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RMUG 2014Laramie County Community College
BI/ Analytics Observations & Review: Getting from Data to Insight
Kent BrooksIT Director Casper College
May 22, 2014
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Turn off cell phones #rmug2014 @ellucian @kentbrooks
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− From Data to Insight
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“We don’t have enough data….the sample size is too small”
-Moneyball
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The Data Challenge (Part 1) We have Web Intelligence but are
lacking the ability to create reports from our whole data set.
SAP( for example) = good daily reports but no ad hoc, no visualization no dashboards
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The Data Challenge (Part 2) We are being asked to be wise
stewards of state resources about a field that is brand new
The skills we are being asked to learn to do this right are in addition to all the other things we must know
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Overcoming the Data Challenge TDWI BI Scorecard = http://
tinyurl.com/l6u76yl Higher Ed BI Conference = NKU
HEDW = http://www.hedw.org
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Observations for the BI Tenderfoot Getting a common set of definitions is
important
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Observations for the BI Tenderfoot
We are decent at collecting data but not at turning data into useful and timely information
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Observations for the BI Tenderfoot Not one tool does everything Even if you say you have a Data
Warehouse you can only say you're doing Business Intelligence if you have tools to change data into useful information.
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Observations for the BI Tenderfoot We need collect more data more
rapidly and turn it into information There is never enough resources
allocated to education The perfect is the enemy of the good People matter more than technology
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Observations for the BI Tenderfoot Premise options give more options and
capabilities for customization than cloud options
This is all brand new, you need a data scientist but they are not common….yet
The only KPI that matters is user adoption
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After all of this…
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Source: http://thedoghousediaries.com/
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Other Observations: 100% BI utilization should be goal Immediate need is still real-time Ad Hoc
Reporting and analysis Ethics in Analytics is virtually ignored Whatever you do should be Data Source
Agnostic
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CROA for daily reporting combined with other tools for:
Data VisualizationCharts/ Graphs Mobile Analysis
is a very reasonable solution.
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CROA for daily reporting combined with other tools for: Data Visualization Charts/ Graphs Mobile Analysis
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Resources about our experience: Casper College BI Learning Center
− http://bit.ly/1qWFX5C
Other Tools in Our View
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Resources from our experience:
earn More About CROA . (You must be logged in to the Ellucian Live portal to view the recordings.)
Institutional Reporting at Lake Tahoe Community College: A Case Studyhttps://ellucianlive.activeevents.com/2014/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=1861
Creating Snapshots in Colleague Reporting and Operating Analyticshttps://ellucianlive.activeevents.com/2014/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=1862
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Resources from our experience:
earn More About CROA . (You must be logged in to the Ellucian Live portal to view the recordings.)
Institutional Reporting at Lake Tahoe Community College: A Case Studyhttps://ellucianlive.activeevents.com/2014/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=1861
Creating Snapshots in Colleague Reporting and Operating Analyticshttps://ellucianlive.activeevents.com/2014/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=1862
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Other Interesting Things:
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Any Questions?
Kent Brooks
Twitter: @caspercollege
www.kentbrooks.com
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