Business Intelligence systems should deliver efficient and effective information to those who need it, when they need it, to the level of detailed required.
We have kept the design of this website very simple for exactly the same purpose.
The content of this website tells you what we do, our level of experience, our open and agnostic approach and just enough content to give you the comfort that we know what we are talking about, whilst being manageable and efficient.
A similar philosophy can and should be applied to a BI framework, but more often than not they are overcomplicated, have grown too unwieldy or simply do not accommodate requirements efficiently or fast enough.
Company and philosophy
The BI group helps organisations reduce risk and exposure in Business Intelligence and Information Management projects.
As a technology agnostic and vendor independent practice, our assessments, recommendations, implementations and onsite deliverables are performed with the customer and business requirements in mind and not the particular nuances and frameworks that software vendors and applications may define in a sales process.
Our experience in the ETL, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence frameworks in Australia, the US and Europe put us in the enviable position of understanding, working with and delivering systems that meet a myriad of differing business requirements across a broad selection of tools, platforms and industries.
The reality is most organisations are still in hand to hand combat with their enterprise DW and BI implementations. There are many reasons for this, too few people with expertise, too little investment, unrealistic time frames and expectations, departmental islands of information and business and IT miss alignment.
Very few have been able to achieve the vision that the software vendors promise and organisations want to create, a single source of truth, acting as the data hub for upstream and downstream application and business use.
One size does not fit all, one product does not deliver all, one model does not accommodate all and one approach does not address all.
The good news is though it is achievable and achievable in such a way it becomes manageable long term.
The impact on your business, systems and people will help drive organizational change through adapted behavior as the information becomes more transparent and visible and the processes more efficient and robust. The impact of such a framework when done right can be very significant indeed, enormous long tern cost savings, direct attributable increases in revenue and operating profit, streamlining of operational processes and the re-alignment of people and resources. The impact when it goes wrong is unfortunately just as obvious and just as big on the downside.
The BI Group offer a highly experienced, straight talking pragmatic approach to the strategy, design and delivery of DW and BI systems.
Whether approaching an internal consolidation project, a financial modeling or BPM process, assessing operational risk, underwriting exposure or product and customer performance, we have the first hand experience to advise and improve your delivery outcomes and help you manage your risk.
We offer a client and end to end management process with a single interface to all aspects of a BI project from vendor management and license negotiation to system design and delivery, reducing internal demands on your time and improving the overall continuity of the project. A single point of reference and accountability across all aspects of the project helps the ownership and internal management issues you would otherwise face with disjointed individual parties.
We have many of the top 200 companies in Australia using our services for niche business applications or for larger enterprise DW and BI deployments with the level of involvement differing in each instance as we work with the client supporting the requirements and in-house teams.
For an initial discussion on your business and IT requirements please call Nick Potts. Managing Director of the BI group on 02 9555 1557 or 0413 882 969 or alternatively please email on: npotts@thebigroup.com.au.