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Business Analysis for Business Intelligence in the oil & gas industry 1
Business Analysis for Business Intelligence
An oil & gas industry case study 1
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Signs of BI Failure
Patchy analysis
Feigned consensus
Dysfunctional design
Dodgy data
Skeptical management
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Your career
70% to 80% of BI projects fail
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Objectives
Illustrate business analysis techniques
Enhance facilitation techniques
Describe benefits that resonate with stakeholders
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Strengthen business analysis skills
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Yogi Schulz
Partner of Corvelle Consulting
Management consulting in information technology
Microsoft Canada columnist & CBC Radio host
PPDM Association board member
Industry presenter: – Project World - 4 years
– CIPS Informatics - 7 years
– PMI - Information Systems SIG - 2 years
– Convergence - 4 years
– PPDM Association - several years
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Outline
Business Context
Compliance Assessment System
Development description
Benefits
Conclusions
Recommendations
Discussion
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Business Context
Measurement & Reporting
Requirements
Measurement Reporting
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Business Problem
Challenge maintaining compliance audit coverage
Suspicion of poor compliance
Suspicion of insufficient attention to risks of noncompliance
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Business Goals
Raise level of assurance
Raise level of compliance
Minimize the cost
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Business Solution
Apply SOX audit concepts
Improve data monitoring
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Business Analysis Techniques
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Focus group
Interface analysis
Interviews
Document analysis
Brainstorming
Workshops
Reverse engineering
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Compliance Assessment System -- Overview
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Data Extract
Compliance Analytics
Noncompliance Indicators
Input Datastores
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Compliance Assessment System -- Data Extract
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Field Inspection
System
Data Extract
Extract A - n
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Compliance Assessment System -- Data Analytics
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Compliance Analytics
Extract A
Noncompliance Indicators
Extract n
Compliance Analytics
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Examples
High metering difference
Production rate trending up
Puzzling trends in gas flare, fuel, vent, meter difference
Gas production greater than oil production for an oil well
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Compliance Assessment System -- Reporting
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Noncompliance Indicators
Reports
Operator Reports
Production Audit Team
Reports
Facilitation Techniques
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Gate Keeping
Brainstorming
Flip Charts & Post-it Notes
Clustering
T-graphic for pros and cons
Weighted Voting
Con Pro
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Benefits for System Development
Cost-effective and rapid development
Adaptable to change
Encapsulate expert understanding of data relationships
Simple validation of candidate compliance assessment indicators
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Benefits of BI Activity
Assurance over the state of compliance
Feedback to oil & gas operators
Improved data quality for all stakeholders
Comprehensive auditing
Greatly increased auditor productivity
Independence from skilled data analysts
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Conclusions
Compliance Assessment System addressed our business challenge
Solid business analysis work required for project success
BI tool enabled:
– development
– operation
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Recommendations
Identify datastores to examine
Experiment to identify potential data anomalies
Design, build and test a BI system
Collect dollars
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Objectives
Illustrate business analysis techniques
Enhance facilitation techniques
Describe benefits that resonate with stakeholders
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Strengthen business analysis skills
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Q & A
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Corvelle Consulting
300, 400 - 5 Ave. S. W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0L6
Phone: (403) 249-5255
E-mail: YogiSchulz@corvelle.com
Web: www.corvelle.com
Yogi Schulz Partner of Corvelle Consulting
Information technology related management consulting
Microsoft Canada columnist & CBC Radio host
Industry presenter
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Bibliography - 1
Business analysis – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_analysis
Business analysis techniques – www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/business-analysis-techniques.pdf
Continuous Auditing – www.acl.com/solutions/continuous_auditing.aspx
Five Effective Business Analysis Techniques – www.artviper.net/wp/2010/06/five-effective-business-analysis-
techniques/
Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner – www.computerweekly.com/news/1280094776/Poor-communication-
to-blame-for-business-intelligence-failure-says-Gartner
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Bibliography - 2
Q&A: Ensuring Success in Your Enterprise-wide BI Project – tdwi.org/articles/2012/04/10/Ensuring-BI-Project-Success.aspx
Rethinking the Role of Business Analysts: Towards Agile Business Analysts? – www.agilemodeling.com/essays/businessAnalysts.htm
Six Essential Facilitation Techniques for Project Managers – www.globalknowledge.com/training/generic.asp?pageid=1907&count
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Tips for Facilitators – www.thiagi.com/tips.html
Why Skilled Business Analysts Will Not Go Away in an Agile World – www.modernanalyst.com/Resources/Articles/tabid/115/articleType/A
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