP tools: Hyperion Essbase, Cognos

Data Bases: e.g. Oracle, DB2, Adabas, SQL Server

Hardware: e.g. IBM Mainframe, UNIX, LINUX

+Opportunities

eThekwini Municipality - RMS Data Migration. eThekwini Municipality - Coins data cleansing CityWorks - other RMS implementations. InfoBlueprint - Data Quality Solutions. Lechabile IT Services – Data migration Solutions Masterdata – Data Quality Solutions SEDA – Office automation, “Incubator” establishment AdaptIT DataWorld

+Opportunities

Lack of IT skills in the industry / Shortage of skilled resources We will address this with our Training and Resource Hub

Data Migration / Integration is happening everywhere and is expensive We will address this with our ETL Engine and skilled resources

Data Quality solutions are required for effective BI We will address this with our Data Quality Framework and skilled

resources

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FOSS Solutions

10th September 2010

+Objective

To provide you with an overview of our FOSS Solutions

+What is FOSS?

“Free and open source software, also F/OSS, FOSS, or FLOSS (free/libre/open source software) is software that is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to use, study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code.”

“FOSS is often based on open standards which enhance the interoperability of software.”

+What are the experts saying?

Gartner press release predicts that open source BI tool adoption will grow five-fold through 2012. They also mention that it was once considered for “cash strapped” organizations but is now mainstream.

+Demand for FOSS

+FOSS Tools

ETL Tools Talend Pahena Kettle

BI Tools SpagoBI

+Next Steps

Form partnerships.

Refine modus operandi.

Refine Business Strategy.

Develop marketing material.

Formalise methodologies and tool set.

Test our Business Strategy.

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Support Processes

Delivery Processes

How we will operate – Business Framework

Manage Resources

Conduct Research and Development

Provide Solutions

Manage Quality

Improve Processes

Grow the Business

Business Strategy

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Business Framework

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Manage Information

Manage Finances

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+Solution Framework

Scope the Solution

Deliver the solution

Review the

Solution

Manage Resources

Manage the Project

Manage Quality

Improve the Process

+Solution Framework

Deliver the solution

Manage Resources

Manage the Project

Manage Quality

Improve the Process

Data Quality Solution

Data Migration Solution

Business Intelligence Solution

+Data Quality Solutions…

+What is Data Quality?

“Fit for Purpose…” (Larry English IAIQM)

Data are of high quality "if they are fit for their intended uses in operations, decision making and planning: (J.M. Juran)

“The processes and technologies involved in ensuring the conformance of data values to business requirements and acceptance criteria” (Wikipedia)

+What is Data Quality?

Data that is: Authentic Accessible / Available Accurate / Valid Complete Consistent Current / up to date Secure Complies with business requirements…

+The Cost of poor Data Quality

“The Johannesburg Attorneys' Association (JAA) is becoming increasingly frustrated by the City of Johannesburg's delays in issuing rate certificates, and is threatening to take the matter to court. The association says thousands of rate clearance certificates have been outstanding since October, when the city started upgrading its computer systems to SAP.” Ratepayers carry unnecessary costs such as occupational

rent Legal processes are delayed and result in additional

unnecessary costs

+The Cost of poor Data Quality

Bad press therefore Loss of confidence

Unnecessary expenditure as a result of undelivered mail

Unnecessary costs as a result of rework

Ratepayers carry unnecessary costs

Court cases e.g Legal Costs

Imprisonment for falsifying information…

+Data Quality Framework

Business Quality Requirements

Measure

Correct Monitor

Business rules Data Model

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Meta Data