1. Bus06 - Business Intelligence in the Public Sector
Building a data warehouse using the Kimball Methodology brings many benefits to the business. This is done by using the Dimensional Lifecycle approach:
Focus on adding business value across the enterprise
Dimensionally structure the data that’s delivered to the business
Iteratively develop the DW/BI environment in manageable lifecycle increments rather than attempting a galactic big bang approach

2. Agenda Presenter Introductions Company Overview
Common Client Pain Points
Enterprise BI/DW Benefits
Architecture
Tools
Project Management Approach
Success Criteria
Live Demo
Your Questions

3. Your Presenters Rafael Estrada ECI President and DW Architect
Claire Chen Business Intelligence Expert

4. Presenters
Rafael Estrada - President. Over seventeen (17) years of IT experience with specific expert knowledge of Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence systems. Rafael also has an impeccable track record of successfully delivering 10+ BI/DW projects and offers clients practical knowledge of the challenges and critical success factors involved in building and managing large databases, DW, and enterprise-wide business intelligence environments, across a variety of industries and business applications.
Claire Chen - Chief Technical BI Architect. is a local BI expert with fifteen (15) years of experience in OLAP/BI, and is chief author of “Business Dashboards: A Visual Catalog for Design and Deployment.” Claire is the Microsoft Virtual Technology Specialist for Southern CA and assists Microsoft’s Technical Field Team on local projects, and has extensive experience in global manufacturing industry (working on DW/BI projects with Suzuki, Kawasaki, and a global manufacturing software company named "APRiSO"). Claire has deployed numerous Microsoft BI and Reporting solutions, has extensive DW/BI project experience in various industries such as Manufacturing and Logistics, Education, Retails, Health Care, State and Local Governments, Finance and Banking, etc.

5. Company Overview Established in 2000
California based with focus on Public Sector
Local WA Presence
Senior level consultants with extensive experience
Microsoft Certified Partner
Business Intelligence Competency Solutions
Custom Development Solutions
Extensive experience
18 Business Intelligence Projects
Large-scale Public Sector Projects
Multiple > $1M projects in past 5 years
100% Project Success Rate in the past 7 years
Ability to rapidly respond to our clients’ changing needs during a project

6. BI/DW Experience Port of Long Beach – BI Demo Enterprise BI Solution
State of WA – Labor and Industries
Kimball DW Implementation
State of CA – Office of Statewide Healthcare Planning and Development
Multiple DW DM engagements
North County Transit District
State of CA – Lottery
State of WA – OSPI
State of CA – Dept. of Corrections
State of CA – Dept. of Mental Health

7. Common Client Pain Points
Focus on adding business value across the enterprise
Inconsistent reporting metrics
Finance Report doesn’t align with operational report
Data Quality
Unstructured (unmanaged) data source
Multiple views of data
Manual efforts and time delay to receive actionable management information
Unknown (hidden) reporting business logic
Difficulty in relating disparate data systems with efficiency
Disparate toolsets
Complicated , Non-intuitive User Access
Port of Long Beach Example
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8. Potential User Access

9. Proposed User Access

10. Enterprise DW/BI Solution
Centralized, single point of truth (Enterprise DW)
Streamlined User Access – Single Sign-On
Automated reporting, with emphasis on actionable dashboards built to drive business improvement
Dimensionally structured data, facilitating:
Drill Anywhere capability
Slice and Dice
High Performance Interaction
Business Focused
Minimal technical capability required – Highly intuitive
Conformed Dimensions provides cross subject comparative analysis capability (used extensively for KPI definition)
Example – POLB - Revenue/Acre
* OLAP Technology - pre-aggregation provides highly responsive user experience
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11. DW/BI Architecture
Meta Data

12. DW/BI Architecture
A generic DW/BI architecture may include four - five layers
Staging database
Dimensional Data Warehouse
(Optional) A virtual view layer
OLAP data marts
Presentation layer

13. Tools Required Software RDMS Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 ETL
SSIS, Informatica
Reporting Tool
Cognos, Business Objects
OLAP
Oracle Essbase, TM1, SSAS
Reporting Portal
SharePoint, Cognos
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14. Agile Project Methodology
Adaptive Approach
2-3 month Sprints
Soft Design
Develop functional, testable Units of work
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15. Success Criteria Effectiveness User Adoption ROI Efficiency
Reduction in staff time required for report generation
Reduced user time required for report access/understanding
Quality
User Experience
Concise
Intuitive
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16. Port of Long Beach – Live Demo
Fully Functional, LIVE BI solution in Public Sector
Drill down capabilities
Ad Hoc Capabilities
Comparative Analysis (Year over Year, POLB vs other Ports)
Disparate system integration (Revenue/Acre)
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17. Operating Expenses – 1

18. Operating Expenses - 2

19. Green Flag Compliance

20. Terminal Performance – 1

21. Terminal Performance - 2

22. Finance Dashboard - 1

23. Finance Dashboard - 2

24. Q and A Rafael Estrada – Claire Chen Estrada Consulting, Inc.