Q & A Session

2 BI Certification Planning towards a BI solution Best Practices for BI solution

3 BI Certification Industry independent BI Certification: –Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) – SAS Specific Certification: –Link: Partner-Specific –SAS 9 Enterprise Business Intelligence Installation Certification –SAS 9 Enterprise Data Integration Installation Certification

4 Planning Towards BI Solution & BI Best Practices Involves 3 components: –1)Planning Process –2)Technical Infrastructure –3)Maintenance of Environment

5 Planning Process Charting a Smooth Course to BI Implementation By Dr Claudia Imhoff – Key Points: –Know what you have –Decide what you want to do –Maintain resource integrity –Keep the goal in mind –Make better decisions

6 Technology The SAS ® Enterprise Intelligence Platform: SAS ® Business Intelligence Key Challenges to delivering business intelligence –turn around time to investigate business questions is getting less –Disparate data sources and systems –Initial reaction is to provide a single business intelligence tool –Multiple independent information chains Outlines how the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform can integrate individual technology within the existing infrastructure into a single unified system.

7 Maintenance Business Intelligence Competency Center: Creating a successful business intelligence strategy with SAS ® – BICC will continuously evaluate the BI system and make necessary modifications to ensure the business goals and objectives are being met Maximizing Technology and Resource Investment with a BI Competency Center –

8 Conclusion Plan for the future

9 Other Resources Best practices for implementing a BI strategy with SAS – SAS Global Forum pdfhttp://www2.sas.com/proceedings/forum2007/ pdf Roles in Business Intelligence – SAS Global Forum s09/ pdf