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Course Name: IBM Cognos 8 BI: Essentials for Managing BI Projects (V8.4) (B2432) Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 2 days depending on audience background and options
   
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Introduction:
 
IBM Cognos 8 BI: Essentials for Managing BI Projects (v8.4) is a two-day, instructor-led course that provides participants with essential knowledge to ensure the success of their Cognos 8 BI implementation. Participants will be introduced to the Cognos Solutions Implementation Methodology (CSIM), the elements of IBM Cognos 8 BI, and the underlying architecture. They will examine the process of creating an IBM Cognos 8 BI solution, and discuss how IBM Cognos 8 BI relates to the other parts of IBM Cognos 8. Participants will be shown a range of resources to help them successfully manage their implementations.
 
Audience:
 
This course is intended for Project Managers, Implementation Team Stakeholders
 
Prerequisites:
 
Understanding of company's business intelligence process and reporting needs
 
Customize it:
 
This 2-day IBM Cognos course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of IBM Cognos training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really eed even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.
 
Objectives:
 
 
Course Outline
 
Introduction to Essentials for Managing BI Projects

•Limitations with traditional reporting
•The evolution of the BI market
•The need for a BI enterprise solution
•Success criteria for a BI enterprise solution
•The appropriate approach for implementing a BI project
•The IBM Cognos Solutions Implementation Methodology (IBM Cognos SIM)
•The value of knowing business unit perspectives
•Project roles and responsibilities
•The importance of training

Analyze Data Requirements

•How do organizations think dimensionally about their data
•Dimensions, facts, and granularity
•The function of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a business and with scorecards and other BI components
•Common data sources, data architecture designs, and industry terminology
•Dimensional modeling and conformed dimensions

Analyze User Requirements

•Identify how to establish project goals and requirements
•Use the interview process as a means to determine business and data requirements of users
•Create a dimension map from KPIs
•Discuss how to choose a business area to prototype
•Enrich the basic dimension map

Analyze Reporting and Infrastructure Requirements

•What is the difference between Reporting, Querying, Analysis, Scorecarding, and Event Management
•How does the ‘Analyze then Query’ approach provide the BI solution for an enterprise
•Identify different categories of users
•Identify the appropriate IBM Cognos product to meet requirements
•Examine IBM Cognos 8 BI architecture and security

Design, Build, Deploy, and Operate

•Considerations for designing and building BI applications
•Testing and deploying BI applications
•Operating and maintaining BI applications
 
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