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tblocks.com [email protected] 416.775.1919 In today’s -rapidly evolving marketplace, the importance of having real-time access to accurate and reliable data to make well informed decisions is critical for businesses. However, to do this requires presenting this data those in an intuitive and visual way allowing them to easily understand their data - giving rise to self- service business intelligence (BI). While the promise of self-service business intelligence is to make the life of business users and IT professionals alike easier by providing independence and agility, unfortunately, developing the solution with varying levels and degrees of complexity can prove to be difficult. For organizations that are looking to move to self-service business intelligence but are not sure where to start, TechBlocks recommends organizations start with a Business Intelligence Assessment and Implementation Plan. Our Approach TechBlocks specializes in combining technology with business acumen allowing us to achieve tangible results that are aligned to essential business KPI’s. We specialize in building secure, flexible, and scalable cloud based solutions that reduce costs and significantly improve business productivity for our clients. Business Intelligence Assessment & Implementation Plan

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Intoday’s-rapidlyevolvingmarketplace,theimportanceofhavingreal-timeaccesstoaccurateandreliabledatatomakewellinformeddecisionsiscriticalforbusinesses.However,todothisrequirespresentingthisdatathoseinanintuitiveandvisualwayallowingthemtoeasilyunderstandtheirdata- givingrisetoself-servicebusinessintelligence(BI).

Whilethepromiseofself-servicebusinessintelligenceistomakethelifeofbusinessusersandITprofessionalsalikeeasierbyprovidingindependenceandagility,unfortunately,developingthesolutionwithvaryinglevelsanddegreesofcomplexitycanprovetobedifficult.Fororganizationsthatarelookingtomovetoself-servicebusinessintelligencebutarenotsurewheretostart,TechBlocksrecommendsorganizationsstartwithaBusinessIntelligenceAssessmentandImplementationPlan.

OurApproach

TechBlocksspecializesincombiningtechnologywithbusinessacumenallowingustoachievetangibleresultsthatarealignedtoessentialbusinessKPI’s.Wespecializeinbuildingsecure,flexible,andscalablecloudbasedsolutionsthatreducecostsandsignificantlyimprovebusinessproductivityforourclients.

BusinessIntelligenceAssessment&ImplementationPlan

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TechBlockswillconductanassessmentofthecurrentprocesses,systems,anddatamanagementwithinthecompany.Thisassessmentwillincludeamethodicalstep-by-stepapproachfordeterminingtheorganization’sBImaturitythatwillincluderecommendationsforimprovement.Inaddition,TechBlockswilldevelopaBIroadmapthatcanbeusedforadvancementofBIadoptionandthebenefitsthatmaybeachieved.

AthoroughanalysisofexistingITassetsiscompletedusingtherightassessmenttoolscoveringcostbenefitanalysis,ITinfrastructure,security,anddataenvironments.

BusinessIntelligenceAssessment

BusinessReadinessOurteamwillhostinteractiveconsultationswithkeystakeholderstodeterminebusinessprocesses,goals,opportunitiesandculturalreadinessoftheorganization.Yourbusinessreadinessassessmentwillincludeanevaluationyourorganizationsmaturitylevelsofthefollowing:

BusinessValue Compliance InformationDelivery

• EnterprisegoalsandBIalignment

• Currentchallenges/painpoints

• Keydrivers• Cost-benefitanalysis

• Datastoragesecurity• Dataquality• Datagovernance

• Reportinglocation• Usecases/userstories• Typesofusers• Usertraining• Mobileaccess

TheBIassessmentwillincludeadetailedreviewandplanforanorganizations:

1. BusinessReadiness2. ExistingInfrastructureand

ApplicationsReview3. ImplementationPath

Anygapsthathavebeenidentifiedwillbelistedwithcorrectiveaction(s)includedinthescopeofworkofyourimplementationplan.

Thebusinessreadinessportionoftheassessmentistotranslatebusinessneedsintooutcomeswithdefinedscope,usecases,targetmetrics,andprojectmilestones.

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ExistingInfrastructure&ApplicationsReview

TechBlockswillreviewyourexistinginfrastructureandapplications,includingasecurityandriskassessment.

Anygapsthathavebeenidentifiedwillbelistedwithcorrectiveaction(s)includedinthescopeofworkofyourimplementation plan.

DataSources Integration DataManagement ReportingandAnalytics

InformationDelivery

• Enterprise/Operational/Transactional

• Mastersources• Externalsources• Bigdata• Unstructureddata• Silodata

• Dataprofiling• Dataintegrity• Datareplication• Extract,Transform,

Load(ETL)• Enterprise

applicationintegration

• Enterpriseinformationintegration

• Enterprisedatawarehouse

• Datamarts• Workflowsand

statemanagement

• Rulesdatabase• Datasecurity• Datagovernance

• OLAP• Ad-hocquerying• Predictive

modelling• Datamining• Rulesengine• Interactive

visualization

• Enterprisewebportal

• Collaborationplatforms

• Scorecards/dashboards

• Customizedsearch

• Personalizationservices

• MicrosoftOfficeIntegration

Yoursystemsandapplicationswillbeevaluatedonthematuritylevelsofthefollowingcomponentsacrossyourentiresolutioneco-system:

Anygapsthathavebeenidentifiedwillbelistedwithcorrectiveaction(s)includedinthescopeofworkofyourimplementationplan.

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DeliverablesWewillprovideyouwithacompleteBIAssessmentandImplementationPlanwhichincludes:

• AclearstrategicITroadmapprovidingadefinedsetofactivitiesneededforBIreadiness• Solutionarchitectureofhowdatawillflowtothetool• Projectplan&statementofworkforimmediatenextphase• Detailedproofofconceptanduserexperience

BasedontheAssessmentReport,theremaybeaneedtorestructuredatatomakethemreadyforyourBItool.Ifthisisrequired,TechBlockswillrecommendabestpracticeapproachfortherestructuringofdata.

UponcompletionofasuccessfuldeliveryofaBIAssessmentandImplementationPlan,youwillhavetheframeworkandplanrequiredtoadvanceyourBIcapabilitieseitherwithTechBlocks,in-house,oranyothervendoryouchoose.Howeverasanincentiveforyou,anyamountspaidforaBIassessmentwillbedeductedfromyourfinalprojectcosts.

ImplementationPlan

TechBlocksretainsanagileapproachtoprojectdelivery.AssuchTechBlocksgenerallystartsimplementationwithaproofofconcept/minimalviableproduct.Thisnotonlyminimizestherisksforyou,butwillalsoallowyoutoquicklyshowcasethesolutionfromexecutivestofurtherendorsetheproject.Wewillworkwithyourteamtodetermineprojectmilestonestoensurealignmentwithyourbusinessneeds.