Next-Gen Competency

Requirements for

BI and Analytics

By R.N. Prasad

Infosys Education & Research

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Key Takeaways

Portfolio of Education

Investments

Sharpening Competencies

Business context of

Competency Development

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Business context of

Competency Development

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Evolution of BI & Analytics

Interaction Reporting KPIs &

Scorecard

Shared Insights

Influencing Decisions

Role based Information

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Competency Levels

Technical Proficiency

Hands-on Experience

Learnability

(Concepts, Practices, Standards, Applications)

Professional Network

Multiple Tools

Multiple Technology Domains

(Tools, Research…)

Research

Leadership

Business Impact

(Insights, Trends, Innovations, Thought Leadership, Community)

CONSULTING LEVEL

PRACTICE

LEVEL

FOUNDATION LEVEL

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New Paradigms of Learning

Same Place

Same

Time Traditional

Classrooms

Any

Time Classroom

In Batches

Diff

Time

Any Place

Video Conferences

Webinars

Diff Place

Video-based self-training

Peer-to-peer support

Facilitated learning

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Sharpening Competencies

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Multi-Disciplinary Nature of BI & A Projects

Color Display

Battery

Media

Optics

Data Coding &

Compression

Compact

Package

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Familiar Roles in IT

Educator Project Manager

Data Architect

Business Analyst

Application Developer Solution Architect

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Project Organization as Driver

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2

1

Support

Develop

Lead

Competency Levels

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Consult

External Data Sources/

Benchmarks

ERP (SAP/ Oracle)

Departmental

Applications

Groupware & OA

Related Technologies (Cloud computing, Enterprise Mobility, Social Analytics)

Domain Specific (Core Business Processes, Business Metrics, Role based Analytics)

BI Basics (Statistics & Data Analysis, ETL, Multi-dimensional Modeling, Reporting)

Quality and Project/ Program Management

Platforms & Foundation - (OS, RDBMS, Software Engineering/ Scripting/

User Experience)

Practice Methodologies (Domain/ Metrics/ Reporting/ Project Execution/ Program)

Behavioral (Soft skills/ Consulting/ Virtual Teams/ Change Management…)

BI Applications ( CPM/ BSC/ SCM/CRM/ HCM/ QMS Frameworks)

Specialization (Architecture/ Content Management/ GIS/ Visualization/ MDM/

UDM/ IDP)

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Competency “Dimensions” & Approaches

• Retrain Engineers familiar

with Application Development

• Extensive BI Tools training

• Add-on Soft skills & Program

Management skills

• Learn “ON-THE-JOB”

Bu

sin

ess &

So

ft Skills

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Portfolio of Education

Investments

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Getting Ready!

Business and

Industry Domain

Key Enterprise

Technologies/ Tools

Usability Engineering

Practice

Methodology

Program Management

(Change Management)

Innovation

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Infosys Approach to Continuous Education

Voice of the clients

Market trends

Aspirations of employee

Organizational goals

• Foundation Program

• Learning Credits

• Certification

• CoE

• Thought Leadership

• Alliances

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Global Alignment

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