1. EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AWARD 2012 Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Excellence in Business Intelligence Award 2012 Nomination Form

2. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Nomination Process Fill in this form following the instructions. Save the form with your company name. Print the Nominee information sheet (Page 3), sign, scan and save. Email your completed nomination form and nominee information page to award@businessminds, subject - BI Award 2012 Nomination / COMPANY NAME. You will receive a confirmation of receipt by return email. Notes regarding Confidentiality and Publication The information contained in this application is used solely for the purpose of selecting winners for the Australian Excellence in BI Award but is otherwise considered confidential by judges. If you are selected as an award finalist, your signature authorises the Australian BI Leadership Forum to publicise your organisation’s name. In addition, your signature accepts that finalists will also be required to submit a press release approved for publication outlining the organisation and project. This approved press release to be made available to the Business Leadership Forum’s Award Steering Committee 7 days from the announcement of finalists. Table of Contents Section 1 - Nominee Information Sheet……………………………………… 3 Section 2 – Background ………………………………………………………… 4 Section 3 – Short Answer Responses ………………………………………... 5 Section 4 - Best Practice Essay ……………………………………………….. 8 Section 5 – Other …………………………………………………………………13 Contact Us ………………………………………………………….. 14 Page 2 of 14

3. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Name of Nominated Organisation Lead Business Sponsor or Driver at Nominee’s Organisation Name, Title, Phone, E-mail, and Role Lead IT Contact at Nominee’s Organisation (Must be different person from above) Name, Title, Phone, E-mail, and Role Contact at Solution Sponsor’s Company (If Applicable) Name, Title, Phone, E-mail, and Role Signature and Date Note: Your application is not considered complete until you print, sign, scan and email as part of the application.............................. /...../ 2012 1. Nominee Information............................. /...../ 2012 Page 3 of 14

4. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Organisation Description Describe your (the Nominee’s) organisation in one paragraph. Project Description Describe the business purpose of your solution or practice in one short paragraph. 2. Background Page 4 of 14

5. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Other Awards Has this project been submitted to other awards? If so, which ones and when? Rollout Date What month and year did the solution or practice being nominated officially go into production? Active Users How many business users use the solution and/or practice at least once a week? Types of Users What percentage of the users fall into the following categories? ___% Casual Users (View reports several times a week) ___% Power Users (Explore data regularly) ___% Customers/Suppliers ___% Other (Please specify): ___________________ 100% Source Systems What number of distinct source system applications does the data warehouse draw from? Source System Percentages What percentage of data in the warehouse comes from the following sources? Enter an Integer: _____ ___% Mainframe or minicomputer ___% Relational ___% Desktop ___% Other files ___% External data ___% Other. Please specify: ___________________ 100% 3. Short Answer Responses Page 5 of 14

6. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Express this in whatever terms you commonly use, like records, tables, files, gigabytes, terabytes, etc. Data Volume How much data is in the data warehouse, including any downstream data marts or operational data stores? Maintenance Budget What was the 2012 maintenance budget of your solution or practice? (Please check the correct range at right): Team How many full-time equivalent staff are on the current BI team, including external consultants and contractors? What percentage is external to the company? ____ Less than $200,000 ____ $200,000 to $2.5 million ____ $2.5 million or more ____ cannot be disclosed ___ Number of FTEs on Current Team ___% of External Consultants/Contractors in above Capital Budget What was the 2011 capital budget of your solution or practice? (Please check the correct range at right): ____ Less than $200,000 ____ $200,000 to $2.5 million ____ $2.5 million or more ____ cannot be disclosed Load/Update Intervals What percentage of data is loaded in the following intervals? ___% Quarterly ___% Monthly ___% Weekly ___% Daily ___% Less than daily. - Please specify the interval and update mechanism: ________________________ 3. Short Answer Responses Page 6 of 14

7. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Executive Perception Which best describes how your top executives view the solution or practice? (Select one.) ___ Analytical tools that empower knowledge workers ___ Monitoring system that reduces costs, boosts efficiency ___ Mission critical system that drives processes & profits ___ Strategic system that provides a competitive advantage Stewardship/Governance Describe the steering committee(s) or person(s) that set direction for the system. (One paragraph total.) Initial Rollout Please indicate how long it took to roll out the initial solution or practice, the total cost to roll out that system, and the years until payback. Time (from approval to initial roll out): _____________ Start Date: _______________ End Date: ________________ Cost (including HW, SW, Services, Labor): $____________ Years Until Payback (or estimate): ____________ ___ Business sponsors/drivers ___ Project managers ___ BI architects/developers ___ ETL architects/developers ___ Data architects/modelers ___ Subject matter expert/business analyst ___ Business requirements analyst ___ Data modelers ___ DBAs ___ DW Administrators ___ Trainers ___ Other notable roles with more than one FTE: Roles How many FTE staff fill the following roles? (Include external consultants in your FTE count.) 3. Short Answer Responses Page 7 of 14

8. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Best Practices Essay This is the most important part of your application! Please describe your project and explain why it should win the Australian Excellence in Business Intelligence Award. A panel of independent Australian judges who have expertise in the Business Intelligence field will evaluate the entries using the following criteria: Business Impact What is the business value of the solution or practice? Maturity Explain the original vision for the project, the degree to which you think you have achieved it (or changed it), and what you still have left to do (short and long term). To what degree has the solution’s or practice’s ‘vision’ been implemented? Has the solution and/or practice been operating long enough to corroborate business impact and growth? Relevance Does the solution or practice exemplify best practices that other companies can adopt? Innovation Does the solution or practice use an innovative design or approach? Innovation can relate to technology, business, organization, methodology. Ensure you explain your solution or practice and its distinguishing features clearly for the judges. Please be as specific as possible, especially when it comes to describing the business impact or business value of the project. Judges love to hear of tangible benefits such as cost-savings and ROI figures as well as intangible benefits. Finally, tell us what you think is new or different about your approach from other companies and what things others can learn from your successes (or failures)? Please limit your essay to following four pages provided. 4. Best Practice Essay Page 8 of 14

9. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Please describe your project and explain why it should win the Australian Excellence in BI Award. Business Impact 4. Best Practice Essay Page 9 of 14

10. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Please describe your project and explain why it should win the Australian Excellence in BI Award. Maturity 4. Best Practice Essay Page 10 of 14

11. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Please describe your project and explain why it should win the Australian Excellence in BI Award. Relevance 4. Best Practice Essay Page 11 of 14

12. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Please describe your project and explain why it should win the Australian Excellence in BI Award. Innovation 4. Best Practice Essay Page 12 of 14

13. Australian Business Intelligence Leadership Forum Other Is there anything else that you would like the judges to know about your solution or practice that you haven’t already mentioned? 5. Other Page 13 of 14

14. EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AWARD 2012 Award Steering Committee: Hanne Breddam Suite 4, Level 7 189 Kent Street Sydney NSW 2000 P|+61 2 8004 0310 M|+61406 743 730 E|award@businessminds.com award.businessminds.com http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Excellence-in-Business-Intelligence- Award-4340768?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr @BusinessMindsAu