Secrets behind building a world class higher-ed Business Intelligence (Business Insight) program

Presentation Summary

Rainbow Di Benedetto, The University of Texas at Austin

This presentation will share key factors (tips and techniques) that were effectively handled in deploying a successful enterprise Business Intelligence (BI) solution at UT Austin. We will also review how our BI initiative called Information Quest (IQ) laid a trusted foundation which is helping us now to soar into the next generation analytics platform including big-data. Our organization is highly decentralized and this presentation discusses how to shorten time-to-market to exceed customer analytical needs and to delight them. Selling a project in current technology trend is the easy part but making it part of the daily routine is harder. This presentation will highlight what we learned, the framework, and the approach we took at the University of Texas (UT) and critical success factors. This presentation will also discuss both the tangible and intangible Return-On-Investment (ROI) gained through BI innovation and BI Center of Excellence.