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Business Intelligence and Analytics

Strategies to help leverage full value from your design and implementation of an effective Business Intelligence framework

May 5, 2011

9:00am-5:00pm

7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded

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Donald E. Stephens Convention Center  Rosemont (O'Hare) Illinois

Overview

As organizations prepare for the recovery it is crucial that they have a well designed business intelligence framework to provide them with the necessary insight so they can capitalize on new opportunities.

This one day conference will help attendees design and leverage a solid BI framework with a focus on governance, data quality and analytics to make the decisions necessary for the economic recovery.

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference attendees will learn:

  • How to Establish a Data and Business Intelligence Governance Discipline
  • How to Implement a Comprehensive Data Integration Approach Aligned to Business Needs
  • Structuring the Unstructured: How to Design the Data Architecture to Make BI More Actionable
  • Clear Metrics: How to Build a Powerful Business Case for Data Quality (panel discussion)
  • How to Leverage Analytics to Turn Data Into Insight
  • How Enterprises are Using Analytics to Stay Ahead of the Competition (panel discussion)

Conference Program

8:00am - 9:00am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

Skriletz

9:00am-10:00am

How to Establish a Data and Business Intelligence Governance Discipline

Richard Skriletz, Global Managing Principal, Business Intelligence & Data, RCG IT

Many BI professionals report that their top priorities include data quality, advanced analytics, data governance and master data management. In order to gain the most out of your investment in BI and analytics you need to get the data correct. But where should you start?

In this session attendees will learn how to establish a data governance discipline inside their organization.

Topics covered will include:

  • Where to start
  • How to involve stakeholders and align them for success
  • How to determine the level of data that is appropriate for your organization’s specific applications
  • How to develop an enterprise standard for data terms and usage

10:00am -10:30am - Refreshment Break

Grohe

10:30am-11:30am

How to Get Through the Barriers that Impact BI Adoption and Pitfalls to Avoid Along the Way

Andrew Grohe, Partner and Technical Specialist, Project Leadership Associates

As organizations continue to shift from “survival” to “strategic” mode, executives are looking for new ways to impact revenue and grow their business. One critical element is to build a “visual landscape” of their financial environment with Business Intelligence, business analytics, performance management and data governance to provide a single version of the truth.

Research shows that labor is undoubtedly the most expensive element of deploying a Business Intelligence solution. However, organizations can often save money and lower the total cost of their BI solution by evaluating Open Source Business Intelligence (OSBI) as an alternative to traditional BI platforms. OSBI has seen a significant increase in deployment within corporate IT departments. This session will explore the reasons behind this trend, what you can expect to get from OSBI software, and challenges to implementing an OSBI platform.

Wiseman

11:30am-12:30pm

How to Leverage Analytics to Turn Data Into Insight

David Wiseman, Director of Business Development, Sybase, an SAP Company

Predictive analytics helps direct decision making by applying a combination of advanced analytics and decision optimization to an organization’s enterprise data. The objective is to improve business processes to meet specific organization goals.

In this session, attendees will learn how:

  • Analytics works
  • What the benefits are
  • How to involve the business
  • What is IT’s role
  • How IT can leverage analytics to help the business find new opportunities for growth

12:30pm - 1:30pm Luncheon

Fitzgerald

1:30pm-2:30pm

How to Take Your BI/Analytics Discipline and Make it Mobile

John Fitzgerald, Senior Consultant, Analytics8

"Mobile BI" is a hot term lately. Though PDAs, pagers, and cell phones have been common for at least 10 years, the recent invention and rapid adoption of truly capable smartphones and tablets has caused both vendors and consumers to refocus on mobile applications. Dozens of mobile BI solutions exist, but the capabilities range from an emailed pdf to constantly updated and fully interactive solutions. "There's an app for that" means that just giving access to your existing BI environment on a smaller form factor isn't enough. Mobile BI means interactive applications for laptop, tablet, smartphone and more. Mobile BI means new business requirements and IT challenges. Find out what it takes to achieve mobile BI success, why you should invest in mobile BI, and see examples of places where it's working today.

In this session attendees will learn:

  • What it takes to achieve mobile BI success
  • Why you should invest in mobile BI
  • Pitfalls to avoid
  • How organizations have reaped the advantages of a mobile BI platform

2:30pm - 3:00pm - Refreshment Break

 

 

3:00pm-4:00pm

Successful BI Program Management: How to Proactively Manage Business Intelligence Projects

Carole Wittemann, PMI certified Principal Consultant, Analytics8

Do you know how to successfully manage a business intelligence project? Can you explain to your organization what the difference is between a BI program versus a project? Can you tell the difference between a "Well" defined and a "Not" defined business requirement?

In this session, attendees will learn:

  • BI concepts all project managers need to know
  • What a BI Program is all about
  • Planning a BI project
  • Managing scope and communication
  • Quality requirements gathering


Boyer

Suda

Talukder

4:00pm-5:00pm

How to Gain Executive Sponsorship for Your BI & Analytics Program

Moderator:
Tom Marchok, Director, ViralMesh

Panelists will include:
John Boyer, Enablement Team Lead, The Nielsen Company
Raj Rathi, BI Architect, Baxter Credit Union
Craig Suda, IT Specialist, Business Intelligence, Appleton
Shaibal Talukder, Director Enterprise Architecture, The Pampered Chef
and other speakers from IT/BI departments

In this session attendees will learn how to ‘internally sell’ their BI and Analytics programs to management to gain executive buy-in.

Topics that will be covered:

  • How this will help increase enterprise value
  • How to articulate the value in terms the business can understand
  • How this will help extract value from all the investment that has been placed on data

Conference price: $249 per person.

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Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.

Exhibits

As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations.  During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.

  


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