Bringing a Business Intelligence Delivery Strategy to Your Campus – the Culture Change from Project to Program

Presentation Summary

Jane Kadish; University at Albany, State University of New York

Bringing a Business Intelligence Delivery Strategy to Your Campus - the Culture Change from Project to Program

The University at Albany is implementing a Business Intelligence Program in partnership with Institutional Research and Information Technology. Our mission is to ensure that stakeholders, in administration, colleges, and departments have the information they require for operational and strategic decision making. Our goal is that this endeavor not be a one-time project, but a program, incorporated into the decision making culture of the University, providing accurate and reliable data that decision makers can use with confidence.

Points we will cover include:

1. Establishing direction

2. Getting buy in and approval

3. Proof of Concept

4. Project strategy

5. Determining the IT requirements

6. Funding and manpower (resources)

7. Selecting tools within our fiscal constraints

a. Training

b. Consulting

8. Putting a Team Together

9. Timeline

10. Initial Rollout

11. Creating a production system

12. Influencing the University decision making culture