Aiman Zeid

Business Transformation (eBook, ePUB)

A Roadmap for Maximizing Organizational Insights

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Effectively introduce and promote analytics within your enterprise All companies use information to set strategies and accomplish business objectives. But how many CEOs and CIOs would say they are satisfied that their companies get maximum value from information? Business Transformation reveals how SAS's Information Evolution Model (IEM) can be used together with analytics for groundbreaking results. Author Aiman Zeid provides the necessary information you need to introduce and promote the use of analytics and insight across your organization. Along with examples and best practices of global companies that have successfully been through this process, you'll learn how to identify the starting point and develop a road map for execution. * Reveals how to introduce and promote the use of analytics and insights across your organization * Written by a lead developer at SAS global Business Intelligence Competency Center program and services * Features global case studies and examples Practical and insightful, this reference provides businesses with an essential blueprint for creating improvements that optimize business returns and put the potential of data analytics to work.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118891612
• Artikelnr.: 40488823

Autorenporträt

AIMAN ZEID heads Organizational Transformation Services for SAS Institute's Global Business Consulting unit. He has helped numerous organizations, on four continents, evaluate their organizational maturity and readiness to deploy business analytics. His focus on enterprise-wide approaches has made him a sought-after consultant for starting Business Analytics Centers of Excellence. He has 28 years of experience in information management, business consulting, and technical implementation of business analytics and performance management solutions.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Chapter 1: The Critical Role of
Business Insight 1 The Disruptive Nature of Data 2 An Unconventional Look
at Conventional Wisdom 3 Innovating at the Speed of Data 5 Weighing Risk
and Bringing the Better Part of Gut Instinct Back into the Equation 6
People, Process, Technology, and Culture 8 Starting the Journey 10 Notes 12
Chapter 2: The Journey: Taking the First Steps toward Transforming Your
Organization 13 Different Approaches 13 Juggling Multiple Challenges 15 How
to Deal with Challenges Effectively 17 Executive Sponsorship: Critical to
Success 18 Understanding Current Capabilities 19 Aligning Capabilities with
Business Objectives 20 Let's Start the Journey 22 Taking the First Steps to
Transforming Your Organization 24 Note 24 Chapter 3: Challenged
Organizations: When Rugged Individualism and Department Silos Aren't Enough
25 Getting Along One Day at a Time: Organizations at the Individual Level
27 When "Have It Your Way" Isn't a Good Thing 32 Superhighways and Dirt
Roads 33 Consolidated, but Not Cohesive: Organizations at the Departmental
Level 37 Subject Matter Experts and Gatekeepers 38 Understanding the True
Consequences of the Challenged Levels 46 Business Transformation Strategy
Objectives for Challenged Organizations 46 Notes 47 Chapter 4: Foundational
Organizations: Making the Leap to an Enterprise-Wide Approach 49 The
Possibilities That Come with Patience 51 Seeing the Value across the
Enterprise 51 How an Enterprise Level Organization Functions 54 Big Data:
The Big Opportunity for Enterprise Level Organizations 62 Don't Let Up 62
Continuous Improvement Required 64 Business Transformation Strategy
Objectives for Foundational Organizations 64 Chapter 5: Progressive
Organizations: Harnessing the Power of Information to Achieve Market
Advantage and Expand Their Business Offerings 67 Optimization: The Easiest
Business Case of All 69 Toward Innovation and Beyond 79 Business
Transformation Strategy Objectives for Progressive Organizations 87 Chapter
6: Centers of Excellence: The Key to Accelerate Organizational
Transformation 89 The 10,000-Foot View of Information 92 A Quick Look at
the Key Responsibilities of a CoE 93 CoEs and the Levels of Maturity 95 How
Should CoEs Be Organized? 96 Accelerating Maturity--Not Creating Dependency
97 Finding the Right Spot in the Org Chart 99 Mapping the Mini-Units That a
CoE Might Host 99 How the CoE Helps Secure the Organizational Pillars 104
Phased versus Big Bang Approach for Starting a CoE 109 Finding the Right
Funding Mechanism 109 Selecting the Right Personalities 110 Ramping Up Your
Change Agent 111 Note 112 Chapter 7: Starting the Journey: Developing a
Strategy and Roadmap to Guide Your Business Transformation 113 Knowing
Where to Start 114 Riyad Bank's Enterprise Business Intelligence Competency
Center 114 E.SUN Bank's Customer Risk Value Organization 118 Success Story
Takeaways 120 Applying the Lessons from E.SUN and Riyad 121 The Most
Important Characteristics of Successful Business Transformation Strategies
121 A Step-by-Step Look at the Key Components 122 Identifying a Starting
Point 126 Summing It All Up 127 In the End, It's about Being a Leader 128
Appendix: Snapshot of the Information Evolution Model 131 The Individual
Level: Getting Along One Day at a Time 131 Departmental Level: The
Consolidated Organization 136 The Enterprise Organization: A Common Sense
of Purpose 142 The Optimize Level Organization: Aligned and Ready 149 The
Innovate Level: Spawning and Supporting New Ideas 156 Glossary 165 About
the Author 173 Index 175