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INTRODUCTION
• Getting the most out of your roadmap
• Selecting the degree of centralization
• Getting a laser-focused plan
• Analyzing your solution’s degree of coupling
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WHAT A ROADMAP IS (AND ISN’T)
Statement of overall business problem(s) and the specificscope of the solution. Business perspective of the solution — for example, whatinformation needs your system will meet that it wasn’t meetingbefore. Initial financial analysis, including ROI projections. Current condition of the organization’s informationinfrastructure —including a discussion of where all the relevantdata is being housed and what condition it’s in. High-level review of hardware requirements, emphasizing anynew platforms you may need to implement.
Discussion of existing and new software that will be utilized forthe BI solution. General make-up of project team and division ofresponsibilities. A section on risks, constraints, and assumptions that lays out
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A COUPLE QUESTION
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HOW TO CHOOSE
Organizational culture
• Autocratic• Entrepreneurial
Organizational Structure
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BI ARCHITECTURE ALTERNATIVES
How and where will the data be maintained?
What will the integration schedule be?
What tools will sit on which desktops — throughoutthe organization?
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ARCHITECTURE EVALUATION
Hardware
Data Management
End User Tools
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OTHER SOLUTION ELEMENTS
Operating systems
Network protocols
Server hardware
Primary database vendor
Data Warehouse and Extract, Transform, and Load(ETL) processes
The kinds of front-end BI tools you absolutely musthave
The kinds of front-end BI tools that would be niceto have
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QUESTION ASKED DURING PLANNING PHASE
Which solution components work well together? And which don’t? What infrastructure is currently in place and does ithave spare capacity?
Does the company have existing relationships withsome of the target vendors?
THE SHORT LIST
The goal is to produce a short list of architecturealternatives that satisfy all of your bare minimumrequirements, and hopefully supply some nice-to-have features as well.
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EXAMINING COSTS FOR EACH ALTERNATIVE
Keep your eyes forexpenses such as
SoftwareLicense
Hardwareacquisition
cost
Service andmaintenance
cost
Training andsupport cost
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LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGICAL RISK
Software has unknown bugs thatpupate and hatch at inopportune times.
Software doesn’t perform as promisedby the vendor
Products don’t work together as well asprojected.
Some examples of risk associated with IT implementation are
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MAKING YOUR DECISION
Verify YourInformation
Revisityour
criteria
Get a new
Perspective
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DEVELOPING A PHASED, INCREMENTALBI ROADMAP
Deciding Where to Start
Easy todeliver
HighestValue
LeastRisky
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DEVELOPING A PHASED, INCREMENTALBI ROADMAP
KeepingScore
• Prepare a score card with key variables• Rate them in order to decide your priorities
Deciding What
ComesNext
• Move ahead according to previously made decision• Review and refine the deliverables from the previous
stage
PlanningFor
Contingencies
• Cost Overflow• Technological Risk• High Human resource turnover• Loss of project sponsor
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DEVELOPING A PHASED, INCREMENTALBI ROADMAP
Dealing withmoving targets
• Tiny changes in your scheme could impactyour plan.
• Insignificant updates can have big impacton your project.
Leaving timefor periodic“architectural
tune- ups”
• A BI system is a constantly evolvingorganism
• You need to updated or in easier term tuneup the system from time to time.
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