a goal without a plan is just a wish - stephan opperman, ccg

S E E F A R T HER. G O F A S TER. 2502 North Rocky Point Dr. Suite 650 | Tampa, FL 33607 | O: 813.968.3238 | www.ccgBI.com

A Goal with No Plan is Just A Wish

September 23, 2015

Presenter: Stephan Opperman, CCGMicroStrategy Atlanta Symposium


Today’s AgendaIntroductionsBI ChallengesRecommendationsQ&A


Stephan Opperman, CCGStephan Opperman is a seasoned business intelligence and data warehouse professional with over 20 years of experience in the field. Helping organizations optimize their business intelligence performance through advanced enterprise solutions is the hallmark of Stephan’s reputation in the IT industry. As Solution Architect for Convergence Consulting Group (CCG), Stephan is responsible for organizing and communicating key analytics to client organizations that result in increased sales and cost-effective solutions. Stephan also acts as CCG’s MicroStrategy Channel Director, ensuring the growth of the MicroStrategy practice by overseeing all consultant training and new project acquisition.

Prior to joining CCG, Stephan was employed as IT Business Intelligence Solutions Senior Project Manager with Lowe’s Companies, Inc, responsible for supporting all Business Intelligence delivery projects, including ETL and MicroStrategy delivery teams. His background spans a multitude of industries, designing and enhancing enterprise data management infrastructure based on well-defined business requirements across varying business units. Throughout his career, Stephan has become a trusted advisor to many IT executives who rely on him to diagnose and resolve complex hardware and software problems. He specializes in influencing transformational improvements by leveraging leading products like MicroStrategy, SQL, Teradata, DB2, Oracle, Microsoft, Hyperion, IBM, Informatica and more.

Presenter

Presentation Notes

You can delete this if you want but I think it’d be good to have an slide introducing yourself


An award-winning consulting firm that specializes in helping clients overcome business challenges & increase performance by leveraging advanced analytic solutions.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: It’s Who We Are and What We Do.

Business Value – Improve business processes via analytic solutionsSpecialized Expertise – Data & Analytics: From initiative to adoptionPartner Approach – Trusted advisor and evangelist, change cultures Our People are the Best – Experienced, passionate, professionals

Presenter

Presentation Notes


Our Practices and Competencies


BI Challenges

1. Ability to ‘Run’ without learning to ‘Crawl’

2. Bi-Modal BI

3. Pace of Business VS. IT


BI Challenges

Ability to ‘Run’ without learning to ‘Crawl’

Organizational Pressures to move quickly (Business / IT)

New to BI / Toolsor

BI Established ….. But with limited success

No clearly defined Plan / Strategy


• Performance Management• Requirements-based• Top-down design• Integration and reuse• Better decisions• Enterprise

• Data Discovery• Opportunity-oriented• Bottom-up experimentation• Immediate use• Business innovation• Functional

Gartner

Today’s BI ChallengesBi-Modal – “Suits” VS. “T-Shirts”


Today’s BI ChallengesPace of Business VS. IT

IT traditionally perceived as ‘slow’• Structured / Governance

Business requirements / needs perceived as ‘immediate’

Business R&D / ‘Sandbox’ likely to require IT Support


Recommendations

Plan…Plan…..Plan!!BI Strategy is Key!

Assessment to understand Current Environment• People; Process and Technology

Strategy to define Future • Mobile,• Advanced Analytics,• Big Data,• Technology,• Etc.


RecommendationsRoadmap to define the path to success

• Business Driven Initiatives• Short Project Deliverables • Agile Approach

CCG’s Assessment, Vision & Roadmap

Recommendations

Focus on the right blend of Tools Gartner


RecommendationsBlending of Data

• Structured / Governed Data VS. Un-Structured Data• External / Business Sourced Data

Governance: Survey Reveals Best Practices Lagging in Most Enterprises"We do not have any data governance.“ – 34% of Participants

Accuracy VS. Timeliness of Data• Agility has trumped the need for perfectly architected BI

Strategy to evolve• Descriptive Analytics (What Happened)• Predictive Analytics (What Will Happen)• Prescriptive Analytics (How can we Make it Happen)

Data Science Labs• Big Data (Hadoop)

https://tdwi.org/Articles/2015/09/15/Governance-Best-Practices-Lagging.aspx?j=514164&[email protected]&l=50_HTML&u=10657194&mid=1060748&jb=128&Page=1


RecommendationsSelf Service to support R&D

Shadow IT / BI Competency Center

Business Transformation• Analytics should transform business from operations to innovation

Customers/Business must be intimately involved• Pushing for FYA (For Your Action) vs. FYI


In Conclusion

SEE FARTHER. GO FASTER. Convergence Consulting Group 813.968.3238 | www.ccgBI.com

Thank You