Best Practice #6: Interface design is important for reporting

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|May 17, 2012

As we begin the second half of our series on the 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics let’s review what we have learned so far. We now understand the importance of securing executive sponsorship, identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs, identifying and integrating [...]

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Best practice #5: Optimize reporting processes

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|May 4, 2012

We are half way through my blog series counting to 10 best practices for information management, reporting and analytics. To recap, we have learned the importance of: Securing executive sponsorship. Identifying and involving stakeholders early and assessing their unique needs. Identifying and integrating data sources. Managing user expectations proactively. This [...]

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Good question: What I wish I had known back then…

Udo Sglavo
Udo Sglavo|May 2, 2012

I recently gave a talk to a group of engineering students at Duke University, located just down the road from our headquarters in North Carolina. A couple of days later, one of the students sent me an email asking a very good question: which skills should I build up to [...]

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Best practice #4: Manage expectations proactively

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 23, 2012

So far in our journey of the best practices for information management, reporting and analytics, we have learned about the importance of securing executive sponsorship,   having a solid understanding of stakeholders needs and integrating all the data needed to make this happen. Now that stakeholders realize that you know their [...]

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Best practice # 3: Identify and integrate authoritative, trusted data sources

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 14, 2012

Data is everywhere,and getting to and managing that information is vital for accurate reporting, analysis and proactive decision making. This brings us to Best Practice # 3: Identify and Integrate Authoritative, Trusted Data Sources. As you might remember, these tips all come from my interviews with SAS education customers. From Best [...]

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Best practice # 2: How to meet stakeholders' needs

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|April 6, 2012

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, I am sharing best practices that I learned from talking to education customers about successful implement ions of information management, reporting and analytics at their K-12 school district or higher education institutions. In that first post, we learned about the importance of securing executive [...]

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Best practice #1: Secure strong executive sponsorship

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|March 27, 2012

As the Industry Marketing Manager for Education at SAS, I get to talk to lots of education customers about how they’re using SAS software.  I hear the many great things they’re doing with SAS and often wonder: What is the secret of their success? So I started working with our [...]

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The growing shortage of analytical talent and where to find it

Geoffrey Taylor
Geoffrey Taylor|January 30, 2012

That there is a growing shortage of analytical talent in most of the economies of the world is clear. In a May 2011 report, the McKinsey Global Institute put some numbers on the demand: “By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with [...]

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New Year’s resolutions: Learn, network, connect

Rachel Alt-Simmons
Rachel Alt-Simmons|January 2, 2012

Happy New Year, everyone! It’s that wonderful time of the year when people start anew and we all start making promises to ourselves about the things we want to accomplish in the year ahead. If you’re looking for some ways to ramp up your personal and professional expertise this year, [...]

There's nothing "elective" about computer science education

Caroline McCullen
Caroline McCullen|December 5, 2011

December 4 marked the beginning of Computer Science Education Week, and I’d like to take a moment to consider how the business community might support K-12 schools as they respond to this rapidly changing field. Many years ago when computer science courses first appeared in schools, they were considered “extra” [...]

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