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Big Data and the Cloud
24 April 2012
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What is Business Intelligence (BI)
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Forrester's definition:
Business intelligence is a set of methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information used to enable more effective strategic, tactical, and operational insight and decision-making.
For us, this means...
• Communicating the education sector workforce story so that “non-technical people” can make strategic decisions informed by accurate data.
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In other words...
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Births in Alberta
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 201020,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
55,000
Relative StabilityIn K-3 grades 5 yrs later
(2007-2009)
Expect an IncreaseIn K-3 grades 5 yrs later
(2010-2015)
Anticipated K-12 Ten Year Growth by Region
Projected K-12 Student Growth (2009/10 – 2019/20)
15.7%
15.2%
15.2%
23.8%
13.7%
Francophone
Zone 6
Zone 5
Zone 4
Zone 2/3
Zone 1
1,167
6,502
44,500
8,021
34,764
4,885
21.0%Francophone
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
220,000
240,000K-3
10-12
Growth will differ by grade(Alberta)
20% Increase34,816
4% Decrease-6,579
5yrs
Total HiresZone 2009/10 Hires 2019/20 Hires 2009/10-2019/20
Increase
AB All 4,257 5,584
Francophone 110 132
Zone 1 318 403
Zone 2/3 1,875 2,186
Zone 4 325 507
Zone 5 1,307 2,083
Zone 6 323 410
31%
20%
27%
17%
56%
59%
27%
Education’s Workforce Data Pyramid
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Sometimes, strange things happen...
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Sometimes, strange things happen...
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So what have we learned...
• Garbage in...garbage out• Humans need to validate the data• Stories must be driven by, and be
meaningful to the business user• Business rules do matter• Data stories must be user-friendly
and intuitive to read• We are learning our way forward...
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