Stage I

During an on-site meeting, we would review your requirements from this new method of reporting and analysis. Optionally, we will provide by way of demonstration, or proof of concept, how your data is transformed, on completion of a sample business model. A detailed proposal will now be submitted, identifying all the first year costs, and any ongoing charges associated within the agreed project framework. Costing will also include the appropriate education requirements for both system users and administrators.

Stage II

Upon project initiation a Project Charter will be constructed with key project personnel. This charter will highlight the requirements, the expectations and the deliverables, and will focus on the critical success factors of the project. This consolidation of information will both drive the project in the correct direction and form a basis for ongoing review of success during and post implementation.

Stage III

Upon development initiation, the technical environment is proven, by connecting to and familiarising with, the operational system(s) and data hierarchies. This activity further requires the definition and systems location of business information requirements.

Stage IV

Key users of the new system will require a number of business views and reports to be produced. In this stage, these will be thoroughly discussed, enabling production of an initial set of pre-defined views, reports and any associated subsets to be jointly developed.

Stage V

The pilot system can now be delivered. In this stage, we will test the integrity of various data extracts from the corporate databases. The pilot system will include the pre-defined views and reports, previously discussed, so that final format changes can be agreed, for incorporation prior to operational deployment. Within this stage a skills transfer process takes place between the systems administrators and our consultants, maximising familiarity with these new methods of model building techniques.

Stage VI

Prior to implementation, education for both the best practices in the use of the models and their administration are key factors. This ensures that the potential and benefits from the information available via Business Intelligence are realised from the pilot system, once implementation and deployments are completed.

Stage VII

The final activity is a joint review considering the extent to which the pilot system has met the business requirements and it's overall effectiveness. On this basis how our skills may be further employed and how the tools used should be exploited for wider business benefits will be reviewed.