Companies often look for templates or real world examples when it is time to bring a business intelligence system online. While they try to mimic a company similar to theirs, each organization is faced with their own respective needs and challenges. One commonality does exist in most roll outs as the strategy standard; involving end users and thinking big but starting small. This article discusses the best implementation strategy that is shared among companies.
Involving the users allows there to be early buy in from many members of the organization and it promotes the benefits immediately. With many ideas flowing about, the implementation team is well prepared to deliver the best system. Additionally, pilot programs to test this system in are critical. Mass roll outs without the proper testing can lead to various issues and each department usually has its own pace to adopt these technologies.
Timelines allow for organized planning but its really the end user acclimating to the new system and providing feedback which will determine how long this implementation can take. Does anyone have any other advice that may complement this over arching advice?
Thanks, Nick, for sharing this article. I especially appreciated the point that the author made about thinking big, but starting small.
In my position at work, we are constantly trying to implement certain marketing strategies where we have to coordinate the input of numerous user groups. Involving that many different types of users, information can get extremely hard to pare down. Trying to weed out relevant information is tough but trying to make sure that you have gotten all of the sources of information that you need to weed from is also tough.
The author talked about how allowing input from various departments and working with a BI expert creates a big picture view of how BI could ultimately benefit the organization.
Then vetting and prioritizing these requirements can help to weed out irrelevant information.
Its an important point that when you are mining for BI, to incorporate as much information as you can get your hands on and then pare down to what is truly pertinent.
Thanks,
Brandi