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2009 Bi Benchmark Survey
1. 2009 BI Benchmark Survey
Linked In Survey
Start Feb 27, 2009
End:
Author: Hari Guleria
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2. Q1. What is most important for BI Success Hari Guleria
BI Strategy was deemed most important, followed by BI Architecture.
Overall Result By Job Title By Company Size
By Job Function By Gender By Age
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3. What is most important in BI Success
Overall result: resounding feedback that [1] BI Strategy is fundamental to BI Success, followed by [2]
BI Architecture and [3] Modeling
Job Title: Business owners ranked Strategy as exclusive to success. Clear evidence that Strategy
increased with seniority, but remained a fundamental driver of success
Company Size: Again a big stress on BI Strategy. Small, large and enterprise saw a benefit to building
a COE, but medium companies did not. Medium companies gave a higher priority to BI Architecture
Job Type: Buss develop. Stood out alone with Architecture as the only priority, and IT & Product
placing all their weight on Strategy
Gender: Both genders predominantly voted Strategy as the main criteria of success. Women equally
distributed standards, architecture and modeling, whereas men placed more importance on
Architecture and less on Standards & governance. Women did not vote having a COE, men did.
Age: The 18-24 group surprisingly gave the highest priority to Strategy, which dips down with the 25-
34 group again picks up with the 35-54. 18-24 feel success is based on strategy and standards. 25-34
strategy, Architecture, BI-COE,; and the 35-54 – Strategy, Modeling, Architecture, Standards followed
by COE.
Comments: Strategy is imperative for BI Success. Followed by Architecture and modeling. Women
seem more inclined towards planning and men more towards a body that defines standards (COE).
Business units think Architecture is fundamental to success.
Other feedback received: [1] Executive sponsorship; [2] Business readiness; [3] Data Quality and
Next Step: What constitutes a BI Strategy?
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