BI Project Framework

Web Intelligent Design, Inc. helps simplify business processes, strengthen IT organizations, and improve bottom-line performance. We specialize in the planning, design and development of enterprise portals and business intelligence solutions. Our enterprise project delivery approach, combines the PMI® project management framework with an iterative approach to executing the BI project lifecycle. Web Intelligent Design is dedicated to defining BI best practices, staying abreast of ongoing technology advancements, collaborating with industry leaders, and ensuring that our solutions align with our clients' strategic business objectives.

The goal of a Business Initiative (BI) is to assess current information needs and to address those needs through the development of a BI infrastructure. To achieve that, we first develop a BI “Strategy”, based on user requirements gathered through work sessions and interviews with a number of representative stakeholders. Once the strategy is created, we develop an Implementation Roadmap for the BI Infrastructure, including a high-level time line and an incremental, iterative framework on how to achieve the desired BI capabilities. Both the BI Strategy and the Implementation Roadmap will help us understand what are the key BI priorities, as well as provide direction and focus for all BI development and implementation efforts. The main phases for the BI project are:

Phase	Activities	Deliverables
Strategy	Establish Preliminary Scope Establish Expectations Prioritize Business Need Sequence Projects Identify Project Dependencies	Business Drivers Preliminary Scope Statement Project Charter
Assessment	Business Architecture Review Governance Process Review Technical Architecture Review	Source Data Inventory Data Asset Strategy Formal BI Maturity Assessment Business Case
Roadmap	Define Functional Scope/Purpose Profile Candidate Sources Assess data quality, complexity, availability and value Perform Risk Assesment	High Level Business Requirements High Level Functional Requirements Data Asset Plan Risk Management Plan Project Scope Statement Elaborated Project Plan & Schedule
Solution Selection	Identify Solution Options Evaluate Vendors Rank Options and Propose Solution	Candidiate Solutions Conceptual Architecture Data Quality Strategy Data Integration Strategy Solution Proof of Value (POV) Elaborated Project Plan & Schedule
Solution Definition	Interview stakeholders and gather detailed, business, function and non-functional requirements Perform Detailed Source Data Analysis Define the logical and physical solution in detail Perform "as-is" vs. "to-be" gap Analysis	Use Cases Requirements Specification Design Specification Test Cases Logical & Physical Architecture Technical Infrastructure Plan Data Quality Plan Data Integration Plan Elaborated Project Plan & Schedule
Solution Implementation	Iteratively Build Unit Test Integration Test (SIT) User Acceptance Test (UAT) Operations Test (OAT) Train Users Prepare for Operational Hand-off Incremental Deployment	Test Scripts Test Results Deployment Migration Plan Operations Plan Deployment Scripts
Support	Follow operations/suppport procedures	Sustainable Solution