Self-service BI is an increasingly common IT initiative at large organizations. What's less common, however, is an organization that takes a structured, measured approach to deploying self-service. At MicroStrategy, our Professional Services team is dedicated to helping our clients successfully deploy self-service BI across the enterprise. Read on to learn more about our proven methodology for rolling out self-service.
MicroStrategy Professional Services offers a dedicated self-service BI offering that provides organizations with the following over the course of a 4-6 week engagement:
- A structured approach to deploying self-service
- An understanding of the different styles, drivers, and models of self-service
- A framework to arrive at a model that works for an organization's specific requirements and needs
Our proven method
The experts at MicroStrategy Professional Services have helped thousands of organizations around the world build a solid foundation for successful enterprise BI deployments using a proven, industry-trusted methodology. We take a similar approach to self-service BI, below is an outline of the steps we go through with each of our clients during a self-service engagement.
- Define Enterprise Self-service Business Intelligence Goals: Assess the self-service BI business context and identify high value use cases across the organization
- Take Stock of Application Processes: Examine the key application processes that will support a self-service BI environment
- Gather Data Requirements: Evaluate the readiness of the data sources, data model, and security protocols for self-service BI and provide recommendations if needed
- Diagnose Infrastructure Needs: Determine the readiness of existing infrastructure for self-service BI by examining servers and configuration settings, including: clustering, caching, multi-sourcing, and distribution components
- Determine Organizational Preparedness: Appraise the organizations readiness for self-service BI by reviewing your organization and engagement model to reveal any gaps or potential issues and identify training needs
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Corporate Vice President, Global Alliances & Channels at MicroStrategy
Emmanuel Richard is the Corporate Vice President of Global Alliances and Channels at MicroStrategy. He is responsible for leading teams that manage alliance and channel programs around the world. Emmanuel holds a degree from Université Paris-Sorbonne.