Data Provision
Provide data for reporting and analysis purposes.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Data Provision at each level of maturity.
- 2Basic
- Practice
- Prepare data views and/or separate databases for business intelligence and analytical functions.
- Outcome
- Business intelligence and analytics do not impact on business operations.
- Metric
- # of business intelligence and analytics data/information views.
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Use STEEPLED (Sociological, Technical, Economical, Environmental, Political, Legal, Ethical, and Demographic) data to augment other internal and/or external data views and databases with appropriate data quality for business intelligence and analytics functions.
- Outcome
- Analytical development switches from local processes or functions to wider managerial questions that span functions and processes.
- Metrics
- # of analytical capability targets set for the business intelligence function.
- # of analytical capability targets set for the analytics function.
- # of analytical capability targets being met.
- # of important analytical capability targets being pursued.
- Practice
- Use other data sources as appropriate to the business.
- Outcome
- Useful data sources are used and add value to the business.
- Metrics
- # of reviews of new data sources.
- Continued relevance of current sources.
- 4Advanced
- Practice
- Provision data to support the management-set business intelligence and analytics goals and objectives.
- Outcome
- Tools, processes, and expertise all improve, with better decision support yielding higher value.
- Metrics
- # of analytics targets set for the business intelligence function.
- # of analytics targets set for the analytics function.
- # of analytics objectives being met.
- # of important analytical capability targets being pursued.
- 5Optimized
- Practice
- Ensure management sets business intelligence and analytics targets that are analytically ambitious and aligned to the organization's needs.
- Outcome
- Analytically ambitious targets are being met and enhance the business.
- Metrics
- # of analytics targets set for the business intelligence function.
- # of analytics targets set for the analytics function.
- # of analytics objectives being met.
- # of important analytical capability targets being pursued.