Agile BI
Self-Service BIHow do we deliver Agile BI?
Discovery Process
Top-down approach that ensures executives get what they need
Agile Project Management
Agile project management to address evolving requirements
Diamond Delivery Model
Flexible and scalable team composition to enhance BI agility
Custom Extensions
Leverage custom product extensions to drive agility through simplicity
Right Tool for Right Choice
Drive agility by choosing the right tool & integration architecture
Agile EDW
Empower your BI to handle volume, complexity and variety with velocity
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Learn How You Can Implement Agile BI In Your Enterprise1. Discovery Process
Our proven Discovery Process for driving rapid BI implementation ensures the following
– A top-down methodology ensures that business sponsors get to see the BI storyboards before the implementation commences. This ensures that they get what they need, and avoids rework due to misaligned expectations
– 360 degree view (internal/external/competitiv /industry best practices) of KPIs for driving better decisions by the executives
2. Agile Delivery
While Agile SCRUM is not a prerequisite for Agile BI, it offers a lot of benefits including Agile delivery
– Planning is done at the beginning of each sprint, rather than once
– “Lessons learnt” sessions are done for each sprint, not just at the end of the project
– Suits evolving and dynamic needs and drives flexibility in response
– Leads to active customer engagement that rules out gaps in expectations usually found much later
3. Diamond Delivery Model
Our proven Diamond Delivery Model is a key ingredient behind successful Agile BI enablement.
Unlike the widely adopted ‘pyramid’ model of team composition, we leverage a ‘diamond’ structure with value pricing to ensure that customers are assured of successful BI delivery. This model leverages a selection of market-leading BI experts, supported by an agile team of well experienced mid-level BI consultants and design experts. These experts manage onsite communication and solution architecture. This heavier proportion of mid-level consultants ensures that customers don’t experience typical challenges attributed to remote delivery.
4. BI Product Extensions For Agile BI
Many customers get bogged down by technical and architectural limitations of their BI investments. For example, quite a few of the visualization tools do not offer some of the most sought features – such as the ability to print or export data into XLS, PDF or PPT formats. The teams end up implementing workarounds or exploring alternatives, or worse, introduce another tool to the already bloated stack.
Visual BI drives and maintains Agile BI by driving additional capabilities through certified custom extensions. We have developed over 40 custom add-ons for SAP Dashboards / Xcelsius, and an even wider array of Extensions for SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio. These extensions are driven by some of the most demanded (but nonexistent) features, functions and BI tools.
5. Enhance Agility Through SAP HANA
You can drive the agility of BI Infrastructure using one or more of the following where IT can respond to business needs much faster.
- BW 7.4 on HANA
- HANA Live
- Enterprise HANA
The best agility is achieved when all three are implemented in a way where benefits compound and complement each other. Our BI Experts can show you how.
6. Right Tool For The Right Choice
Enterprise BW platforms today provide a variety of options for data modeling, integration, discovery and delivery. When it comes to visualization tools, the options are even greater. It is imperative for BI developers to leverage the right tools and integration architecture to avoid locking themselves in when needs change in the future. For example, ‘what-if’ scenario analyses are not supported by all the tools.
In the SAP world, there are experts and consulting firms with a heavier degree of expertise in either SAP BW or SAP BusinessObjects (with much less exposure to the other). When it comes to integrating both, this may result in an architecture that is poorly integrated, outdated or suboptimal, which will effect BI agility and responsiveness.
Visual BI’s experts bring highly in-depth expertise in all these areas, and can help you identify the right tool and right integration architecture. This ensures that your BI remains highly agile, flexible and scalable in delivering what your users need.
