Requirements Analysis

MDW is a Business Intelligence consulting company operating from Perth, Western Australia specialising in Business Objects & SQL Server development.

Discovery: Current and future analytical and reporting needs get captured.

As Is Analysis - The Business Intelligence team will assess the current BI environment

A detailed analysis of the systems and data repositories currently used
An assessment of each system’s export capabilities and constraints
An accounting of current reports and reporting processes, including an assessment of the potential for automating manual processes

Requirements Gathering - The Business Intelligence team will collect current and future analytical and reporting needs

A list of unmet reporting needs
A framework for organizing reports
A preliminary list of key performance indicators (KPIs) for high-level decision support

List of top-level KPIs
Identify owners for each KPI
Define components and metrics for each KPI
Determine the update frequency needed for each KPI

Requirements Analysis - The information gathered is reviewed and analysed to determine the data warehouse and reporting specifications