BI Assessment: Putting Intelligence Back Into BI

Are you seeking to launch a Business Intelligence (BI) initiative or wondering why your existing solution has yet to produce desired results?

If the answer is yes to either or both of these questions, then the eVerge BI Assessment is right for you.

In today's economic climate, organizations are challenged to do more with less while facing increased competition in the marketplace. This requires information that is accurate and reliable, delivered in a timely manner that enables companies to take appropriate action. Increasingly, Business Intelligence is the primary catalyst in driving changes that make for business success.

The eVerge BI Assessment is focused completely on helping customers prepare for or revitalize their BI programs. Our assessment often serves as the first phase of an engagement with your company, preceding a definition phase (where requirements are fully specified) and subsequent implementation services. During the assessment we evaluate your BI implementation state across people, processes, and technology to provide you with a set of materials to help deliver a successful BI program, including:

• BI Current State Report
  
• BI Delivery Roadmap
  
• BI Program Business and IT Cases
  
• BI Program Plan of Action

These deliverables provide a low-cost validation of your BI strategy and direction as well
as recommendations that will put you on the right path to succeed.

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Elements of the BI assessment

Assessments usually begin with a BI workshop that highlights recent developments in BI, best practices, and that uncovers the major challenges within your organization. This leads to a three-week guided learning session with your subject matter and information technology experts to review your current situation and strategize on the best approach for BI development. Shorter assessment offerings can be tailored to meet your specific needs and goals.

Our evaluation of the key elements of a BI strategy ensures proper alignment of business and technology objectives:

• Business Requirements Analysis
• Organizational Analysis
• Build vs. Buy Assessment
• Infrastructure Software
• Hardware and Technology
• Information Architecture

The eVerge BI Assessment arms our customers with a complete set of strategy-to-deploy insight for their BI programs, resulting in an understanding of how to apply BI best practices to a specific organization's business challenges and opportunities.

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