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Business Intelligence:

From Idea to Delivery



H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on

ArchitectureBuild Out

QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

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October, 2015 Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences 2



Define the Questions

• Who are your stakeholder?

• What questions are stakeholders

asking (or being asked)?




• Deconstruct each question to Facts and Dimensions

• Example: “What’s our course enrollment over last 5

years?

• More Dimensions = More Complex

Break Down the Questions


Facts

- # of Courses

- # of Enrolled Students

Dimensions

- Time (years, months)

- Org (Cluster, Department)

- Course (Name, sections)

- Student?



H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on


QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

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Decide on Architecture

Additional things that will affect your

architecture:

•Where your data currently resides

• Data warehouse or not?

• Desire/ability to have technical resource on staff

• Visualization preferences

• Security




H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on


QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

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T e c h n i c

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Build out

Considerations before project launch:

• Project managers rock!

• If working with vendors, spend the time to find

good one(s)

•

Get access to the systems you need• Think about the ongoing support model




H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on


QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

B u s i n e s s U s

e r s

T e c h n i c

a l S t a f f




QA and User Acceptance Testing

• Set Expectations

• Test data AND functionality

• User experience (beyond data) critical to

adoption




H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on


QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

B u s i n e s s U s

e r s

T e c h n i c a l S t a f f




Launch

• What does Sign-off look like

•Launch process

• Security (who gets what)

• Training and Quick Start Guide

• Ongoing Support and feedback process




H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on


QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

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Revise and Add Content

•

Repeat steps 1-6, but faster

• Clearly define ongoing support model

• Safely try new approaches to improve




H&S BI Process

Define the

Questions

Decide on


QA & UAT

Launch

Revise and

Add content

B u s i n e s s U s e r s





Questions?

Irene Poston

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School of Humanities & Sciences - Information Technology

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