Competences and Tools
Develop competences and tools for information management, business intelligence, and analytics to support decision-making.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Competences and Tools at each level of maturity.
- 2Basic
- Practice
- Encourage local leaders and champions to promote business intelligence and analytics.
- Outcomes
- Local and isolated successes deliver local gains.
- The use of statistics is increasing, including concepts of centrality and distribution.
- Metrics
- # of staff with formal EIM, business intelligence, and/or analytics training and qualifications.
- # of reports using statistics.
- # of reports using analytics.
- # of decisions routinely supported by business intelligence and analytics.
- Practice
- Train staff in information management skills relevant to their role and process requirements.
- Outcome
- Staff have increased levels of competence and confidence; communication among teams improves.
- Metrics
- # of staff trained.
- # of courses available to staff.
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Identify new applications to support business intelligence and analytics.
- Outcome
- Opportunities for using better tools are exploited and bring value to the business.
- Metric
- # of business units using business intelligence and analytics routinely.
- Practice
- Promote the use of business intelligence and analytics across IT and other business units.
- Outcome
- Leadership supports the establishment and development of organization information management, business intelligence, and analytics.
- Metric
- # of staff trained.
- 4Advanced
- Practice
- Ensure senior management promote and support an evidence-based culture that utilizes business intelligence and analytics.
- Outcomes
- Better, informed decisions are made across the organization.
- There are fewer arguments and disagreements as evidence-based decisions are generally accepted.
- Metrics
- # of decisions based on analytical data.
- # of standard reports with descriptive statistics and advanced analytics regularly used by management.
- 5Optimized
- Practice
- Ensure senior management advocate the use of business intelligence and analytics organization-wide.
- Outcome
- Well informed decisions contribute to enhanced value creation.
- Metrics
- # of important analytical targets met.
- # of initiatives to communicate and champion the value of business intelligence and analytics.
- Practice
- Ensure management reinforce its advocacy by visibly using business intelligence and analytics, by requesting analytical and evidence based reports, and by enhancing the capabilities of information management, business intelligence, and analytics through funding.
- Outcome
- The use of information management, business intelligence, and analytics is being advocated and encouraged.
- Metric
- # of improvement initiatives in information management, business intelligence, and analytics.
- Practice
- Ensure management support regular and/or continuous improvement initiatives.
- Outcome
- The capabilities of information management, business intelligence, and analytics are optimized.
- Metric
- # of improvement initiatives in information management, business intelligence, and analytics.