Business Transformation - A Roadmap for Maximizing Organizational Insights

Effectively introduce and promote analytics within your enterprise
 
All companies use information to set strategies and accomplish business objectives. But how many CEOs and CIOs would say they are satisfied that their companies get maximum value from information? Business Transformation reveals how SAS's Information Evolution Model (IEM) can be used together with analytics for groundbreaking results. Author Aiman Zeid provides the necessary information you need to introduce and promote the use of analytics and insight across your organization. Along with examples and best practices of global companies that have successfully been through this process, you'll learn how to identify the starting point and develop a road map for execution.
* Reveals how to introduce and promote the use of analytics and insights across your organization
* Written by a lead developer at SAS global Business Intelligence Competency Center program and services
* Features global case studies and examples
 
Practical and insightful, this reference provides businesses with an essential blueprint for creating improvements that optimize business returns and put the potential of data analytics to work.

List of contents

Foreword xi
 
Preface xv
 
Acknowledgments xvii
 
Chapter 1: The Critical Role of Business Insight 1
 
The Disruptive Nature of Data 2
 
An Unconventional Look at Conventional Wisdom 3
 
Innovating at the Speed of Data 5
 
Weighing Risk and Bringing the Better Part of Gut Instinct Back into the Equation 6
 

People, Process, Technology, and Culture 8
 
Starting the Journey 10
 
Notes 12
 
Chapter 2: The Journey: Taking the First Steps toward Transforming Your Organization 13
 
Different Approaches 13
 
Juggling Multiple Challenges 15
 
How to Deal with Challenges Effectively 17
 
Executive Sponsorship: Critical to Success 18
 
Understanding Current Capabilities 19
 
Aligning Capabilities with Business Objectives 20
 
Let's Start the Journey 22
 
Taking the First Steps to Transforming Your Organization 24
 
Note 24
 
Chapter 3: Challenged Organizations: When Rugged Individualism and Department Silos Aren't Enough 25
 
Getting Along One Day at a Time: Organizations at the Individual Level 27
 
When "Have It Your Way" Isn't a Good Thing 32
 
Superhighways and Dirt Roads 33
 
Consolidated, but Not Cohesive: Organizations at the Departmental Level 37
 
Subject Matter Experts and Gatekeepers 38
 
Understanding the True Consequences of the Challenged Levels 46
 
Business Transformation Strategy Objectives for Challenged Organizations 46
 
Notes 47
 
Chapter 4: Foundational Organizations: Making the Leap to an Enterprise-Wide Approach 49
 
The Possibilities That Come with Patience 51
 
Seeing the Value across the Enterprise 51
 
How an Enterprise Level Organization Functions 54
 
Big Data: The Big Opportunity for Enterprise Level Organizations 62
 
Don't Let Up 62
 
Continuous Improvement Required 64
 
Business Transformation Strategy Objectives for Foundational Organizations 64
 
Chapter 5: Progressive Organizations: Harnessing the Power of Information to Achieve Market Advantage and Expand Their Business Offerings 67
 
Optimization: The Easiest Business Case of All 69
 
Toward Innovation and Beyond 79
 
Business Transformation Strategy Objectives for Progressive Organizations 87
 
Chapter 6: Centers of Excellence: The Key to Accelerate Organizational Transformation 89
 
The 10,000-Foot View of Information 92
 
A Quick Look at the Key Responsibilities of a CoE 93
 
CoEs and the Levels of Maturity 95
 
How Should CoEs Be Organized? 96
 
Accelerating Maturity--Not Creating Dependency 97
 
Finding the Right Spot in the Org Chart 99
 
Mapping the Mini-Units That a CoE Might Host 99
 
How the CoE Helps Secure the Organizational Pillars 104
 
Phased versus Big Bang Approach for Starting a CoE 109
 
Finding the Right Funding Mechanism 109
 
Selecting the Right Personalities 110
 
Ramping Up Your Change Agent 111
 
Note 112
 
Chapter 7: Starting the Journey: Developing a Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation 113
 
Knowing Where to Start 114
 
Riyad Bank's Enterprise Business Intelligence Competency Center 114
 
E.SUN Bank's Customer Risk Value Organization 118
 
Success Story Takeaways 120
 
Applying the Lessons from E.SUN and Riyad 121
 
The Most Important Characteristics of
 
Successful Business Transformation Strategies 121
 
A Step-by-Step Look at the Key Components 122
 
Identifying a Starting Point 126
 

About the author

Jim Davis kam am 28. Juli 1945 in Marion, im amerikanischen Bundesstaat Indiana, zur Welt. Er wuchs zusammen mit seinem jüngeren Bruder Dave auf der elterlichen Farm in der Hügellandschaft nahe Fairmount in Indiana auf, wo zeitweise bis zu 25 Katzen lebten. Jim Davis wäre wahrscheinlich Farmer geworden, wenn ihn als Kind nicht Asthma geplagt hätte. Daher musste er sich meist im Haus aufhalten und fing zu zeichnen an. Nach Universität und erster beruflicher Tätigkeit bei einer Werbeagentur, lernte Jim als Assistenzzeichner von Tom K. Ryan, was an Arbeitsdisziplin erforderlich ist, um einen täglich erscheinenden Strip anzufertigen, träumte jedoch auch davon, seine eigene Serie zu entwickeln. Seine erste Figur war die Reihe um eine Stechmücke "Gnorm Gnat", bevor er all seine bis dato gesammelten Erfahrungen in den Entwurf eines neuen Protagonisten steckte: Garfield.

Summary

Effectively introduce and promote analytics within your enterprise All companies use information to set strategies and accomplish business objectives.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Davis, Zeid, a Zeid, Aiman Zeid
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2014
• EAN: 9781118724651
• ISBN: 978-1-118-72465-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: SAS Institute Inc; Wiley and SAS Business Series; Wiley and SAS Business; SAS Institute Inc; Wiley and SAS Business Series; Wiley and SAS Business
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Application software; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management