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Strategic Consulting for Business Intelligence Products
The Business Intelligence segment of Elite offers a consulting service to help clients realize the full benefits of their business intelligence product. Elite understands that installing a new product that possesses multi-functionality can be a daunting task. With this in mind, Elite provides a knowledgeable staff to work with clients to create a specialized program tailored to the specific needs and goals of the client. The Elite Strategic Consulting Service is a phased approach to ensure clients get as much out of the engagement process as possible so they can meet their goals and objectives.
The Elite Strategic Consulting Service begins with the Vision Phase. During this phase, a meeting is conducted between the product stakeholders with the goal of identifying the client’s vision for their business intelligence solution. The consultant will lead the session using the standard content available within the application, including Dashboards and Reports, to help provide best practice solutions and help the client visualize the end result.
The second phase of the consulting effort, the Strategy Phase, centers on a plan for realizing the vision. The goal of this phase is to have the consultant review the client’s vision in detail and create a plan that defines timelines and milestones to reach those goals. A high level timeline will be provided, along with best practices for implementing a business intelligence solution to ensure acceptance among the business leaders. The consultant will then review the strategy with the client to provide insight on the plan and direction for the project.
The third phase is the Design and Implement Phase, which is client-driven. Elite resources help design and implement the project based on the defined strategy of each client. The goal of this phase is to create a detailed project plan for implementing the strategy and to assign resources to each of the tasks. Within this phase, the project is executed and goals and timelines are determined and deployed.
The last phase is the actual Deployment of the strategy to the clients’ targeted users. Deployment typically overlaps with the design and implementation phase. During this phase of the consultation process, pilot groups are targeted for testing and user acceptance. The goal of this phase is to roll out the functionality to end users so the full value of the product is realized.
The overall goal of our strategic consulting program is to provide an experienced resource to our clients to help shape and guide the deployment of their product. By offering this service, Elite can help clients realize the full benefits of their business intelligence product and ensure successful use.