Business IntelligenceA BUSINESS ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE

BABOK v3Business Intelligence Perspective

About Me

What is the Business Intelligence Perspective?

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Agenda & Objectives

About me…Tony Green• Business Analyst Professional for about 7 years

• Supply Chain Industry throughout my Career

• Currently a Manager of Business Analysis at Brambles, a.k.a CHEP

• Played in the Business Intelligence space for about 14 years

• Enjoy Sports…

• Roller Coasters…

• And Anything to Embarrass my 13 year old Daughter

Big Data

Data Governance

Dashboards

Dilbert: Dogbert on Dashboards

What is the Business Intelligence Perspective?

Business Intelligence is focused on transforming data into value-added information

BI Perspective

Change Scope

Business Analysis

Scope

M-A-TUnderlying

Competencies

Impact on Knowledge

Areas

Change ScopeBreadth of Change

Change ScopeDepth of Change

Strategic

Tactical

Operational

Initiatives Focus on Varying Levels

Business Analyst must Assess implications of Change on Other Levels of the OrganizationFor example, a change in an Operational KPI may

impact a Strategic KPI, and visa versa

Business Analysis Scope

Change Sponsor

Change TargetsThe business decisions impacted

by people or processes as a result of the BI project

Business Analyst PositionBusiness Analyst

BI Functional Analyst

Data Analyst/Architect

Business Analysis OutcomesBusiness Process Coverage

Decision Models

Source and Target Logical Data Model and Data Dictionary

Source Data Quality Assessment

Transformation Rules

Business Analytics Requirements

Solution Architecture

Requirements Checklist: http://www.m87systems.com/Assets/BIRequirementsChecklist.pdf

Methodologies & Approaches

MethodologiesThe BABOK doesn’t define a

specific Methodology for BI Initiatives, but a Method can certainly impact the BA role

Which Methodology would you Choose?

ApproachesType of AnalyticsDescriptive

Predictive

Prescriptive

Supply & Demand DrivenBased on Existing Technology

Based on Business Goals

Structured & Unstructured Data

BI Maturity Model

Data Management

Reporting

Data Analysis

Modeling & Forecasting

Insight Generation

Descriptive Predictive Prescriptive

Types of Analytics

BI CoP Model

Underlying Competencies

Knowledge of Business Data and Functional Use

Analysis and Translation of Data Structures

Business Processes Affected

Decision Modelling

Statistics, Data Profiling, Pivoting

Data Models

Data Management (Extract, Transform, and Load)

BI Reporting Tools

Impact on Knowledge Areas

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Elicitation and Collaboration

Requirements Lifecycle Management

Strategy Analysis

Requirements Analysis and Design Definition

Solution Evaluation

Techniques

Scope Re-visit

Let’s Do One Together

Your North American CFO needs to see aggregated revenue once per month, showing Year-to-Date Revenue compared to the Full Previous

Year’s Revenue.

Go!

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