As you can probably tell from our name, at B.I.nalysis, we are focused on helping you design and execute successful BI projects, producing the type of analysis you need done to lead to valuable increases in performance and efficiency. Business Intelligence is our only focus and we're proud of our experience and our results.
Leading our team is our President, John Stakel. John has been involved with data in some form or fashion his whole career, specializing in BI for the last 10 years. The key differentiator in John's experience has been his time on both sides of the BI equation.
John was an Oracle and DB2 DBA early on in his career and has developed Architecture for systems from transactional, to clustered data warehouses, to running BI for one of Canada's largest pharmaceutical retailers. But more importantly, John also had the great pleasure of running a digital publishing business for 8 years, growing it from $200K in annual revenue to $10M. Both the infrastructure and the product of this business was based on digital data, but also required deep knowledge of the end customer and their buying channels, and then of technical support and robust engineering. John had the opportunity to design and consume his own BI deliveries and it's helped him become uniquely qualified to bridge the gap between technical and business perspectives.
John's taken his experience and produced a very basic methodology that you can use to get your arms around your own endeavour. Yes, most consulting firms have "proven" methodologies - what we do at B.I.nalysis isn't meant to be thought of as the best thing since sliced bread or a certain guarantee of success. A methodology is simply a framework to guide decision-making and the resulting execution. As such, our methodology is only attempting to simplify what you need to think about. Success will come from good decisions and execution. That is how we add value - our experience combines with this simple framework to produce results for you.
Methodology
Notice we don't have a build or test phase in our methodology. We make a distinction between a plan and a methodology. In a plan, there will be a build phase - it is a required task. In a methodology, we lay out a framework for building a successful plan. Business Benefits, Business Alignment, Organize Data, Design Architecture and Track - this is how successful BI implementations happen!
We've had to build BI from scratch. We've had to use it to grow a business. We've been in your shoes and we can help you get a head-start in your own learning. At heart, we want to see you become self-sufficient and be able to move on from your relationship with us. In previous roles, we've had to bring in consultants in our organizations who became long-term fixtures. That's not who we aim to be. We value helping to grow capability - not dependence.
