How to Organize a BI Team in the Age of Self Service by Wayne Eckerson - Audio Blog
Aug 22, 2019
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Exploring the evolving role of corporate BI teams in self-service analytics. Supporting embedded data analysts and fostering a collaborative analytics culture for enhanced productivity.
BI teams play a crucial role in facilitating self-service analytics by managing data infrastructure.
Despite self-service analytics growth, many departments still rely on BI teams for report development.
Deep dives
The Importance of a Strong BI Team for Self-Service Analytics
In the age of self-service analytics, the role of a corporate business intelligence (BI) team remains crucial. While some companies may consider scaling back their BI teams due to past challenges, most companies still heavily rely on them. To ensure the success of self-service analytics, companies need to invest more in their BI teams. The BI team's role now focuses on facilitating self-service rather than dictating it, supporting embedded data analysts, and managing the data infrastructure that underpins self-service activities.
Supporting Self-Service Through BI Team Expertise
BI teams play a vital role in supporting self-service analytics by providing essential expertise and resources. They serve as the first line of support for embedded data analysts, offering guidance and assistance when needed. BI teams are responsible for building and managing the data infrastructure required for self-service activities, such as developing data refineries and data catalogs. Despite the growth of self-service analytics, many departments still rely on BI teams to build reports and dashboards, highlighting the ongoing importance of BI team expertise in data and application development.
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The Evolving Role of Corporate BI Teams in Self-Service Analytics
The goal of self-service analytics is to empower business people to build their own reports, dashboards, and predictive models. If that happens, does your company still need a corporate business intelligence team?
Originally published at https://www.eckerson.com/articles/organizing-success-part-1-organize-bi-team
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