Microsoft Excel, other vendors personal desktop reporting tools

Microsoft BI Semantic Models, SAP BO Universes, IBM Cognos Frameworks, Tableau TDEs Microsoft SharePoint, SAP Portal, IBM Cognos Connection, other vendors reporting portals Microsoft Excel, other vendors personal desktop reporting tools

Microsoft SharePoint, SAP Portal, IBM Cognos Connection, other vendors reporting portals Microsoft BI Semantic Models, SAP BO Universes, IBM Cognos Frameworks, Tableau TDEs Microsoft Excel, other vendors personal desktop reporting tools

Source: Forrester Wave June 2012

39,600+ unique users have used Microsoft Consolidated Business Intelligence (CBI) 8000+ average active users per month in FY11 22,000+ reports using SharePoint 2010, SQL Server, SQL Azure, Windows Azure, AppFabric, PerformancePoint, Reporting Services, Excel Services, Microsoft Office, PowerPivot and other types.

Track the usage of Excel PowerPivots Discover mission-critical Excel applications Familiar Technologies for Authoring, Sharing, Security and Compliance Visualize system performance and usage See data sources being used

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Third-party applications Reporting Services Excel SharePoint Insights BI Semantic Model Data model Multidimensional Tabular Business logic and queries MDX DAX Data access ROLAP MOLAP VertiPaq Direct Query Databases LOB Applications Files OData Feeds Cloud Services

Import from Analysis Services or PowerPivot Security Features Visual Studio development with integrated TFS Source Control Partitioning Features

Tightly controlled where substantial exposure (internal or external) or potential litigation issues. In areas with limited exposure, governance can be less controlled and allow for a more de-centralized empowerment of end users. TIGHT CONTROLS Short Lived Collaboration Report Builder Controlled Tightly governed Push Content PerformancePoint Reporting Services EDW Business Unit Dashboards and balanced Scorecards Team BI and Collaboration Sites Permanent Dashboards Business Intelligence Business Process Management Operational Reports Permanent Knowledge Management Information Sharing Ad Hoc Loosely governed Push/Pull content PowerPivot Power View Project Sites My Sites - Personal BI Permanent Personal Information Public/Private Views LESS CONTROLS

Business divisions usually owns the information used by the self-service BI platform meanwhile IT owns the infrastructure of that platform. Training plan should show how to use a self-service BI platform according to defined standards and practices, and explain why those standards and practices are important. Successful governance is an iterative process. The governance committee should meet regularly to consider new requirements, reevaluate, or resolve conflicts among business divisions for IT resources. The committee should provide reports to executive sponsors.

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