Business Analysis for Business Intelligence

ISBN: 9781439858349 出版年：2016 页码：388 Brijs, Bert Auerbach Publications

Introduction Why this Book? What I Mean by "Business Intelligence" What Does a BA4BI do? The Structure of this Book The Chapters of this Book The Increasing Cycle Speed of Growth and Its Laws Introduction First Law: the Triangle of Knowledge, Growth and the Strategy Processes Second Law: Your Narrow Choice between Two Options Third Law: Any Organisation Optimises Two Extremes Fourth Law: Measure Only What You Can Measure But... Fifth Law: There is always a Dominant Source Sixth Law: IT Is Here to Stay Balancing the Five P's of Strategic Management Introduction The 5 P's and Their Interaction Managing Strategy Adapting BI to the organisation's configuration Introduction Mintzberg's Configurations Mintzberg's Lessons for Business Intelligence Understanding the Four "C's" Introduction Applying the 4 C Perspective on Functions The 4 C's: the Foundation of a Balanced Scorecard The Business Case for Business Intelligence Introduction The Basics of Information Economics Illustrating IE with a Business Case Generic Advantages of Business Intelligence BI and Cost Accounting Setting up an ABC System using BI A Closer Look at the Source Systems for ABC Setting up the ABC Analysis in the Data Warehouse Conclusion BI and Financial Management The 101 on Financial BI Deliverables Keep your SOX on! Business Analysis for Financial Reporting BI and Operations Management The 101 on Operations Management Production Management and the Information Architecture What to measure Basic Supply Chain Report Requirements Setting up a Forecasting System Using BI BI and Marketing Management Introduction What Do We Mean by "CRM"? What Do We Mean by Behaviour Analysis? Can We Learn from Past Failures? How BI Can Contribute to Marketing Management BI and Human Resources Management The War for Talent and How to Lose It Managing Absenteeism How BI Can Lend a Hand Starting a BI Project Overview Creating the Need Gathering the Information Analysing the Decision Making Processes Producing the Documents Validating the Results Support and Maintenance Managing the Project Life Cycle Business Analysis and Project Planning Business Requirements Gathering Dimensional Modelling BI Application Specification Business Analysis and Growth - Maintenance Mastering Data Management The Major Components of Data Management A Framework for Data Management Mastering Data Quality Which Quality? An ROI Approach to Data Quality The Business Analyst's Toolbox Overview Project Direction Document Template Introduction The Document's Contents Interview Summary Template Business Case Document Template Introduction Efficiency Economics Revenue Improvement Strategic Opportunities Business Analysis Deliverables Template Introduction and Overview Project Charter Document Template Overview Best Practice Sharing Template Generic Interview Guide Introduction Generic Interview List Interview Guide per Functional Area Metadata Checklist Generic Business Object Definitions Overview Defining the Principal Asset of an Organisation: CUSTOMER ORGANISATION, a Meaningful Concept? EMPLOYEE or PARTNER? PRODUCTS TERRITORY Annexes Overview How Do You Become a BA4BI? What to Ask on Your Job Interview Business Intelligence from 1960 to Today The 101 on Datawarehousing Survey for a BI Project for the Purchase Department Illustrations Bibliography Books Articles Conference Papers