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| Track 1: Performance Management (Processes) | BI is about more than measuring performance, it’s now about proactively managing performance to achieve business goals. This track will explain how analytic applications are key to helping business users make smarter decisions and explore various aspects of performance management, like CPM and integrated business planning. It will also address the role that metrics play in a BI and performance management strategy. | Track 1 |
| Track 2: Organizing for BI (People) | Success in BI and performance management means moving away from IT-led implementation approaches. This track will explain how to build the right organization structure that brings business users together with IT to drive greater adoption of BI among business users, and provide practical advice on governance and vendor negotiation strategies. | Track 2 |
| Track 3: Technologies, Infrastructure and Architectures (Systems) | Despite all the talk of performance management, metrics, scorecards and the like, success in BI still depends on having the right technology foundation in place. This track will cover data warehousing and information management technology issues, while looking at the increasing importance of real time process monitoring. It will also assess the impact of the “megavendors” on the BI space along with overall market trends. | Track 3 |
| Track 4: Emerging Trends in BI | BI is not developing in isolation. Technologies like text analytics, wikis, social network analysis, social tagging and bookmarking, and decision markets will impact the way BI is consumed, and new delivery models like open source will impact the way it is provided to users. This track will explore the impact of new technologies on the “traditional” world of BI to help you anticipate future disruptions. | Track 4 |
| Virtual Track: BI Competency Centers | The Business Intelligence Competency Center is increasingly accepted as a key organizational element in successful BI implementations. This track, featuring presentations from Gartner, end-users and sponsors, will discuss how to structure roles and responsibilities within the BICC and best practices for establishing and managing a BICC.
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