BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
BI
MRS .VIJINI MEKALA JAYATHILAKE
LECTURER IT
COMPARE DATA VS INFORMATION
NOW THAT WE CAPTURE ALL THIS INFO…. WHAT
DO WE DO WITH IT?
Managers have three basic roles

Interpersonal roles

Informational roles

Decisional roles
Source: Media Bakery
Why do managers need IT support?
WHY MANAGERS NEED IT SUPPORT
DECISIONProblem
ANALYSIS
Structure:
Highly
structured
Semistructured
Order entry
Loan approval
Nature of Decision:

Operational control

Management control

Strategic planning
Highly
unstructured
Determining a new
Store location
WHAT IS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE?
BI
 BI solution is a combination of strategy and technology for

gathering,

analyzing, and

interpreting data
 from internal and external sources,
 with the end result of providing information about

the past,

present, and

future state of the subject being examined.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE & BUSINESS ANALYTICS
 The terms business intelligence and business analytics are often used interchangeably.
 The term business analytics refers to examining data to find trends and insights.
 When used together, business intelligence and business analytics has a broader meaning and includes every aspect
of gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data.
HOW BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WORKS?
ERP
CRM
Data
Warehouse
SCM
“Getting data in”
“Getting data out”
THE SCOPE OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Smaller organizations:
Excel spreadsheets
Larger organizations:
Data mining, predictive analytics,
dashboards
CURRENT BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE/BUSINESS ANALYTICS
SOLUTIONS
 offer applications to help the user at every stage of the process to gain actionable information.
 This includes applications for

data preparation,

analysis,

data visualization,

reporting, and

collaboration
 for use on premises, at the desktop, in the cloud, and away from the office with mobile capability.
PRESENTING BI RESULTS:
DIGITAL DASHBOARDS
Digital
Dashboards
PRESENTING BI RESULTS:
DATA VISUALIZATION
Data Visualization
Technologies
Geographic Information
Systems
Hans Rosling Ted Talk and Data Visualization