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Business Intelligence Report As the initial step of the Business Intelligence (BI) initiative, Penn State commissioned Software AG's Business Solution Consulting Group to perform an assessment of Penn State's Business Intelligence capabilities. During the assessment process the Software AG (SAG) team evaluated Penn State's current business intelligence efficacy by conducting stakeholder interviews, analyzing data repositories, data usage, and user needs to recommend potential steps and solutions that will enhance Penn State's business intelligence capabilities. During the assessment process the SAG assessment team interviewed a cross section of functional departments, users, stakeholders, and committees to determine the current state of the University's business intelligence capabilities. Additionally, surveys were distributed to a variety of end users and functional stakeholders to ascertain their needs, limitations, capabilities, and experiences with the University's current business intelligence tools and databases. Upon completing the interview cycle the SAG team compiled and analyzed the results and prepared a recommendation. Please note that this report is Software AG's summary of their findings and is not necessarily endorsed by AIS. In addition, although the information will be useful in helping us to define our business intelligence strategy, it does not outline that strategy for us. We plan to spend the remainder of 2005 developing and defining a Business Intelligence strategy for Penn State. SoftwareAG's Business Intelligence Report (PDF) Adobe Reader is required to view and print PDF documents. Download Adobe Reader for free. |