Business Intelligence Planning

Plan carefully before launching a business intelligence (BI) project. Inform managers, while the implementation of a BI project implementation so that they can support the Information Technology Department plans. In this way, the team remains cohesive and goal-oriented. In addition, IT managers, MIS directors and Chief Information Officer carefully assemble the right team for the implementation and select the right product business intelligence.

Establish the need

Management of communities and businesses should have a general understanding and appreciation of the value that the business intelligence applications can provide. Create a compelling need for the development of a business intelligence application within their organization. Individual company can use to access data for specific information or use it to solve any business problems. Plan your project carefully before implementing it, and complete the project within the deadline period.

Develop a formal plan for the project

Your plan is a living document that must be updated continuously through the life of the project. This is a reference document for all the details of the project and helps to manage expectations and the end of the final delivery. The plan must contain:

Business needs

Scope and Delivery

Critical Success Factors

User acceptance criteria

Tasks

Timeline

Roles and responsibilities

Proper planning leads to a successful BI project in which they met or exceeded all the expectations of the organization. Formally document and communicate deliveries help meet user expectations.

Checklist for BI Planning

To ensure the success of the project planning and implementation of business intelligence, consult the following list:

Define the project

Identify users

Develop a formal plan of the project

Assemble the project team

Evaluate all the information needs and technical

Select the software

Configure the application of business intelligence

Implement a strategy to support

Conditions all users

Making a success

Present your business intelligence strategy to report to someone before implementation. Giving a presentation to the executive committee on restructuring charges, the data revisions, the incremental costs of skilled labor requirement, ramifications and the effect on the company. This will form a nucleus to work with and develop or implement a well planned BI project. Use the following checklist to ensure success:

Having an official statement of the mission BI.

Having a centralized approach to management.

End user and IT representatives should meet regularly.

Justify BI acquisitions with RFI / RFP, specific applications, the end user inquiries and requests, decisions with input use.

Assess the criteria and processes for measuring BI to monitor the efforts under way.

Having a formal model of BI support structure in place.

For the needs of end users input, allows individual departments and functional areas to select and manage their BI strategies.

Publishing a document approved BI strategy that describes in detail all the selections for future reference.
Examine the documents required periodically.

Adopt measures and spending time to plan your business intelligence initiative to avoid bankruptcy. Organizational goals and aspirations can not be achieved without a plan. A proper plan with enthusiasm the project team to aim for success in a given period of time and with optimal use of resources .......