Conferences that solve current IT challenges

Business Intelligence / Performance Management Strategies

Strategies to help leverage full value from your design and implementation of an effective Business Intelligence framework

December 9, 2010

9:00am-5:00pm

7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded

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Donald E. Stephens Convention Center  Rosemont (O'Hare) Illinois

Overview

As organizations prepare for the recovery it is crucial that they have a well designed business intelligence framework to provide them with the necessary insight so they can capitalize on new opportunities.

This one day conference will help attendees design and leverage a solid BI framework to make the decisions necessary for the economic recovery.

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference attendees will learn:

  • How to design an effective BI/PM framework
  • How to make insightful decisions about significant changes in the business and markets
  • How to develop and implement an effective BI Competency Center
  • How to transform coarse data into actionable intelligence
  • How to leverage BI to drive the decisions necessary for the recovery
  • How to calculate baseline metrics for business intelligence
  • How other IT organizations are helping to make business decisions for the extended enterprise
  • How to make processes more agile with BI

Conference Program

8:00am - 9:00am - Registration and Continental Breakfast

Fletcher

9:00am-10:00am

How to Design a Successful Business Intelligence/Performance Management Strategy

Andrew Fletcher, North American Sales, Business & Decision

According to industry analysts, most users see BI as an IT initiative. This creates challenges in achieving the value of BI. User adoption remains elusive which in turn prevents the best decisions from being made.

In this session attendees will learn:

  • How to engage the business in a new way
  • How to align BI initiatives with the business so that the technology becomes pervasive
  • How to bring BI to life for business people
  • How to build teams between departments to make sure the strategy is successful

10:00am -10:30am - Refreshment Break

Kerrigan

10:30am-11:30am

Structuring the Unstructured: How to Design the Data Architecture to Make BI More Actionable

Mike Kerrigan, Vice President, Business Applications, Laurus Technologies

Executives, business unit managers, staff and statisticians all need information at various times and in various forms. The BI architecture must be able to effectively and quickly provide users with reliable, accurate and up-to-date information to help them make decisions of different levels of complexity. 

With all the different users and levels of complexity how do you design the architecture to support the varying needs?

According to industry analysts, most users see BI as an IT initiative.  This creates challenges in achieving the value of BI.  User adoption remains elusive which in turn prevents the best decisions from being made. 

In this session attendees will learn:

  • How to make sure the architecture supports legal and regulate requirements
  • How to insure that the right data is acquired and managed.
  • How to manage how the data is extracted, cleaned, transmitted and loaded to “populate” databases.

Benati

11:30am-12:30pm

Sidestepping the Traps: How to Avoid Common Mistakes or Flaws that Can Cause BI/PM Failure

Marcello Benati, Director, Business Intelligence Practice, RightPoint

Business intelligence can successfully move the business forward if implemented properly.  But there are pitfalls to be aware of.  If these are not avoided an implementation can have disastrous consequences for the enterprise.

In this session attendees will learn how to: 

  • Design measurements to give users what they need
  • Not overload users with too much information
  • Provide decision makers with access to crucial information that is directly tied to corporate performance objectives
  • Make sure the information is sound and clear
  • Leverage compliance to clean up data
  • Evolve BI initiatives based on changing needs of the business

12:30pm - 1:30pm Luncheon

 

1:30pm-2:30pm

Successful BI Project Management: How to Proactively Manage Business Intelligence Projects

Carole Wittemann, PMI certified Principal Consultant, Analytics8

Do you know how to successfully manage a business intelligence project? Can you explain to your organization what the difference is between a BI program versus a project?  Can you tell the difference between a "Well" defined and a "Not" defined business requirement? 

In this session, attendees will learn:

  • BI concepts all project managers need to know
  • What a BI Program is all about
  • Planning a BI project
  • Managing scope and communication
  • Quality requirements gathering

2:30pm - 3:00pm - Refreshment Break

Cleary

3:00pm-4:00pm

Successful BI Project Management: How to Proactively Manage Business Intelligence Projects

Rod Cleary, Sr. Manager, IT Governance, Sallie Mae

Many organizations are looking to dashboards to help them manage their business more effectively. One question that everyone eventually asks is, "What KPIs should I include in my dashboard?" This presentation introduces a 9-step process for choosing the KPIs that are right for your business. Other topics covered are dashboard design fundamentals and deployment strategies.

Cleary

Pancini

Tibbals


Wiseman

4:00pm-5:00pm

How to Partner with the Business to Best Leverage BI/PM

Moderator:
David Wiseman, Director Business Development, Sybase, an SAP Company

Panelists will include:
Rod Cleary, Sr. Manager, IT Governance, Sallie Mae
Jerry Pancini, Manager, Business Intelligence, Stericycle
Tim Tibbals, Director, Enterprise Architecture, Baxter Credit Union

and other professionals from IT/BI departments

IT's role is changing considerably.  They are both trying to reduce costs and at the same time help drive new business models for the enterprise.  Many IT leaders now feel that business intelligence and analytics will help their organizations become more competitive.

In this session attendees will learn from several IT BI executives as to how they are working closely with the business to achieve the desired BI/PM results.


Conference price: $249 per person.


Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)˛, Inc.

Exhibits

As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations.  During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.

  


 

 
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