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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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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Analytics on a grand scale

Kristine Vick
Kristine Vick|April 2, 2012

The speed and accuracy of your organization’s response to complex analysis can make or break a decision, opportunity or profitable execution. Organizations are increasingly turning to innovative technologies such as high-performance analytics to ensure timely, precise decisions. Join live as Scott Chastain, Director of Information Management and Delivery, SAS, along [...]

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The evolving use of data in higher education

Georgia Mariani
Georgia Mariani|November 21, 2011

I my past blog posts I have written mostly about K-12 education. This is mainly because I think K-12 is over-ripe for reform in so many ways. School districts could learn a great deal from other industries and higher education in terms of data usage, reporting and analysis of students, programs and [...]

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Predictive analytics lessons from Enterprise Holdings

Kristine Vick
Kristine Vick|November 14, 2011

Are you always looking for that inside perspective? Most of us are! As we all know, customers are the primary – perhaps exclusive – source of cash flow for many organizations.  Knowing which ones are most profitable is critical to maximizing future economic value. To help today’s marketing and business leaders learn [...]

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A refreshing break from typical vendor events

Pamela Prentice
Pamela Prentice|November 4, 2011

Imagine you are standing on the corner of a very busy intersection in the middle of downtown New York City. It’s the peak of rush hour and you need to get across the street in a hurry. And, oh yeah, you’re blindfolded. This was one of the various scenarios discussed [...]

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Get an insider's perspective on customer analytics from Verizon

Kristine Vick
Kristine Vick|October 14, 2011

If you are interested in hearing firsthand about the benefits, business issues and challenges involved in implementing analytics you’ll want to hear directly from an organization that is actively applying analytics and customer intelligence to create business value. We invite you to view this live webinar to learn how Verizon applied [...]

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