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The Planning Stage

Step 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation

Since BI applications are cross-organizational initiatives, an enterprise infrastructure must be created to support them. Some infrastructure components may already be in place before the first BI project is launched. Other infrastructure components may have to be developed over time as part of the BI projects. An enterprise infrastructure has two components:

Technical infrastructure, which includes hardware, software, middleware, database management systems, operating systems, network components, meta data repositories, utilities, and so on.

Nontechnical infrastructure, which includes meta data standards, data-naming standards, the enterprise logical data model (evolving), methodologies, guidelines, testing procedures, change-control processes, procedures for issues management and dispute resolution, and so on.

Step 3: Project Planning

BI decision-support projects are extremely dynamic. Changes to scope, staff, budget, technology, business representatives, and sponsors can severely impact the success of a project. Therefore, project planning must be detailed, and actual progress must be closely watched and reported.

Taken from : Business Intelligence Roadmap- By Larissa T. Moss, Shaku Atre