It is no longer good enough to know where you have been. Businesses need assistance in making better decisions about where they need to go and how to get there. In this economy, organizations must move fast, and to do that they must have more than their current technological resources allow them to do. They need to have information that helps them better understand customer behavior, set pricing, manage marketing and sales spending, estimate specific industry needs, and at the very least, manage risk.

Description

TAC Experts have developed a rigorous process to review our clients’ BI strategies and plans for thoroughness, budgetary soundness, impact of industry trends and latest technology, and the soundness of their BI vendors. We work with IT leaders to help them create and improve their BI strategy and plan, and to help them convey that strategy and plan to upper management.

Our Experts have extensive experience in implementing BI, data management and predictive analytic systems. We have assisted our clients in establishing effective program management offices to guide and control BI implementation and deployment. Our team also has experience in performing BI capacity and performance assessments, and improving overall IT performance.

Deliverables

Standard

TAC provides a review of the BI strategy and plan resulting in an assessment report, delivered on an oral and written basis. We then team with our clients to assist them in developing the enterprise BI strategy and plan based on their goals and business requirements. The BI strategy and plan will include a roadmap on how to evolve that strategy from BI to a future state such as PA. We also educate their team in the strategy and planning process. We believe this is important so that our clients can take ownership for the recommendations, and are capable of making continual adjustments to the strategy and plan as changing business needs demand. We stress that the strategy is not just a report, but a process that positively impacts how IT delivers value to the business through the entire enterprise.

Optional

As an option to providing assistance to the client in the creation of an enterprise BI strategy and plan, TAC can develop a clearly defined BI strategy and plan for the client that includes a roadmap on how to evolve from BI to a future state, a prioritized set of actions/initiatives required to implement that strategy and plan, assist in the implementation of the plan and conduct ongoing reviews of the plan.

Target Audience

CIO, CEO, CFO

IT executives who have the responsibility to prepare enterprise BI strategies that address all the complexities of company initiatives. This service will assure them that their strategies are sound, meet the organization’s needs, and have buy-in support from executive management.

About TAC (The Advisory Council)

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, TAC (The Advisory Council) brings its unique Expertise-as-a-Service^® (EaaS™), the next logical step in the XaaS revolution, to the enterprise. The EaaS solution-delivery model gives clients access to TAC’s wide array of services, tools and workshops designed to help CIOs and IT managers reduce costs, improve productivity, and increase IT’s stature in the boardroom. EaaS leverages TAC’s Expert Network, consisting of hundreds of Experts, covering the full range of IT and related business subjects. TAC clients include Fortune 1000 and midsize companies, governments, health-care and educational institutions.