Thoughts on the Business Intelligence Course Overview by Mina Jafarijoo

This past Monday (3/12/19) I attended a short presentation talking about Business Intelligence (BI) Systems. It was a brief overview, but still addressed many key ideas.

The first question asked was why would organizations need BI Systems? Well, the whole idea of BI Systems are to promote effective data driven decision making. In order to do this, companies must focus on these four values/strategies:

  • Quality Data
  • Data Modeling
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Presentation & Visualization
The components in a BI System are:

  1. Data ASource
  2. Data Repository
  3. OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) System
  4.  Data Analysis Visualization

Companies need to develop four types of BI capabilities to implement data driven decision making:

  1. BIC#1: Data Cleaning and Integration Capability
  2. BIC#2: Data Warehousing Capablity
  3. BIC#3: Analytical Capability
  4. BIC#4: Visualization and Intelligence Delivery Capability
Overall, I enjoyed this presentation very much. Organizing data in order to effectively make better decisions is something I enjoy doing, and I have done it in the past for things outside of school or work. I enjoyed hearing this overview, and would be interested in taking this class in the near future at my time at USM.

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