If your company is planning to build a data warehouse or BI solution, you need to be aware that BI projects have high failure rates. Gartner says between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail. And with “big data” adding more complexity you can expect even more failures. However, the major causes of these failures are well known and can be avoided by implementing a set of best practices.
I have worked on dozens of end-to-end BI projects and have seen my share of successes and failures. I will talk about the reasons BI projects fail and share best practices and lessons learned so your BI project will fall into the “successful” category.
2. Business Intelligence Consultant, in IT for 28 years
Owner of Serra Consulting Services, specializing in end-to-end Business
Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions using the Microsoft BI stack
Worked as desktop/web/database developer, DBA, BI and DW architect
and developer, MDM architect, PDW developer
Been perm, contractor, consultant, business owner
Presenter at PASS Business Analytics Conference and PASS Summit
MCSE for SQL Server 2012: Data Platform and BI
SME for SQL Server 2012 certs
Contributing writer for SQL Server Pro magazine
Blog at JamesSerra.com
SQL Server MVP
Author of book “Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012”
3. Agenda
Why BI?
Why is BI so difficult?
How BI Projects Get Started
How BI Projects Fail
How BI Project Succeed
Key Takeaways
14. James Serra, Microsoft
PDW Technology Solution Professional
Email me at: JamesSerra3@gmail.com
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If your company is planning to build a data warehouse or BI solution, you need to be aware that BI projects have high failure rates. Gartner says between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail. And with “big data” adding more complexity you can expect even more failures. However, the major causes of these failures are well known and can be avoided by implementing a set of best practices.I have worked on dozens of end-to-end BI projects and have seen my share of successes and failures. I will talk about the reasons BI projects fail and share best practices and lessons learned so your BI project will fall into the “successful” category.
This is a topic that I have been looking forward to talking about. It’s the first time I have presented it, but it allows me to use all the experience I have gathered over the years and share it.I have done dozens of BI/DW projects and have seen what works and what does not work.
Starting with an end date and working backwards– rushing thru design, architecture, technical requirements, data cleanup
Not setting up time to “validate the numbers”– if the first time they see data and the numbers are wrong, you will have a hard time winning them back
Don’t just recreate the existing reports, but add value – solve a business problem