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Welcome to Affordable Business Intelligence Tools Kent Brooks Casper College November 11, 2014 Indianapolis Indiana @kentbrooks #kualidays 1

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An Overview of the Casper College search for BI knowledge presented at Kuali Days 2014 in Indianapolis

Transcript of Welcome to Affordable Business Intelligence Tools: My BI Baker's Dozen

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Welcome to Affordable

Business Intelligence

ToolsKent Brooks

Casper College

November 11, 2014

Indianapolis Indiana

@kentbrooks #kualidays1

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From Data to Insight

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“We don’t have enough

data….the sample size is

too small”

-Moneyball

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Our Data Challenge (Part 1)We have Web Intelligence but we are

lacking the ability to create reports

from our whole data set.

SAP( for example) = good daily

reports but no ad hoc, no visualization

no dashboards

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Our Data Challenge (Part 2)We are being asked to be wise

stewards of resources about a field

that is brand new

The skills we are being asked to learn

to do this right are in addition to all the

other things we must know

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Our Data Challenge (Part 3)

Source: www.dilbert.com

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• Overcoming the BI/ Data

Challenge

• TDWI

• BI Scorecard =

http://tinyurl.com/l6u76yl

• Higher Ed BI Conference = NKU

• HEDW = http://www.hedw.org

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The Real Title of this Session:

Observations

of the

BI Tenderfoot

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Get a common set of definitions

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• Use the Right KPIs

• The Only KPI that really matters is user

adoption

• The adoption goal for BI in the organization

should be 100%

• Ethics in analytics has been virtually

ignored….don’t ignore it

• Plan to leverage internal and external data

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My BI Baker’s Dozen (Part 1)

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• Determine if real time data is actually

critical

• Don’t ignore small data. Excel is still your

friend

• The perfect is the enemy of the good

• Don’t totally robot yourself. Gut feelings +

intuition + data = Good

• Learn the tools you have before chasing

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• There is not one killer tool out there. Think

about a toolkit and multiple models to types

• The perfect is the enemy of the good

• You want useful information…not just big

data.

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My BI Baker’s Dozen (Part 3)

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But What about the Tools?

BI tools are a lot like the Marland Mansion Tunnel

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But What about the Tools?

Going Slower is Always Faster

Source: http://thedoghousediaries.com/

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But What about the Tools?

Pervasive integration with various tools is coming

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But What about the Tools?

Everyone is trying provide more comprehensive tools

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Sometimes Affordability is

Learning How to Use What You

Already Have…Better

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But What about the Tools?

In our case CROA for daily reporting

combined with other tools for:

• Data Visualization

• Charts/ Graphs

• Mobile

• Analysis

…Is a Reasonable Solution

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• Watch Moneyball

• Casper College BI Learning Center

http://bit.ly/1qWFX5C

• BI Scorecard & Blog

http://www.biscorecard.com/blog/

If Nothing Else….

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Next on my Learning List….

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Kent Brooks

[email protected]

@kentbrooks

www.kentbrooks.com

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