5 Keys to Business Analytics Program Success

Business analytics is becoming increasingly strategic to all types of organizations. In the 2012 IBM Global CEO Study, 73% of CEOs indicated that they were making significant investments in their organizations’ ability to draw meaningful customer insights from available data1. CEOs now expect analytics to be readily and easily available to all of the teams that run the business, from executive level to line of business. An analytics-driven organizational culture creates a competitive advantage and leads to higher business performance. Analytics technologies help executives, managers and employees better monitor their business, plan collaboratively among various stakeholders and integrate diverse types of data that can be transformed into knowledge. According to the recent IBM Institute for Business Value study, organizations that used analytics for competitive advantage were 2.2 times more likely to substantially outperform their industry peers.2 Although analytics-driven business is a growing trend, most organizations are still in the early stages of using analytics technologies effectively. The Analytics Quotient Maturity Model measures how ready organizations are to reallocate resources and reorient their people to make better decisions; and how effectively they can act based on how well they know past performance, current results, and future possibilities. There are four stages categorizing organizations using this model (see Figure 1). Figure 1: The Analytics Quotient (AQ) Maturity Model A 2012 data analysis on the AQ maturity level of over 6000 organizations found that 91% have not reached their full level of analytics maturity. The majority of these respondents are in the Builder stage. Organizations in this stage are described to see current results, but do not see what’s driving these results. There are two critical factors in successfully implementing an analytics-driven business. First, a clear business strategy and vision must be set. The strategy should create a roadmap for how the organization will move forward in a series of measureable successes. Second, organizations must develop the capability to actually execute on a winning strategy. Although an organization may have a compelling strategy, it is often challenged by its inability to translate business strategy into actionable plans and achievement. The creation of a Business Analytics Program will allow organizations to achieve these two factors. It is important to note that there is no

שנה

2012

שפה

English

הוצאה

MC Press Online, LLC

מהדורות

3

ISBN

9781583476628

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