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Business Intelligence: BI Strategy - part 1Table of Contents

Posted by Joyce Butler Oct 15, 2013There are many components of a BI Strategy. Let us start with a table of contents as a guideline.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY1. Introduction and Purpose1.1 Purpose2. Reporting Gaps and Risks3. BI Vision3.1 Target Audience3.1.1 Global Business Intelligence3.1.2 Country Specific Business Intelligence3.1.3 Operational Business Intelligence (Integration/Staging Layer)3.1.4 External Business Intelligence (Extended Enterprise)3.2 BI Components3.2.1 Architecture components3.2.1.1 Delivery3.2.1.2 Data Warehousing Layers3.2.1.3 Operational Layer3.2.1.4 Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL)3.2.1.5 Master Data Reporting3.2.1.6 Federated Architecture3.2.2 Support Organization (BI COE)3.3 Goals3.3.1 Governance3.3.2 Tools3.3.3 Data Modeling/Data Flows3.3.4 Business Intelligence Organization (BI COE)3.3.5 Principles for BI Design/Build Initiatives4. Conceptual Architecture and System Landscape4.1 Business Intelligence Data Architecture4.1.1 As-is4.1.2 To-be4.1.2.1 Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)4.1.2.2 Design Guidelines4.1.3 Interim Architecture4.1.3.1 Co-existence4.1.3.2 Interim Solution Risks

Business Intelligence: BI Strategy - part 1 Table of Contents

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4.2 Design Template and Global Data Structure4.2.1 Application Design Template4.2.2 Master Data Considerations4.2.2.1 The Issue4.2.2.2 The Challenge4.2.2.3 The BI Design4.2.3 Near-Real Time reporting / Zero Latency4.2.3.1 Load Strategy4.3 SAP BI Accelerator5. Front-End Reporting and BOBJ Architecture5.1 Building Camerons Frontend Reporting Strategy5.1.1 Tool Selection Matrix5.1.2 Portal Reporting Integration Scenarios5.1.3 Build Reports integrating SAP and Non-SAP data5.1.4 Design Challenges and Mitigations5.1.5 Report Broadcasting and Publishing6. Business Intelligence Implementation Guidelines6.1 Process6.1.1 Overview6.1.2 Detailed Implementation Process6.1.3 Deliverables and Methodology6.1.3.1 Business Intelligence Work Plan Template6.1.4 Other Considerations6.1.4.1 BI Security and Authorization Model6.1.4.2 Challenges of a Central BI Instance7. Enterprise Center of Excellence (COE)7.1 Overview7.1.1 BI COE Functions7.1.2 Roles and Responsibilities7.2 Implementation - Six Step Approach7.3 Benefits7.4 Summary8. Appendix A: Reporting Scope by Functional Area8.1 Aftermarket8.2 Commercial Sales8.3 Engineering8.4 Finance Managerial Reporting8.5 Finance Financial Reporting8.6 HR8.7 Manufacturing8.8 Project Management8.9 Quality8.10 Supply Chain

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9. Appendix B: Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations10. Appendix C: Roles and Responsibilities11. Appendix D: BusinessObjects Product Suite12. Appendix E: BI Naming Standards and Conventions13. Appendix F: Data Modeling13.1 Data Modelling Standards and Guiding Principles13.2 Naming convention and Standards13.3 Data Mining13.4 Enterprise Performance Management Solution13.5 Meta Data Management13.6 Standard SAP BI Content13.7 BI Data Aging and Archiving13.8 Data Integrity Checks and Reconciliation Layer13.9 Workbench Maintenance Tasks14. Appendix G: BI System Landscape14.1 Production and Disaster Recovery14.2 Quality or UAT14.3 Development14.4 Sandbox14.5 Transport Path15. Appendix H: Best Practices and Guidelines for Reporting Tools15.1 Universe Design15.2 OLAP BAPI Performance15.3 Security15.4 Web Intelligence15.5 Report Design15.6 Crystal Reports15.7 Explorer15.8 Dashboard Designer

Part 2 explores the development of an Executive Summary .2161 Views Tags: bi, sapmentors, sapmentor, strategy, business_intelligence

Sebastien ChabaneJan 23, 2014 4:03 PMHi Joyce,

Same question as Farrukh with a particular interest for part 7.Many thanks,

SC

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Farrukh HanifJan 15, 2014 1:15 PMHi Joyce,

Have you shared the complete BI strategy as I am looking for it?

thanks,Farrukh