Business Intelligence Standardisation Graham Walter 29th June 2005 Departmental, Project based Small Numbers of Expert Users Outside IT Governance process Resulted in fragmented solution Traditional BI External Factors are driving BI The BI user community is growing and changing Users are demanding more from BI applications BI is Mission Critical BI is an accepted Infrastructure component Standardisation is the norm Things Are Changing What must we do? Traditional success factors Business Sponsor Address defined business need Iterative development New considerations Steering group Competence Centre Roadmap IT production quality Barriers to Standardisation Timing Politics Internal resistance Available technology? Cost of Migration WHY CHOOSE A SINGLE BI STANDARD? 1.Simplify 2.Become more agile and responsive 3.Lay foundation for improving performance 4.Reduce your TCO LAY A FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE 3 The future