Governance for BI – UT Austin’s Success Story

Presentation Summary

Fred Friedrich, The University of Texas at Austin

Presentation covers how the University of Texas at Austin has established governance in support of its Information Quest (IQ) business intelligence initiative. The presentation will begin by listening and noting key questions from the audience about what they would like to get out of the session, then address these issues as the presentation covers UT’s model and how the structure works in concert with other key success factors in achieving a vital and productive BI enterprise for the university. Presentation Objectives:• Define what governance is, e.g., in view of other oversight responsibilities and stakeholders involved.• Key factors to contemplate and address in setting up your own governance model given your campus and project vision for BI.• Overview the Governance Model used at UT Austin for IQ, how it works and why.• Overview other success dependencies outside of governance structure.
• A success story and an unsuccessful story….why good governance helped one and limited the success of the other.