IBM Cognos 8 BI: Essentials for Managing BI Projects (V8.4) SPVC

Introduction to Essentials for Managing BI Projects

• Limitations with traditional reporting
• The evolution of the BI market
• The need for a BI enterprise solution
• Success criteria for a BI enterprise solution
• The appropriate approach for implementing a BI project
• The IBM Cognos Solutions Implementation Methodology (IBM Cognos SIM)
• The value of knowing business unit perspectives
• Project roles and responsibilities
• The importance of training

Analyze Data Requirements

• How do organizations think dimensionally about their data
• Dimensions, facts, and granularity
• The function of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a business and with scorecards and other BI components
• Common data sources, data architecture designs, and industry terminology
• Dimensional modeling and conformed dimensions

Analyze User Requirements

• Identify how to establish project goals and requirements
• Use the interview process as a means to determine business and data requirements of users
• Create a dimension map from KPIs
• Discuss how to choose a business area to prototype
• Enrich the basic dimension map

Analyze Reporting and Infrastructure Requirements

• What is the difference between Reporting, Querying, Analysis, Scorecarding, and Event Management
• How does the 'Analyze then Query' approach provide the BI solution for an enterprise
• Identify different categories of users
• Identify the appropriate IBM Cognos product to meet requirements
• Examine IBM Cognos 8 BI architecture and security

Design, Build, Deploy, and Operate

• Considerations for designing and building BI applications
• Testing and deploying BI applications
• Operating and maintaining BI applications