Armoring EmployeesFrom Tool experts to

BI expertsDr.Sarma

June 26.2011

What is consulting ?

Consulting = Technical expertise + Functional/ Business understanding + Options analysis + Making a case + Project Management

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Definition of consultant

Consultant is : one who gives expert or professional adviceAdvice presupposes:

Expert Knowledge and ability to articulate itProactive dispensation of advice in the context of client

environmentConfident exposition

Technology Skills

Multi dimensional Skills

• Technical• Skills-Tool and Technology skills

• Functional• Skills- All relevant functions of business

• Domain• Skills-

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Role Effectiveness

Initial impressionBe prepared with a planUnderstand client business & scope of consulting being soughtSetting expectationsProactive dispensation of advice

ExecutionDo your homeworkManage expectationsEngage with your point of viewFocus on the business issues and solutions OwnershipGive Relationship Building its due

Wrap-upKnowledge transferFollow-up

Business Analytics

• Business Analytics • capability of integrating data from various sources

simultaneously and providing real-time human-centric results and analysis through visualization driven charts, dashboards, and reports.

Goal of BI Consultant

• The end goal of a BI system is to enable users to consume a large amount of pertinent data, analyze it and produce either revenue generating opportunities or cost savings to the business.

BI systems :

• Gather data from several sources -• Consolidate, organize and standardize information in

repositories such as data warehouses and data marts.• Provide analytical tools that enable specialists to run

queries against the data and uncover patterns and potentially diagnose problems.

Ladder of Business Analytics

Predictive

Monitoring

Analysis

Reporting

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Predictive Analytics

“Data Modeling

• Data modeling

• Data

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11Health Checks

“BI Environment” Health Check

“BOBJ Environment” Health Check

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12Transition Traditional

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