ARGOSY UNIVERSITY
Business Analytics Implementation Plan
Professor: Michelle Barnes
Submitted by: Eyong E.
Date: 10/29/2014
The latest technological development in data analytics and implementation helps organizations gain insights and how to deal with informed decisions.
Table of Contents
The Business 2
How analytics helps 3
Disadvantages 4
Types of Business Analytics 5
Figure 2 5
The Implementation Process 6
Planning 6
Figure 3 7
Implementation 8
Figure 4 8
Processes Involved 9
Backup Proposal 11
Reference 12
The Business
The concept of Business analytics is a component of business intelligence, it has evolved in recent years and now in the for front center of business. With the growth of technology and the continuing improvement
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Used by management in long term to assist in tackling rising problems.
At the tactical analytic level, organizations are most concerned with one time only situations that once tackled are not repeated by identifying the cause and finding a solution.
Strategic Analytics; this goes a long way to deal with dramatic decisions which affect the strategic position of an organization. For strategic analytics to be implemented and become a key part of an organizations decision making process, more complex disciplines and systems are required. Some sub categories here include; predictive, comparative, predictive, ad-hoc analytics and so on.
Each type of analytics as seen on the diagram above, could share a common sub group which could in turn have additional classifications. understanding and reviewing the different types of analytics systems and choosing those that best suite an organization is very helpful in determining the analytic plan for the future of the business. Succeeding in this, will definitely give a boost to the overall value of a business platform.
The Implementation
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Despite the complex nature of a system or building a system, there are a several other ways to obtain the same information needed for decision making. If this is so cumbersome for management, I will recommend that management looks for means to outsource analytics. Outsourcing is a lot more affordable. You have agencies that have readily deployable solutions. This will be resourceful at the early stage but it will always be necessary to take ownership in the long term.
Combining quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate the balance of data ensures the understanding of information. If the company can focus its attention on the quantitative and qualitative studies will help identify issues and obtain information on some variables that could match organizational goals. With this method, the company will combine independent data and interpret it for conclusion. Reference
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In today’s companies, the analytics software plays the important role and guides the future activities to a great extent.
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Decision making and communication are at the center of business success and efficient business analytics would only be effective through the use of proper information systems and that are up to date with current trends as well as optimizing on the available channels.
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Sumangla Rathore, Avinash Panwar, Prakriti Soral (2014). Critical Factors for Successful Implementation of Business Analytics: Exploratory Findings from Select Cases. International Journal of Business Analytics and Intelligence, 2(2), 14-15.
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