A best practices approach

CACI defines an overall vision for adopting BI approaches and technologies to enhance an organization's business performance. The CACI BI strategy is based upon determining the critical analytical uses of the BI environment as well as creating a vision for integrating that environment into the larger business and technical environment. CACI leverages advanced technologies, sophisticated approaches to data architecture and innovative business concepts, including organizational development and change management, to

• Develop a BI strategy with tangible business and technical objectives
• Select the right blend of business and technology experts for your project using a risk-based staffing approach
• Optimize the balance between existing infrastructure investments and the promise of new technology
• Deliver the solution in phases to minimize risk and create early business value

Example environments defined by the CACI BI strategy include

• Data marts
• Data warehouses
• Operational data stores
• Decision engines and analytical applications
• Knowledge discovery initiatives (e.g., data mining, visualization)

Key attributes of a high quality BI strategy include

• Analytical capabilities and relative priorities, linked to key business objectives, drivers and processes
• Technology assessment and high level architecture to support the required analytical capabilities
• Business case justifying the expected investment
• Release plan defining the data model, functional capabilities and technology architecture for the initial releases of the BI environment
• Work plan for requirements, design and development phases