Gartner Business Intelligence Summit

Summit Tracks

Best Practices and Strategy

This track for BI leaders explores why non technical factors, like having the right organization structure and strategy, are critical in bringing business users together with IT to drive greater adoption of BI. It also highlights best practices for justifying, establishing and managing a BI program.

Sessions

Best Practices for Data Quality Improvement: BI Success Via High-Value Data

06 February, 2012 (13:30 - 14:30)

Data quality is a business-focused discipline rather than a technology issue. Engaging the right people, developing skills, and establishing specific roles are key in achieving progress in data quality improvement. In addition, the capabilities and usage of data quality tools are evolving, creating opportunities to automate data quality controls.

To The Point: How Your Measurement Maturity Could Be Stalling Business Performance

06 February, 2012 (15:45 - 16:15)

Measurement maturity determines an organization’s ability to improve continuously and is tied to a performance-driven culture. Does your organization’s measurement maturity stand in the way? Four archetypes have emerged that tell a lot about how business analtyics initiatives will progress within your organization.

To The Point: Six Essential Elements That Promote Business Analytics Success

07 February, 2012 (08:00 - 08:30)

Learning from those that have succeeded (and failed), this session will present six essential elements of success that every analytics leader needs to know and execute, why they are so important, and how organizational maturity will present leaders with different combinations of challenges and opportunities.

To The Point: Measuring Your BICC’s Effectiveness

07 February, 2012 (08:45 - 09:15)

Many organizations have established BI Competency Centers (BICCs) but are challenged to measure their effectiveness, especially as they grow and change over time. In this session, we’ll discuss best-practice measures to determine how well the BICC is delivering on its charter.

Technical Insights: Boosting IT Operational Resiliency Through Analytical Modeling

07 February, 2012 (10:30 - 11:30)

"Once they understand it, IT professionals can use analytical modeling of IT department processes to create a powerful platform for making operational tempo (optempo) modulation decisions that will increase an enterprise's operational resiliency. Operationally resilient enterprises have the organizational competencies to ramp up or slow down operations to provide a competitive edge and enable quick and local process modification.

Ten Changes to Maximize the Impact of Your BI Strategy

07 February, 2012 (11:45 - 12:45)

The big story in BI is the difference between the Haves and Have Nots. Most large organizations have a technically competent, experienced BI team, but few ould claim their BI program has had a transformational impact on their organization. This session presents 10 strategy changes to ensure your BI program does have a transformational impact.